At present 26 Councils licence window cleaners under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and 6 Councils do not.
The below table contains the current Councils that require a window cleaning licence when operating in their area both Business and Sole Trader. Where an application form as well as terms and conditions are on their website we have linked to them to save our members time scrawling through their web site.
Fees – These are set until April 2007
Statistics – This is based against the number of licensed window cleaners in the Council area against the total calculated number of window cleaners working in the Council area. (A) Denotes an actual figure received from the Council.
Council
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Application
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Terms
& Conditions
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Fees
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Statistics
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Aberdeen City Council
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Application
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Terms
& Conditions
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Grant - £149 for 3 yrs
Renewal - £133 for 3 yrs
Temporary - £21 for 6 wks
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Licensed – 46% (A)
Unlicensed – 54%
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Aberdeenshire Council
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N/a
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N/a
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Grant - £50 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 42% (A)
Unlicensed – 58%
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Angus Council
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Application
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Terms &
Conditions
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Grant - £67 for 1 yr
Renewal - £57 for 1 yr
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Licensed – 52% (A)
Unlicensed – 48%
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Argyll & Bute Council
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Grant
Renewal
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N/a
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Grant - £215 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 44% (A)
Unlicensed – 56%
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Clackmannanshire Council
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Application
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N/a
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Grant - £55 for 1 yr
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Starts April 2007
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Dumfries & Galloway Council
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N/a
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N/a
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Grant - £169 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 42% (A)
Unlicensed – 58%
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Dundee City Council
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Application
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Terms &
Conditions
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Grant - £75 for 1 yr
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Licensed – 52% (A)
Unlicensed – 48%
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East Ayrshire Council
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N/a
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N/a
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Operator / Owner - £205 for 3yrs
Employee - £103 for 3 yrs
Employee - £42 for 1 yr
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Licensed – 63% (A)
Unlicensed – 37%
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East Dunbartonshire Council
(Bearsden & Milngavie
only)
|
On
Website
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On
Website
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N/a
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N/a
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East Renfrewshire Council
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Application
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N/a
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Grant - £300 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 23% (A)
Unlicensed – 77%
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City of Edinburgh Council
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Application
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N/a
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Grant - £39 for 1 yr
Grant - £117 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 18% (A)
Unlicensed – 82%
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Falkirk Council
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N/a
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N/a
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Grant - £160 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 46% (A)
Unlicensed – 54%
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Fife Council
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Application
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N/a
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Central, East and West area
Grant - £37 for 1 yr
Grant - £93 for 3 yrs
All of Fife
Grant - £57 for 1 yr
Grant - £133 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 30% (A)
Unlicensed – 70%
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Glasgow City Council
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Business
Employee
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Terms
& Conditions
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Business
Grant - £111 for 1 yr
Grant - £201 for 2 yrs
Grant - £265 for 3 yrs
Employee
Grant - £55 for 1 yr
Grant - £100 for 2 yrs
Grant - £131 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 7% (A)
Unlicensed – 93%
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Highland Council
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Application
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Terms
& Conditions
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Grant - £150 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 35%
Unlicensed – 65%
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Inverclyde Council
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N/a
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N/a
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N/a
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Licensed – 21% (A)
Unlicensed – 79%
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Midlothian Council
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N/a
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N/a
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N/a
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Licensed – 27% (A)
Unlicensed – 73%
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Moray Council
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N/a
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N/a
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N/a
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Licensed – 59% (A)
Unlicensed – 41%
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North Lanarkshire Council
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N/a
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N/a
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Grant - £107 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 35%
Unlicensed – 65%
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Orkney Islands Council
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N/a
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N/a
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Sole Trader - £127 for 3 yrs
Business - £113 for 3 yrs
Employee - £36 for 1 yr
Employee - £100 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 22% (A)
Unlicensed – 78%
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Perth & Kinross Council
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Application
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Terms
& Conditions
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Grant - £80 for 1 yr
Grant - £125 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 35%
Unlicensed – 65%
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Renfrewshire Council
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Application
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Terms
& Conditions
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Probationary - £52 for 1 yr
Renewal - £104 for 2 yrs
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Licensed – 14% (A)
Unlicensed – 86%
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South Lanarkshire Council
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N/a
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N/a
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One Zone - £99 for 3 yrs
All Zones - £150 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 45% (A)
Unlicensed – 55%
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Stirling Council
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Application
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N/a
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Grant - £54 for 1 yr
Grant - £105 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 32% (A)
Unlicensed – 68%
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West Dunbartonshire Council
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N/a
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N/a
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Grant - £71 for 3 yrs
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Licensed – 27% (A)
Unlicensed – 73%
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West Lothian
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N/a
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N/a
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Grant - £37 for 1 yr
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Licensed – 23% (A)
Unlicensed – 77%
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