Outdoor seating information can become misleading when a pavement licence is granted, varied or expires. Keep the public page tied to the current permission record.
What the film covers
- The direct answer: make the permission record the source of truth
- There is no single UK pavement-licence rule
- England: a permanent national process with local decisions
- Wales: check the highway authority and council process
- Scotland: separate planning from roads consent
- Northern Ireland: a district-council licensing scheme
- The outdoor-seating page and update checklist
- 1. Identify the authority, land and legal route