Licensing
Spiking - Government response to Ninth report of Home Affairs Committee
On 26th April the Home Affairs Committee published its Ninth Report of session 2021 -22 which dealt with Drinks Spiking. The Government has now published its response to this report. The initial report made 12 recommendations and the full Govern...
Home Office States Automatic Off-Licence Provision to be extended
In a letter to the IoL Chairman, Dan Davies, on Thursday the Home Office has confirmed plans to extend the automatic provision for off-sales to licences in England & Wales. During Covid the Government made several interventions to support the...
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Off sales relaxations to end?
In May 2022, we reported on the comments of Paul Regan of the Neighbourhood Crime Unit at the Home Office who wrote to Licensing Authorities stating in respect of pandemic related off sales relaxations: “given the absence of Covid restricti...
Licensing Applications and role of annexed drawings
As we learn and change from terrible events we understand that the availability of the layout plans/drawings annexed to the Premise Licence may be changing.The plans annexed to the licence at annex 4 provides a detailed layout of the premise and f...
House Of Lords follow up report published
The House of Lords has published its follow-up report relating to the Licensing Act 2003. This is a follow up to the original response by the Government to the original report! The latest report examines the progress made by the Government in the ...
Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
The Business and Planning Act 2020 brought a temporary streamlined pavement licence sytem into effect as a response to the pandemic, with the system (and licences granted under it) due to cease on 30 September 2022. The Government’s recent ...
Off-sales Relaxation to Cease
Paul Regan of the Neighbourhood Crime Unit at the Home Office has written to Licensing Authorities regarding the ability to utilise off-sales where premises are permitted to have on sales. This permission was initially granted to help premise...
Nottingham to Consult on Revocation of Late Night Levy
Nottingham City Council’s Licensing Committee are due to meet on Friday (6th May). Included in the published agenda is a review of the City’s Late-Night Levy Scheme (LNL). The recommendation within the report is: “That th...