WITH fans clamouring for his tasty treats in Worcester, the ‘King of Desserts’ has put out a plea for the city council to fast track his request for a licence to trade here.

Tee ‘Mr Tee’ Smith, who sells ice cream and other desserts from a van, claims he applied for an annual licence costing £875 almost a month ago but had to wait two weeks for an appointment at the Hive.

He says he has since waited another 11 working days for a reply and when he rang the council on Wednesday he was given a “vague” response.

“If anyone from licensing is reading this, please help – as you can see all our paperwork and documents that you requested for the street trading are complete and correct.

“There is a huge amount of people messaging us to return to the city but we wish to refrain from this until we are fully legally allowed to do so.

“We have submitted applications along with the relevant fee and when we rang to chase up the progress of our application your offices were very vague in supplying any information as to how our application is progressing.

“We wish to have this licence in place as soon as possible so we can continue with our work bringing happiness in the form of delicious treats to the people of Worcester.”

Once the licence is obtained, the business is set to trade in the city twice a week.

Previously, the Worcester News revealed that the vendor, who has amassed more than 100,000 followers on Facebook, was unknowingly trading illegally in the city.

Gallery: Mr Tee returns to Worcester

He visited the city on Sunday, March 25, setting up in Ravenmeadow, Droitwich Road, and said 1,250 customers were there. He had permission from the landowner but no licence to trade. He also sold his desserts in Droitwich – where a licence was not required – on the same day.

A spokesman for Worcester City Council said it had not received the application, but stressed that this does not mean it has not been submitted and could be on-route from the Hive. It normally takes about five working days to process an application. Worcester Regulatory Services has offered to speak directly to Mr Tee about the licence.