York has a licensing policy but basically anyone can get one. Amplification is becoming a major problem there. Parliament Street should support half a dozen buskers but there are now 4 regulars who have so much amplification that it kills theh whole area for anyone else. It also causes problems for the market traders as well.

City Centre management are clamping down on street traders, I wish they'd look at this as well, especially as most of the really different buskers are unamped.

All the best

Steve Ogden