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