Alcohol and entertainment licences

Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202

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Alcohol and entertainment licences - premises licence

Alcohol and entertainment licences - premises licence

This page gives details of how to:

Apply for a premises licence
Apply to vary a premises licence
Apply to change the designated premises supervisor
Apply to transfer a premises licence

Apply for a premiseslicence

To obtain a premises licence you need to apply to the Licensing Team at the Vale of White Horse District Council. You must submit the following documents:

A completed application for a premises licence. It is advised that you read the Vale's Statement of Licensing Policy before making an application. The application form and policy can both be downloaded from right of the page.
A consent form completed and signed by the individual who is giving his or her agreement to be the designated premises supervisor. You must provide this if your application includes the sale or supply of alcohol. The consent form can be downloaded from right of the page.
A detailed plan of the premises to the scale of 1:100.
Payment – which should be submitted with the orginal application to the Council. The fee payable depends upon the rateable value of the premises. If you do not know the rateable value of the premises you can check it on the Valuation office website. Then look up the fee scale on the Department of Culture Media and Sport website. You can make payment by credit or debit card and you can also pay by cheque, made payable to the Vale of White Horse District Council.

You need to make seven copies of your completed application form. The original should be sent with the documents listed above to the Licensing Team at the Council. You then need to send a copy to each of the other responsible authorities listed in the document on the right.

When applying for a premises licence, please also consult the Pool of conditions document, which can be downloaded from the right of the page. This gives details of conditions which you may wish to voluntarily attach to your licence application.

You must also advertise your application, both on the premises and in the local newspaper - for details of how to do this see below.

Apply to vary a premises licence

You must apply to the Vale of White Horse District Council Licensing Team if you want to change the hours or licensable activities at the premises. You must submitting the following documents:

A completed application to vary a premises licence form - the application form can be downloaded from the right of the page.
A detailed plan of the premises at scale 1:100.
Payment. The fee depends upon the rateable value of the premises. If you do not know the rateable value of the premises you can check it on the Valuation Office website. Then look up the fee scale on the Department of Culture Media and Sport website. You can make payment by credit or debit card, but you can also pay by cheque, made payable to the Vale of White Horse District Council.

You must also advertise your application, both on the premises and in the local newspaper.

Advertising your licence

How to advertise on the premises
The notice must be advertised on the premises for a period of no less than 28 consecutive days starting on the day after the day on which the application was given to the relevant licensing authority.

The notice must be A4 or larger, pale blue with black text printed legibly in black ink or typed in black, in a font size equal to or larger than 16 point. In all cases the notice must be displayed prominently at or on the premises to which the application relates where it can be conveniently read from the exterior of the premises.

The notice must contain a brief description of the proposed variation and include:

The name of the applicant
The postal address of the premises, if any, or if there is no postal address for the premises, a description of those premises sufficient to enable the location and extent of the premises to be identified.
The date by which an interested party or responsible authority may make representations to the relevant licensing authority (within 28 days of the application being received by the licensing authority starting on the day after the day on which the application was received by the licensing authority).
That representations shall 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 is up to £5,000.

Advertising in the local newspaper:
You must publishing a notice on at least one occasion during the period of ten working days starting on the day after the day on which the application was given to the licensing authority. The advertisement must contain the same information as posted on the premises.

Apply to change the designated premises supervisor

You must apply to the Vale of White Horse District Council Licensing Team if you want to change the designated premises supervisor. You must submit the following documents:

A completed application to vary a premises supervisor form . This form can be downloaded from the right of this page. To specify a new individual as designated premises supervisor, you must give a copy of the application form to the existing designated premises supervisor.
A completed consent form signed by the individual giving his or her consent to be the new Designated Premises Supervisor. This form can be downloaded from the right of the page.
The premises licence or relevant part of it.
Fee of £23. You can make payment by credit or debit card and you can also pay by cheque, made payable to Vale of White Horse District Council.

Send all of the above, including the fee, to the Licensing Team at the Vale of White Horse District Council, Abbey House, Abingdon, OX14 3JE.

A copy of the application and consent form also must be sent to The Licensing Officer, Oxford Police Station, St. Aldates, Oxford, OX1 1SZ.

Apply to transfer a premises licence

You must apply to the Vale of White Horse District Council Licensing Team to transfer premises licences. You must submit the following documents:

A completed application to transfer a premises licence. This form can be downloaded from the right of this page.
A completed consent form for the premises licence holder to transfer signed by the person who holds the existing licence. This form can be downloaded from the right of this page.
The premises licence or relevant part of it.
Fee of £23.

You can make payment by credit or debit card and you can also pay by cheque made payable to The Vale of White Horse District Council.

Send all of the above, including the fee, to the Licensing Team at the Vale of White Horse District Council, Abbey House, Abingdon, OX14 3JE.

A copy of the application and consent form also must be sent to The Licensing Officer, Oxford Police Station, St. Aldates, Oxford, OX1 1SZ.