Anybody who wants to provide activities such as the sale and supply of alcohol, regulated entertainment and late night refreshment must be licensed. If these activities are provided on an occasional basis, you may also apply for a Temporary Event Notice (TEN).

Read our mandatory conditions, which apply to all premises licences, before you complete an application form.

In 2020, as a response to the pandemic, the government brought in an off-sales easement for England and Wales granting off-sales for many premises in certain situations. After several extensions, the easement has now ended and the legal position for any premises has reverted back to what was in place before the pandemic occurred.

If a premises wishes to continue the benefits of the off-sales easement, and who doesn’t have off-sales already in place on their premises licence, they will need to vary the premises licence. Each application will be looked at on a case-by-case basis, but in the majority of cases the process of a minor variation can be used.

As a reminder, an off-sale is not just where alcohol is sold in a closed container to be taken away from the premises altogether but strictly speaking is the sale of any alcohol for it to be consumed beyond any on sales licensed area. This means that businesses that allow for alcohol to be consumed in areas not covered by their premises licence licensed areas will need to think about varying their premises licence. For example, unlicensed beer gardens, pavement café areas and hotel bedrooms.

Applicants for premises licences, transfer of premises and personal licences must demonstrate that they have the right to work in the United Kingdom. They must also not be subject to a condition preventing them from doing work relating to the carrying on of a licensing activity. This applies to individual applicants and applications from partnerships that are not limited liability partnerships.

You can prove your right to work in the UK by either providing any of the documents listed on the government's website or by providing a ‘share code’ to enable the Licensing Authority to carry out a check using the Home Office online right to work checking service.

For more information, visit the government's website.

Please email licensing@crawley.gov.uk if you have any questions.