A man who claims to provide “the best ice cream in the world” could be in trouble with a Somerset council over selling from its car parks.

Tee Smith – who dubs himself Mr Tee, “king of desserts” – has amassed nearly 220,000 followers on Facebook as he travels the UK selling ice cream and other desserts.

Mr Tee visited Bridgwater on May 12 and Highbridge on May 18, selling ice cream near the job centre and from the Market Street car park respectively.

But in amongst the positive reaction this generated – and requests to visit other parts of Somerset – he may have fallen foul of licensing laws which prevent ice creams sellers from operating in car parks in Sedgemoor.

A Bridgwater resident claimed in a Facebook post that neither Mr Tee nor two other companies had permission to operate from car parks run by Sedgemoor District Council.

He said: “If you and the gang come tomorrow, don’t be surprised if you end up with a fine.”

The council has confirmed its policy regarding trading from car parks and said it was investigating this case.

A spokeswoman said: “We have a blanket ban on ice cream vans trading from our car parks, apart from Apex Park in Highbridge where we let a concession as it is not a pay and display car park.

“We do not issue consents to trade from our pay and display car parks, and doing so is a breach of by-laws.

“We are currently considering the legal options open to tackle this practice. We are investigating this case.”

Mr Tee has been the subject of other licensing investigations elsewhere in the UK, with Worcester City Council investigating him for trading without a licensing following his visit to the Ravenmeadow area of the city on March 24.

Mr Tee has not responded to a request for comment on the Somerset case, but said he had applied for a licence to trade in Worcester before arriving in the city.

Sedgemoor District Council has said that the public must be willing to come forward and give evidence in court if people trading without licences are to be successfully prosecuted and fined.

A spokeswoman said: “We need members of the public who are willing to give evidence in court as to the activity, and most are unwilling to do that.  Without evidence, we cannot prosecute.

“We operate a 24-hour non-emergency antisocial behaviour hotline on 0800 298 2009. People can also get in touch electronically via www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/article/1540/Report-an-incident-of-Anti-Social-Behaviour or can email customer.services@sedgemoor.gov.uk.

“Any ice cream van would have to be registered under the food hygiene regulations as a mobile food outlet.

“We do not licence ice cream vans.  Most trade from the highway, so it would be a Somerset County Council matter.”