Applications for a new premises licence or a variation to an existing licence (other than a minor variation) must be advertised in two ways:

1. A Public Notice must be prominently displayed so that it is easily visible 24-hours a day from the outside of the premises, for a period of not less than 28 days, starting the day after the application is submitted (the consultation period). For large premises the Notice must be repeated every 50m.

The Notice must be in this template: 

Public Notice - Premises Licence Variation (DOCX, 72.67 KB) or Public Notice - New Premises Licence (DOCX, 72.04 KB) and printed on light blue paper

or Public Notice - Minor Variation (DOCX, 45.43 KB) and printed on white paper.

A copy of the Public Notice will also be displayed on the council’s website for the whole of the consultation period. 

2. Publication of an advertisement in a locally available newspaper giving notification of the application to appear on one occasion within 10 working days of submission of the application. You will be required to provide proof of publication to the Licensing Team.

Applications for Minor variations must be advertised by displaying a Public Notice in the prescribed format, printed on white paper, so that it is easily visible 24-hours a day from the outside of the premises, for a period of 10 working days starting on the working day after the minor variation application was submitted.