Licensing Frequently Asked Questions

There are three rules that must be adhered to about how many Temporary Events Notices you can have:
In any calendar year:

• No premises may be used for temporary events on more than a total of 15 days (if an event runs over midnight this will count as 2 days).
• No premises (even public houses) may have more than 12 temporary events.
• The applicant can only submit 5 notices, unless they are a personal licence holder. A personal licence holder can submit up to 50 temporary events.

Provided that the criteria set out above are met, only the police may intervene to prevent an event covered by a TEN notice taking place or agree a modification of the arrangements for such an event and then only on crime prevention grounds.

The Notice must contain a statement of:

• the licensable activities taking place,
• the period during which it is proposed to use the premises for those activities,
• the times during the event period when licensable activities are to take place,
• the maximum number of persons to be allowed on the premises at any one time (not exceeding 499),
• if the supply of alcohol is involved, whether the supplies will be for consumption on or off the premises or both,
• where the licensable activities include the supply of alcohol, the condition that all such supplies are made by or under the authority of the premises user,
• any other matters prescribed by the Secretary of State in regulations.