Licensing act 2003 – licence applications

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Licensing public register

The Full Public Register is available at South Derbyshire District Council on request; we have recently made the first part of the public register, relating to premises applications, available on this website (please use the link below):

Licensing Public Register

The remainder of the public register is under development and will be included in the near future.  

What do you need to do?

Links to the new application forms are available here, in both Word and PDF formats.

The Licensing Act 2003 aims to promote four key objectives to enable more freedom for business operators and customers, while clamping down on crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour.

The four key objectives are: 

• the prevention of crime and disorder 
• public safety 
• the prevention of public nuisance 
• the protection of children from harm

The objectives will be mainly met through the introduction of two new types of licence, a premises licence and a personal licence. 

We will issue both of these new licences.

Other guidance

The guidance for completing new applications and variations can be found in the related documents section.

Section 182 Guidance

Department for Culture Media and Sport - licensing act 2003
Office of Public Sector Information - licensing act 2003 

Other applications forms

• Application to vary Premise Licence
• Application to vary Premise Licence to specify designated premise supervisor
• Application to transfer Premise Licence
• Consent of Premise Licence Holder to transferInterim Authority Notice
• Notification of Interest in Premises
• Application to vary club Certificate

The above forms are available from the Office of Culture, Media and Sport
DCMS - licensing Application Forms 

New policies

As required by law, we will be setting up a new Licensing Committee to oversee and manage the licensing process. The council must also produce a Licensing Policy Statement that explains how it will operate the licensing scheme for the next three years.

• Licensing Policy Statement

Fees

For details of fees relating to all application forms, please see Fees and Charges documents at the foot of this page under Related Documents

Certain premises are exempt from paying a fee for the premises licence. These include church halls, village halls and schools and colleges (where the entertainment is provided for the school and for educational purposes).