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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...
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...
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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 ...
Pavement Licence Consultation Ends 11th Feb
One positives to arise during the pandemic was the willingness of government to look at the level of red tape around certain applications ,particularly pavement licences and how they were processed in different ways by different councils .This man...
Prime Minister Announces 'Plan B'
In a Statement this evening, the Prime Minister announces that ‘Plan B’ would be implemented in England. Following the emergence of the Omicron variant of the Covid19 virus and evidence of growing cases in the UK, the Prime Minister a...
The Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021
In Northern Ireland, alcohol may only be sold to the public in licensed premises. The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 specifies the categories of premises for which a licence may be granted. Private Members’ clubs which wish to suppl...
Security Industry Authority Check Compliance
Many licensed premises require under the terms of their licence the provision of Door Supervisors and it is a mandatory condition on all licences that:- Any person carrying out a security activity at the premises in accordance with conditions att...
High Court refuses permission to bring judicial review in premises licence transfer case
Under the Licensing Act 2003, a premises licence transfer is applied for by the incoming premises licence holder but the application ought to be accompanied by the signed consent of the current premises licence holder. However, a licensing author...