If you want to offer skin piercing treatments or services, both your premises and the person performing the treatments must have a skin piercing registration.

Completing this form should take no more than 10 to 15 minutes of your time.

Get ready to apply

Premises licences

As part of your premises licence application, you'll need to provide:

• The name and address of the premises you want to licence
• Details on the types of activity you will practice at the premises
• Details on the responsible practitioners at the site
• Details on the cleaning and sterilisation procedures you will use
• The receipt number from your application fee payment

For acupuncture and dry needling, every individual who practices these treatments must be registered separately.

For all other types of piercing, only the responsible person who performs these treatments must be registered separately.

Personal licences

As part of your personal licence application, you'll need to provide:

• Your name and contact information
• Details on the activity you will practice
• Details on any relevant qualifications you hold
• The addresses of all premises where you intend to practice
• The receipt number from your application fee payment

Next steps

We will process your application or renewal and will be in touch within 7 working days. 

If we reject your application or renewal, you can appeal by contacting Licensing Services by email at: licensing@bathnes.gov.uk