Street Trading Applications
Canterbury City is well known for its vibrant town centres with busy streets and footways, home to a wide variety of diverse businesses attracting customers from far afield.
Through high quality design and placement, outdoor dining areas, merchandise displays and street stalls can help add an additional level of scale, character and visual excitement to the streetscape. Well-designed, well-located and well-used outdoor dining areas make our towns more liveable and friendly. Well-presented footway displays add life and colour to the urban environment. Clear, well-placed signage provides information and invites the customer to explore the diverse variety of goods on offer. Street stalls provide opportunities for community groups and charities to provide information to the community about their services.
Activities in Public Places Code - Why do we have it?
The aim of the Activities in Public Places Code is to provide urban design requirements for the use of footways within the City. The plan outlines the design standards and requirements for approval in the a number of categories.
- Safe Pedestrian Accessibility
To ensure that no undue inconvenience or hazard is caused to pedestrians. Council has a responsibility to manage these many uses of public space and to ensure that safe access for all is maintained. - Visual Appeal
To ensure that all additions to the street are visually appealing - Health, Safety & Cleanliness
To ensure that all displays and eating areas conform to public health and safety standards
Making an application
Application forms for any Activity in a Public Place, including street trading, as defined above can be obtained from our Customer Service Centre during business hours. In addition, forms are available from our website. The application process will vary according to the activity as shown in the checklist within the code Development Control Plan No.44 - Activities in Public Places.
Development Control Plan No.44 - Activities in Public Places (1.2MB)
