Application Process
To apply for a House to House Collection
Licence applicants must correctly complete an application form and
return it to the Licensing Team at the Council with any relevant
literature.
The application for a licence must be made no
later than the first day of the month preceding that in which the
collection is purposed to take place. (Further
information on this and collections under House to House
Collections 1947).
Whereas street collection permits are normally
issued to cover a period of one or two days, a house to house
permit can be granted for up to a year.
There are no restrictions on the allocation of
dates for house to house collections. Many collections are carried
out by regional or national charitable organisations who often book
their collections well in advance. If you would like to be sure
that your collection will not clash with another organisation,
please contact us and check in advance of completing your
application form.
On successful completion of the application
Vale of Glamorgan Council will grant a licence for the period
specified on the application, providing that the period does not
exceed one year.
Refusal or revocation of a licence
Vale of Glamorgan Council may refuse to grant
a licence or if it has already been granted, revoke the licence, if
it appears to the authority:
- that the applicant or the holder of the
licence is not a fit and proper person to hold a licence (see the
section entitled Applicant above)
- that the licence holder has failed to
exercise due diligence to secure that the persons authorised by
him/her to act as collectors were fit and proper persons and that
they complied with the regulations
- that the total amount likely to be used for
charitable purposes as a result of the collection is inadequate in
proportion to the amount likely to be received
- that money from the collection has been or is
likely to be retained or received by any person which is excessive
in relation to the amount collected
- that the grant of a licence could lead to an
offence being committed under the Vagrancy Act 1824 or an offence
has already been committed in connection with a collection
Where Vale of Glamorgan Council refuse to
grant or revoke a licence they will give written notice to the
applicant or licence holder stating upon which of the above grounds
this has been taken.
Returns
The chief promoter of the collection shall
provide to Vale of Glamorgan Council, within one month of the
expiry of the licence an appropriate return.
Publication of proceeds
Licence holders are required to publish, at
their own expense, an account of the collection proceeds in a local
newspaper. It must contain the name of the promoter, the name
of the charity to benefit from the collection, the date of the
collection, the amount collected and the amount of the expenses and
payments incurred with the collection. A copy of the article must
be forwarded to Vale of Glamorgan Council with the account of the
collection.