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Fireworks

We register businesses which sell and store fireworks within North Somerset.

The registration period runs from August to August with a list of current fees available on the North Somerset Trading Standards website.

To apply for a licence please download and send off our Explosives registration (storage) application form.

Fireworks can only be sold between 15 October and 10 November, 26 and 31 December and for three days before and on the Chinese New Year and Diwali.

If you wish to sell fireworks at other times of the year you can apply for a firework sales licence which costs £500.

To apply for a licence please download and send off our Fireworks year round sales licence application form.

There are strict rules on how to store fireworks and we inspect every premises to make sure they do so correctly and safely.

Fireworks should be kept in a clean, waterproof container or cupboard separate from other substances.

Care must be taken to keep ignition sources, such as matches, smoking materials or grit rush, away from them.

For further information please refer to our Storage, Sale and Display of Fireworks information sheet on our North Somerset Trading Standards website.