This page of basic questions and answers has been designed to
help you decide if you need a premises licence or need to issue a
temporary events Notice. However, alcohol, entertainment and late
night refreshment licensing is a complicated subject so if you are
not sure whether you need a licence please contact the Licensing
Officer for further advice.
1 Will you be providing entertainment (plays, films,
music, dance, sports etc) open to the general public or for
consideration with a view to profit?
Yes - Go to question 2
No - Go to question 30
2 Will you be performing a play (including
rehearsals)?
Yes - Go to question 17
No - Go to question 3
3 Will you be showing films or video?
Yes - Go to question 4
No - Go to question 6
4 Will the showing be solely to demonstrate a product,
advertise goods, provide information, education or
instruction?
Yes - Go to question 6
No - Go to question 5
5 Will it be part of a museum or art gallery
exhibit?
Yes - Go to question 6
No - Go to question 16
6 Does the activity include boxing, wrestling, indoor
sport?
Yes - Go to question 16
No - Go to question 7
7 Does the activity include dance?
Yes - Go to question 16
No - Go to question 8
8 Does the activity include live or recorded
music?
Yes - Go to question 9
No - Go to question 30
9 Is the music purely incidental to the main
entertainment?
Yes - Go to question 30
No - Go to question 16
10 Will you be selling or supplying alcohol?
Yes - Go to question 11
No - You do not require a premises licence.
11 Is the alcohol solely for a raffle, tombola etc.
prize?
Yes - Go to question 12
No - Go to question 40
12 Are any of the proceeds for private
gain?
Yes - Go to question 40
No - Go to question 13
13 Will the alcohol be in sealed
containers?
Yes - Go to question 14
No - Go to question 40
14 Are there any monetary prizes?
Yes
- Go to question 40
No - Go to question 15
15 Will the tickets be sold and the prize be drawn
only at event?
Yes - You do not require a premises
licence
No - Go to Question 40
16 Is the entertainment solely a simultaneous
reception and broadcast by television or radio?
Yes
- Go to question 30
No - Go to question 17
17 Is the entertainment part of a religious
meeting?
Yes - Go to question 30
No - Go to question 18
18 Is the entertainment at a place of public
worship?
Yes - Go to question 30
No - Go to question 19
19 Is the activity at fete (or similar) or not
for private gain?
Yes - Go to question 30
No - Go to question 20
20 Will the activity be Morris Dancing or similar?
Yes - Go to question 30
No - Go to question 21
21 Will the activity take place on a vehicle that is
moving (NOT parked)?
Yes - Go to question 30
No - Go to question 40
30 Will you be supplying hot food or drink from a
premises or vehicle between 11.00 pm and 5.00 am?
Yes - Go to question 32
No - Go to question 31
31 Will you provide facilities for purchasers to heat
supplied food or drink between 11.00 pm and 5.00 am?
Yes - Go to question 32
No - Go to question 10
32 Will the supply be to a recognised club member or
guest, an employee, a guest at a hotel, guest house or similar
overnight accommodation?
Yes - Go to question
10
No - Go to question 33
33 Will the late night supply be hot drink containing
alcohol only?
Yes - Go to question 10
No - Go to question 34
34 Will the only supply be by a vending machine to a
member of the public when they insert payment?
Yes
- Go to question 10
No - Go to question 35
35 Will the hot food or drink be supplied free (it is not
free if admission is charged to the premises or for other
items)?
Yes - Go to question 10
No - Go to question 36
36 Will the hot food or drink be supplied by a
registered charity?
Yes - Go to question 10
No - Go to question 37
37 Will the hot food or drink be supplied solely on a
moving vehicle (not parked)?
Yes - Go to question
10
No - Go to question 40
40 Will activity last less than 96 hours?
Yes - Go to question 41
No - You require a premises licence
41 Do you hold a personal licence?
Yes -
Go to question 42
No - Go to question 43
42 Have you or your immediate family, business partner
etc given 50 temporary event Notice's in the current
year?
Yes - You require a
premises
licence
No - Go to question 44
43 Have you or your immediate family, business partner
etc given 5 temporary event Notice's in the current year?
Yes - You require a
premises
licence
No - Go to question 44
44 Have 12 temporary event Notice's already been served
relating to the premises in the current year (by
anybody)?
Yes - You require
a
premises
licence
No - Go to question 45
45 Will the event and any others in the current year
for which temporary event Notice's have been given exceed 15 days
in total?
Yes - You require a
premises
licence
No - You must issue a
temporary events
notice or apply for a
premises licence