Advertising the application
In the case of an application for the grant or variation of a premises licence and for provisional statements, the person making the application must display a pale blue A4 (or larger) notice, printed legibly in black ink or typed in black, in a size equal (or larger) to 16 font, prominently at or on the premises to which the application relates.
Where the premises covers an area of more than 50 metre squared, the same notice must be placed every 50 metres along the external perimeter of the premises. The notice must be displayed for 28 consecutive days, starting the day after the application is given to the relevant licensing authority.
In addition to this, they must publish a notice in a local newspaper circulating in the vicinity of the premises, at least once during the 10 working days after the application is given to the relevant licensing authority.
In all cases, these notices need to state:
- the name of the applicant
- the postal address of the premises, or if none, a description to allow it to be identified
- a statement of the licensable activities you propose to carry on
- the postal and website address (if any) where the relevant licensing authority's register is kept and can be inspected
- the date by which an interested party or responsible authority may make representations
- that representations may be made in writing
- that it is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for the offence
In the case of an application for a provisional statement the notice shall state that representations are restricted after the issue of a provisional statement, and where known, may state the relevant licensable activities which it proposes to carry on.
In the case of an application to vary a premises licence, the notice must also briefly describe the proposed variation.