Markets and car boot sales

Overview

A market is defined as a “concourse of buyers and sellers” with five or more trading spaces (e.g. stalls, stands, vehicles or pitches). This can also include:

  • Car boot sales
  • Table-top sales
  • Traditional and specialist markets and fairs
  • Exhibition type markets and fairs

Market Rights Licence

If you want to hold a market in Trafford, you need a Market Rights Licence from us.

You will still require a market licence if:

  • You have already received other permissions such as a Temporary Event Notice (TENs) or Restricted Premises Licence, planning consent, or agreement to use the premises
  • The market is to be held on public or private land either indoors or outdoors
  • The proceeds are solely or principally for the benefit of charitable, social, sporting or political purposes
  • The market is part of a wider event