Ice cream vans face schools ban

Vendors must not stop within 100m of schools under new rules

Ice cream vans will be banned from trading within 100m of schools under new rules from Barnsley Council.

The change will prevent mobile vendors from stopping within 100m of the main entrance to schools "without written consent".

They must also move on from the location after 20 minutes.

The council cabinet is set to change the trading rules at a meeting on June 11 following a consultation.

Mobile traders will also be banned from Barnsley town centre, and businesses whose food hygiene rating falls below a three will have their street trading consent suspended.

DBS checks will also be needed to apply for a street trading licence, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Barnsley Council's new policy states: “Mobile traders must move from position to position remaining stationary for no longer than 20 minutes to initially attract customers and thereafter only long enough to serve customers present.

“The vehicle must move on as soon as the last customer has been served and no other customer is clearly awaiting service.”

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