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Petroleum

We are the petroleum licensing authority in Cheshire and we are responsible for ensuring safety at sites where petrol is delivered, stored and dispensed.

Petrol must be stored in accordance with certain conditions attached to a licence that we issue and our aim is to ensure the observance, maintenance and, where necessary, the improvement of safety standards.

Explosives and Fireworks

Trading Standards register the storage of certain explosives. If you store any of the following you will need to register:

• small arms nitro compound
• safety cartridges
• black powder
• marine flares
• bird scarers
• pyrotechnics
• rocket motors
• detonators or airbags

Note:  Our officers carry out inspections at registered premises to ensure that explosives are stored and sold in a safe manner.

Fees

• Fees for Safety Licences (Petroleum, Explosives, Fireworks and Poisons).

Requests for searches of the petroleum files in relation to information about individual locations are charged at £50. Any other information requests in relation to petroleum \ explosives are charged at £25 an hour.

Where Can I Obtain Further Information?

To obtain a registration form or a licence to store and / sell any of the above, contact us.

Telephone: 01244 603708
Email:  tsbusinessadvice@cheshire.gov.uk

Further information is available from:

Business homepage | Consumer homepage | Trading Standards homepage