Licensing
Melton Mowbray Council - Another Cumulative Impact Policy is removed!
On 20th December the Full Council at Melton Mowbray met to consider the adoption of a new licensing policy for the period 2022-2027. It is reported that at the meeting the new draft policy was adopted. Perhaps the point of most interest to Opera...
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Home Secretary Updates Parliament in Sensitive Information in Licensing Applications
On 19th December when the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, announced Martyn’s Law, she also set out her intention to introduce a Sensitive Information Protocol to be applied to Licensing Applications, which will be known as SILA. The propo...
Age verification technology in alcohol sales - Call for proposals
Following on from the Home Office’s publication of key learning from their 2022 trials the Government has issued a call…. “…to encourage efforts to develop new technology to improve the experience of consumers and r...
Age verification technology in alcohol sales - Home Office Key Learning
As we have previously reported the Home Office has worked with the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) to create a Regulatory ‘Sandbox’ to allow the trial of several age verification technologies. The aim was to assess and ...
Possibility of Extension of Hours for The King's Coronation – England and Wales
Licensed Premises in England & Wales may benefit from extended hours in celebration of the King's coronation in May 2023. The Government has said that it will consult on making an Order (a Licensing Hours Order) to extend hours from 11p...
Pavement Licence Relaxations & TEN increase
At the IOL Conference last week, Government Officials confirmed that a consultation was planned for early 2023 for both retaining the Off-Sale relaxations currently enjoyed as part of the Covid Pavement Licence changes and the current increase to ...
Licensing Fees - Review
At the IoL Conference last week, Government Officials confirmed that they planned to start the collection of evidence in respect of Licensing Fees payable under the Licensing Act 2003. As with any consultation or similar exercise, the Government ...