A beach hut licence may be transferred into another person’s name when a hut is sold. Transfer fees are payable on change of ownership.

Mudeford Sandbank

The licence transfer fees for April 2024 to March 2025 are:

• buyer or proposed licensee is not a child of the current licensee: £22,000
• buyer or proposed licensee if a child of the current licensee: £11,000

Please note that for these purposes, a child means your natural or adopted child, but will not include your step child unless legally adopted.

Friars Cliff and Gundimore Beach

The licence transfer fees for April 2024 to March 2025 are:

• buyer or proposed licensee is not a child of the current licensee: £7,150
• buyer or proposed licensee if a child of the current licensee: £3,575

Please note that for these purposes, a child means your natural or adopted child, but will not include your step child unless legally adopted.

Licence transfer packs

Should you sell your hut or wish to transfer your beach hut licence into another person’s name, please contact the beach hut team who will issue you with a transfer pack and provide a transfer fee. Please note, a licence transfer will not be processed until all required documentation has been returned to the beach hut team along with the relevant transfer fee.

For further information regarding beach hut licence transfers, please refer to the relevant beach hut handbooks. A digital copy of the beach hut handbooks can be viewed on the beach hut sites page.

Contact the beach hut team

To get in touch with our Beach Hut Team, please email beachhuts@bcpcouncil.gov.uk or call 01202 123 800.