Premises Licence Application

£650 Application and Submission

What types of premises does it cover:

The premises licence could be required in various situations, obviously any type of premises, i.e. Buildings, Public Houses, Restaurants, Off Licences, Alcohol Delivery Services. It could even be to licence an Open Space for a music event which may need a licence. If you run a business from home there may be a licensing requirement. In a nutshell any licence that could be the legal requirement for the sale of alcohol. Dave can explain all these to any prospective client.

What is covered in the cost

• All pre-application discussion with the client.
• Advising on all aspects of the client’s requirements, this will include explaining all the requirements for a potential successful outcome. This will entail explaining to the client their responsibilities regarding the 4 Licensing Objectives.
• The preparation of the application
• Serving the application to the appropriate authorities.
• Dealing with the public notice for the local newspaper which would include obtaining the best price available for the client.
• The preparation of the Blue Notices that need to be displayed on the premises.
• Advising the client and communication during the application period.

Details of any additional services/costs associated with premises licences:

There is a licence fee to be paid to the local Council, this is in relation to the Rateable Value of the building or area to be licensed and this would subsequently be followed by an annual fee.

Examples.

£0-4,300.00  Rateable Value	Licence fee £100.00	Annual Fee £70.00
£4301–£33,000 RV	Licence Fee £190.00	Annual Fee £180.00
£33,001 – £87,000 RV	Licence Fee £315.00	Annual Fee £295.00

Other fees can be provided if required.

All applications need to be supported by a licensing plan. This needs to be quite detailed; it has to show the licensable area, all fire exits and extinguishers. It will need to show the location of any CCTV cameras and be produced to a scale of 1:100. if you have a floor plan fine, Dave can adapt to your requirements. If there is no plan we can possibly produce what is required with cooperation from the client. Generally this can be completed with no extra charge, but if it is quite detailed there may be a nominal charge of £50.00, if a site visit is needed then there may be some expenses incurred, this would be discussed with the client dependent of location.

Part of this process is any applicant must advertise the application both at the premises location, these are known as Blue Notices and also in a local newspaper in the form of a public notice. Dave will deal with all these requirements, producing the Blue Notices and advising of their location and the time period to be displayed. Dave will liaise with the local newspapers to produce the public notice within the specified timeframe. There is no standard cost for this notice as they vary greatly across the country, Dave will advise on this, and provide a cost for the notice with 2-3 days of the initial enquiry.

Postage: This is required to ensure the Blue Notices are with the client within the timeframe for them to be displayed; this is always the day after the application is placed. This would be a guaranteed next day service at a cost of £10.00.

Client Representation: If for whatever reason the application is unsuccessful there may need to be a Hearing to reach the required outcome. If the client needs Dave to represent them at the Hearing there would be some expenses. These would be discussed when and if they are needed.