The Licensing Act 2003 Guidance notes for Operating Schedules
Below is guidance on how to complete the operating schedule on your application form for a premises licence. When completing this form you will need to consider the four licensing objectives: • • • • Prevention of Crime Public Safety Prevention of Public Nuisance Protection of Children from Harm.
To help you, our Licensing Policy and pool of conditions should be consulted. You can see a copy of our policy on our website, at The Council offices in Pippbrook and at the help shop in Leatherhead. Full copies can be sent to you at a cost of £11.50 per copy. When you have decided what licensable activities you want to do and when you want to do it, you must put full details of them on the application form. There must be sufficient information to allow the authority and our partner consultees, e.g. Police, Social Services and Fire, to make an assessment of the application and enable them to decide whether they wish to make representations on your application.
New Applications
If you are applying for a new premises licence to conduct licensable activities you will need to complete a full application with a detailed operating schedule and details of how you intend to comply with the licensing objectives. You must consider the licensing objectives and detail what measures you are going to use to ensure that you promote those objectives (see above). It may be that you decide that no customers will be admitted after 10:30 pm and that you will employ registered door supervisors. That you will use noise reduction measures to ensure there is no disturbance to residents, e.g. double/triple glazing/sound proofing and keeping doors and windows closed whilst the entertainment is taking place. You must specify the measures on the application form, and they will have to be complied with, when the premises are conducting the activity. Part 3 of the form is where you must list the licensable activities that you intend or wish to carry out on your premises. E.g. if you wish to hold regular live music events in your pub you will go to box ‘E’ for live music, and box ‘M’ for the sale of alcohol. Each of the boxes allows you to enter what you want to do under the headings of each of the licensable activities. You will see a weekly event guide in which you can specify what days and times (24 hr clock) that you wish to hold regular events. Alongside are boxes for further information;
1. The first box is where you specify the type of entertainment; you need to give a brief description of the activity, e.g. live music in the bar for customers consisting of singer and backing music or bands. 2. The second box is where you can make seasonal variations, e.g. where you intend to operate later in the summer months. 3. The third box is where you can specify special events which are not regular weekly events, e.g. where you hold a fete or garden party for only one date every year, or certain special occasions, such as wedding anniversaries or birthdays or occasions such as Halloween, where you wish to hold a party. The more detail you put in this part of the application the better. If there is a lack of information it has more chance of being challenged by the consultees and other persons who have a right to make representations about your proposals.
Transfer from existing Licences.
Without changes If you have a current justices’ licence including regular extensions granted, Supper licences and Public Entertainment Licence, you will be able to convert it to the new licence without challenge as long as the proposed operating schedule matches the current permitted activities, including the opening hours that are specified in the current legislation. You will need to list all of your current activities on the form without any explanation, unlike a new application which requires a full explanation of your proposals. As long as you are not asking for anything extra other than the activities that you are doing now, or have done over the last 12 months, the conversion should go through unchallenged. You will still need to specify what you intend to do to promote the licensing objectives (see page1). With changes, variation If you wish to apply for additional activities e.g. extra opening hours, you will need to apply for a variation and this is additional to the transfer application. You will have to specify what hours and days you intend or wish to trade, what activities you wish to conduct on your premises. E.g. you may wish to open until Midnight on Friday and Saturdays only for live music and dancing, you can do this. You will need to consider the licensing objectives (see page 1) and detail what measures you are going to use to ensure that you promote those objectives.
Contact details For further information or advice please contact the licensing team: Environmental Health Department Licensing Team Mole Valley District Council Pippbrook Dorking Surrey RH4 1SJ Tel: 01306 879274 Email: licensing@molevalley.gov.uk Fax: 01306 879329 Web site: www.molevalley.gov.uk
This leaflet is produced as a guide and should not be considered authoritative, for further information regarding your application you should refer to the Licensing Act 2003, the Section 182 guidance issued by the Secretary of State and Mole Valley District Council’s Licensing Policy. These documents will give you specific and detailed information as to what is expected and can all be viewed via the Councils web site www.molevalley.gov.uk/licensing.