Licensing Act 2003 - statement of licensing policy

Summary

Statement of Licensing
                           PolicyAs part of the Licensing Act 2003 the Council is required to produce a Statement of Licensing Policy, which sets out how we administer our duties under the Act. The Act also requires us to review our policy within a three year period.

Following consultation undertaken in the Summer 2010, our policy for 2011 to 2014 was approved by the full Council on 14th December 2010. It came into effect on 7th January 2011.

Our current policy is available below.

Downloads

Effective from 7th January 2011

Further information

Purpose of the policy

This Statement of Licensing Policy is designed to provide guidance for everyone who is involved in or affected by the licensing of alcohol, entertainment and late night refreshment in the Licensing Authority's area. This includes:

  • applicants for all types of licence (Premises/Club/Personal) - to help applicants to understand the process and the considerations to be taken into account.
  • applicants for Premises Licences - to help applicants to draft an appropriate operating schedule with conditions and measures in line with the four licensing objectives.
  • organisations or individuals planning events - to indicate whether a licence is likely to be needed and how to go about obtaining one.
  • statutory agencies (Police, Fire, relevant Council departments etc) - to indicate how the Licensing Authority and the other statutory agencies will co-operate to achieve their respective objectives in areas of common concern, particularly in the areas of prevention, monitoring and enforcement; to indicate which of the agencies will "lead" on each of the four fundamental licensing objectives.
  • residents and businesses in the neighbourhood of premises which have an existing licence or require a licence, and their representatives (e.g. ward councillors) - to inform local people of their rights to be consulted, to make representations, to apply for reviews of existing licences; to indicate those types of representations which are likely to be relevant and those which are not; to explain how the Licensing Authority and the other relevant statutory agencies will work together on licensing issues for the benefit of the local community, and to outline the limits of the licensing regime.
  • licensing decision-makers - to provide guidance to all the relevant Council officers dealing with applications and to the Licensing Committee and Licensing Sub Committees deciding contentious applications; to provide guidance to the courts in dealing with any appeal from a decision of the Licensing Authority.

Contact us

Officer / Team Licensing Section
Postal address Blaby District Council
Council Offices
Desford Road
Narborough
Leicester
LE19 2EP
E-mail address licensing@blaby.gov.uk
Telephone 0116 272 7783
Fax 0116 272 7596

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This page was last updated on 11th January 2011

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