Scheduled website maintenance – Sunday 15 March
Some of our online forms and registers (including food hygiene ratings and HMO licences) may be unavailable between 9am and midday.
The rest of the website will remain available.
Premises licence
Apply for a premises licence to sell alcohol, host entertainment, or serve hot food and drinks late at night. Learn how to manage or update your licence and appeal a decision.
A premises licence allows a venue to:
- sell alcohol
- provide entertainment (e.g., live music, film screenings)
- Serve hot food/drink between 11pm and 5am
This applies to pubs, restaurants, shops, clubs, event venues and more.
Who can apply?
You can apply if you:
- Run or plan to run a business at the premises, or,
- Represent a charity, school, club, hospital, or police
- Are aged 18 or over
How to apply
Apply for a new premises licence
You’ll need to provide:
- Details of the applicant
- Details of the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS)
- A scaled plan of the premises
- An operating schedule (activities, hours, conditions)
Apply for a new premises licence
Managing your licence
You can request or make changes for:
- Provisional statements
- Interim authority notices
- Transferring (and grant consent to transfer) a premises licence
- Vary a premises licence
- Changing your name or address
- Surrendering a premises licence
Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS)
You can:
A DPS must hold a personal licence.
Other useful actions
- Pay your annual licence fee
- View and comment on licence applications
- Request a review of an existing licence
- View the licensed premises register
- Register a food business (if applicable)
- Notify us of interest for a licensed premises
