No cold calling zones

'No cold calling zones' can be set up by groups of residents to deter uninvited callers. Street signs, door stickers, information packs and ways of reporting incidents can all help to give residents the confidence to ‘say no'.

Our Trading Standards service works with other organisations such as Neighbourhood Watch, Sussex Police, and parish, borough and district councils to set up no cold calling schemes In East Sussex.

Find out if you live in a zone

Use our search tool, interactive map or select from a list of locations to find out if you live in a 'no cold calling zone'.

Set up a new zone

To find out how to get a zone set up in your area, please contact Trading Standards.

Doorstep sales and cold calling

Learn about your rights, reporting a doorstop seller, and how to protect yourself from doorstep crime on our page Doorstep sales and cold calling.

Acrobat (PDF)
No cold calling zones policy (39k)
Policy on creating and maintaining no cold calling zones in East Sussex, and responding to requests for assistance from zone residents. Published July 2010 (4 pages).
Appendix 1 - No cold calling letter to businesses (34k)
Trading Standards will send a letter to businesses which are reported to be cold-calling in a No cold calling zone. Published July 2010 (2 pages).
Appendix 2 - Office of Fair Trading letter about no cold calling zones (32k)
Letter about legal issues and the OFT policy on 'cold calling control zones' and 'no cold calling zones'. Published July 2010 (3 pages).