Sunday Trading
| Licence summary | If you are the occupier of a large shop situated in an area designated as a holiday resort, you may give notice to the district council specifying up to 18 Sundays in a year where your shop will be exempt from the rule that you may only open between 13.00 and 18.00 on Sundays. However, this exemption cannot apply to any Sunday before 1 March or after 30 September, or to Easter Sunday. |
| Eligibility Criteria | The council must have first designated an area/s as a Holiday Resort. Only those shops currently classified as large shops (floor space over 280m2) may avail of this exemption. (small shops are already exempt from Sunday closing hours) There are currently no areas designated as holiday resort in the Dungannon and South Tyrone Council area. |
| Regulation Summary | Sunday Trading legislation |
| Application Evaluation Process | No provision in legislation. |
| Will Tacit Consent Apply? | As there are currently no designated areas in the Borough applications cannot at present be accepted or processed. |
| Apply online | Notification of Sunday Trading |
| Forms to Download, print and post | |
| Contact Details | Telephone: 028 8772 0366 Fax: 028 8770 0368 E-mail: environmental.health@dungannon.gov.uk Environmental Health Department Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council Circular Road DUNGANNON BT71 6DT |
| Public register | There is no information on a public register at present as there are no designated holiday areas |
| Failed Application Redress | You are advised to take up any issue with Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council in the first instance. |
| Licence Holder Redress | Please contact Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council in the first instance using the details given above. |
| Consumer Complaint | We would always advise that in the event of a complaint the first contact is made with the operator by you - preferably in the form a letter (with proof of delivery). If that has not worked, if you are located in the UK, Consumer Direct will give you advice. From outside the UK contact the UK European Consumer Centre. |
| Other Redress | Any complaints on how a premises is operated, or if they are operating outside of permitted hours, should be made directly to the Environmental Health Department. |
| Trade Associations | None |
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