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A Premises Licence application is made to the Licensing Section of your Local Council.
At the same time as submitting the application to the Council you also have to send a copy to what are known as the Responsible Authorities, Police, Trading Standards, Fire Service, Area Child Protection Committee, Planning, Environmental Health and Building Control.
It is also necessary to display a blue copy of the Notice of Application in the prescribed form on the premises for a period of 28 days and to insert, within 10 working days, a copy of the advertisement in the local newspaper.
During the 28 day consultation period representations can be received from any of the Responsible Authorities or Interested Parties (local residents or businesses in the area) to your application.
If these representations cannot be resolved (which quite often they are) then there will be a hearing before a Licensing Panel comprising of local Councillors who will determine the application. This hearing will take place within 20 working days of the end of the consultation period.
When you submit your application to the Council it will need to be accompanied by a plan (drawn in accordance with statutory criteria) a consent by the person who wishes to be specified as the Designated Premises Supervisor and a fee (determined by reference to the rateable value of the premises).
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