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Christmas and new year opening times and services

Find out our opening times and service changes over Christmas and New Year holidays. This includes changes to bin collection days, parking and customer contact centre opening hours.

Islington Town Hall will be closed from Thursday 2 to Monday 6 January 2025 for planned maintenance. Registrar services will be reopen on Monday 6 January 2025.

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Scrap metal dealer licence

Anyone buying or selling scrap metal must be licensed by their local authority.

  1. Overview
  2. Licence fees
  1. After you apply
  2. Apply

Licence fees

Fees are based on the application type.

Application type Site licence Collector's licence
New  £490  £295 
Renewal £490  £295 
Variation  £245  £235 
Duplication  £5  £5