It is important that you read the guidance notes before applying.
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Fees
Various fees are payable for each type of licence. The licence fees are set by the Government. Download a copy of the list of fees payable. Please make cheques payable to "Tendring District Council".

Grant of a Premises Licence
Guidance Notes
Application Form
Form of Advertisement
Blue Notice (Please print this on Blue paper)
Consent of Designated Premises Supervisor (if selling alcohol)
Requirements of Plans
Responsible Authorities List
Apply Online (Via Business Link)

Premises Grant applications are usually dealt with within 2 months of receipt of a full application. In very exceptional circumstances the deadline may be required to be extended, you will be notified of the new deadline and the reason for extending it.

Will Tacit Consent Apply? Yes. This means that you will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from the local authority by the end of the target completion period.

Transfer of Premises Licence
Guidance Notes
Application Form
Consent to Transfer Premises Licence from Existing Premises Licence Holder

Apply Online (Via Business Link)

Premises Transfer applications are usually dealt with within 2 months of receipt of a full application. In very exceptional circumstances the deadline may be required to be extended, you will be notified of the new deadline and the reason for extending it.

Will Tacit Consent Apply? Yes. This means that you will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from the local authority by the end of the target completion period.

Change of Designated Premises Supervisor
Guidance Notes
Application Form
Consent to be Designated Premises Supervisor
Removal of Designated Premises Supervisor - Guidance

Apply Online (Via Business Link)

Applications for change of Designated Premises Supervisor are usually dealt with within 25 days of receipt of a full application. In very exceptional circumstances the deadline may be required to be extended, you will be notified of the new deadline and the reason for extending it.

Will Tacit Consent Apply? Yes. This means that you will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from the local authority by the end of the target completion period.

Variation of Premises Licence
Guidance Notes
Application Form
Form of Advertisement
Blue Notice (Please print this on Blue paper)
Requirements of Plans
Responsible Authorities List

Apply Online (Via Business Link)

Premises Variation applications are usually dealt with within 2 months of receipt of a full application. In very exceptional circumstances the deadline may be required to be extended, you will be notified of the new deadline and the reason for extending it.

Will Tacit Consent Apply? Yes. This means that you will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from the local authority by the end of the target completion period.

Minor Variations of Premises Licence

Regulations under the Licensing Act 2003 to bring in a new minor variations procedure were laid before parliament on 8 July 2009. The new procedures will come into force on 29 July 2009. The regulations allow minor variations to be made to licensed premises instead of premises licence holders having to go through the cumbersome full application process by introducing new sections into the Act.

Applications must be advertised on the premises on a white public notice and the standard application form will be set out in the regulations.

Interested parties in the vicinity of the application also have ten working days from the date the application was received to make representations on the likely effect of the variation on the licensing objectives. There is no right to a hearing but the licensing officer must take any relevant representations into account.

The licensing authority has to wait at least eleven working days before deciding whether to grant the minor variation or refuse the application - and must make its decision within fifteen working days of having received the application. If it fails to make a decision in that time, the application is deemed to have been refused and the application fee will be returned unless the licensing authority and the applicant agree it can be treated as a new application.

Minor variations generally fall into four categories:

• minor changes to the structure or layout of a premises
• small adjustments to licensing hours
• the removal of out of date, irrelevant or unenforceable conditions or addition of volunteered conditions and
• the addition of certain licensable activities.

Will Tacit Consent Apply? No. It is in the public interest that the authority must process your application before it can be granted.

Please contact the Licensing Section by email: licensingsection@tendringdc.gov.uk or by telephone 01255 686565 to discuss your requirements further and the application forms can be sent out to you.

Apply Online (Via Business Link)

Personal Licence
Guidance Notes
Application Form - Personal Licence
Notification of Change of Name or Address of Personal Licence Holder

Personal Licence applications are usually dealt with within 3 months of receipt of a full application. In very exceptional circumstances the deadline may be required to be extended, you will be notified of the new deadline and the reason for extending it.

Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Act 2006

To comply with the Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 this Council is required to check your eligibility to live and work in the UK. You will be required to confirm that you are able to live and work in the UK and that on request, you will be able to provide evidence of this.

Temporary Event Notice
Guidance Notes
Application Form

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Applications for Temporary Event Notices are usually dealt with within 10 working days of receipt of a full application. In very exceptional circumstances the deadline may be required to be extended, you will be notified of the new deadline and the reason for extending it.

Will Tacit Consent Apply? Yes. This means that you will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from the local authority by the end of the target completion period.

Grant of a Club Premises Certificate
Application Form
Form of Advertisement - Club Grant
Blue Notice (Please print this on Blue paper)
Requirements of Plans
Responsible Authorities List

Apply Online (Via Business Link)

Club Grant applications are usually dealt with within 2 months of receipt of a full application. In very exceptional circumstances the deadline may be required to be extended, you will be notified of the new deadline and the reason for extending it.

Will Tacit Consent Apply? Yes. This means that you will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from the local authority by the end of the target completion period.

Variation of a Club Premises Certificate
Application Form
Form of Advertisement
Blue Notice (Please print this on Blue paper)
Requirements of Plans
Responsible Authorities List

Apply Online (Via Business Link)

Club Variation applications are usually dealt with within 2 months of receipt of a full application. In very exceptional circumstances the deadline may be required to be extended, you will be notified of the new deadline and the reason for extending it.

Will Tacit Consent Apply? Yes. This means that you will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from the local authority by the end of the target completion period.

Review
In addition to any of the Responsible Authorities, any member of the public who lives in the vicinity of a premises or is involved in a business in that vicinity - or someone representing them - may apply for a Premises Licence to be reviewed if there is a breach of one or more of the Licensing Objectives / Conditions and where other existing legislation has not been able to deal with the breach satisfactorily. Guidance and forms are available from the Licensing Section upon request.

An application for Review must be dealt with at a Hearing of one of the Premises / Personal Licence Sub Committees who have the power to dismiss the complaint, suspend, amend or revoke the Premises Licence.

If you require any other application forms, please contact the Licensing Section by email: licensingsection@tendringdc.gov.uk or by telephone 01255 686565.