Scrap metal dealers licence

Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Existing licences
  3. New licences
  4. How much a licence costs
  5. Eligibility criteria
  6. Application evaluation process
  7. How long it will take to process your application
  8. Tacit consent
  9. Appeals
  10. If you have a complaint
  11. Â鶹ÊÓƵ register of scrap metal dealers

Overview

To be a scrap metal dealer in South Tyneside, you need to register with Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

If you collect scrap metal in other Council areas, you will also need a licence with them.

Changes to scrap metal licences

The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 has been replaced by the The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.

The act requires anyone who operates a site or collects scrap metal to hold a licence. 


Existing licences

If you were registered with Â鶹ÊÓƵ before 1 October 2013, you can continue dealing in scrap metal until 15 October 2013, by which time you must have submitted an application to the Council for a new licence. 

If you have submitted a completed application form including:

  • the correct fee for the licence
  • basic disclosure and 
  • two forms of ID (passport, driving licence, utility bill or bank statement)

You will be able to continue to deal in scrap metal until your application has been dealt with.


New licences

If you were not registered before 1 October 2013, you can apply for a new licence but cannot deal in scrap metal in South Tyneside until a licence has been granted to you. 

You can download the application form below.

Scrap Metal collector application


How much a licence costs

Site

  • New application: £437
  • Renewal: £327.50
  • Variation: £181.50

Collector

  • New application: £233.50
  • Renewal: £123
  • Variation: £146

Administration fee (COD etc and associated checks, admin)

  • £21.50

New permit or additional permits

  • £19.50

Eligibility criteria

A scrap metal dealer is classed as carrying on a business in South Tyneside if any of the following apply:

  • the person has a site in South Tyneside where he deals in scrap metal
  • the person randomly collects scrap metal in South Tyneside

Application evaluation process

Applicants must provide the following:

  • Their full name
  • The address of the dealer, or in the case of a company, their registered or principal office
  • The address of each place occupied as a scrap metal store
  • Basic criminal disclosure
  • Scrap metal dealers fee
  • Tax conditionality check (from 4 April 2022)

The registered dealer must tell the Council of any changes to these details or if they stop being a scrap metal dealer.


How long it will take to process your application

If your application is successful and we have received all of the necessary documentation, your application will be processed within ten working days.


Tacit consent

Tacit consent is where an application is treated as accepted if a reply is not recieved within a certain timeframe.

No tacit consent does not apply.

Checks must be carried out before a licence can be issued and therefore tacit consent cannot apply.


Appeals

Appealing a decision

Please contact Â鶹ÊÓƵ in the first instance.

Appealing a condition of the license

Please contact Â鶹ÊÓƵ Licensing Team in the first instance on 0191 424 7695 or by emailing licensing@southtyneside.gov.uk.


If you have a complaint

If you have a complaint, we advise that you contact the trader, preferably in the form a letter (with proof of delivery).

If that has not worked, if you are located in the UK,  will give you advice.

From outside the UK, contact the .


Â鶹ÊÓƵ register of scrap metal dealers

Collectors licences granted

Collectors register
Name and addressLicence typePhone numberDate issuedPermit numberLicence expiry

Eric Nicholson

Sunderland

Collector

None

29/11/20132022-25-0330/11/2025

Stephen Borrowdale


Winlaton

Collector0797771263809/11/20162022-25-0430/11/2025

Trevor Cowell

Sunderland

Collector0790965214824/05/20212024-27-2320/05/2027

Paul Black PB Scrap Metal

Hebburn

Collector0754605631304/04/20222022-25-3403/04/2025

GNGL Waste

Gary Millen

Jarrow

Collector0751428275929/11/20222022-25-1330/11/2025

Gavin Watts

Sunderland

Collector0745667065814/11/20162022-25-0530/11/2025

DJS Waste

David John Smith

Bill Quay

Collector0795796089309/11/20162022-25-0230/11/2025

John Pinkney

13 Bywell Terrace

Jarrow

Collector0789444978926/03/20242024-27-3525/03/2027

Site licences granted

Site licences
NameLicence typeDate issuedPermit numberLicence expiry
Eisa Baqer (Temple Town Autos)Site03/12/20132024-27-S00706/02/2027
Christopher Sheppard (European Metal Recycling)Site07/01/20142023-26-S00206/01/2026
Robin Sheppard (European Metal Recycling)Site07/01/20142023-26-S00206/01/2026
Edward Pysden (European Metal Recycling)Site07/01/20142023-26-S00206/01/2026
Edwin Leijnse (European Metal Recycling)Site07/01/20142023-26-S00206/01/2026
Scott Anthony Bamborough (European metal Recycling)Site07/01/20142023-26-S00206/01/2026