Notes for Application - Premises Licence

Licensing Act 2003

General Information

• If your premises sells alcohol you are also required to have a Designated Premises Supervisor who must hold a personal licence.
• If you wish to submit your application in person, you can visit the Licensing Office during normal opening hours.
• The fee for a premises licence is based upon the rateable value of the premises. If you do not know the rateable value of your premises, you can find out from www.voa.gov.uk

Notes for application - Club Premises Certificate

Before submitting your application please ensure you have included all the necessary enclosures. A checklist is provided at the top of page 16 of the application form.

In respect of plans of your premises these have to meet the following criteria.

Be of standard scale, i.e. 1 to 100 and shall show:

• Extent of the boundary of the building, external and internal walls and if different, the perimeter of the premises.
• Access and egress points to and from the premises.
• Location of escape routes (if different from access sand egress points).
• Where premises are used for more than one existing licensable activity, the area within the premises used for each activity.
• If application, the location(s) on the premises used for the consumption of alcohol.
• Fixed structures or similar, which may impact on the ability of individuals to use exits or escape routes.
• Where a stage or raised area is provided, the location and height of each stage/area relative to the floor.
• Where provided, the location of steps, stairs, elevators or lifts.
• The location of toilets.
• The location and type of fire safety and other safety equipment.
• The location of a kitchen, if any, on the premises.

You are required to send copies of your full application including plans to the responsible authorities, the names and addresses of the responsible authorities are as follows:

Responsible Authorities

• The Fire Safety Manager
  Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
  Ashton Fire Station
  Hodgson Street
  Ashton Under Lyne OL6 7TJ
   
•  Chief Superintendent
  Greater Manchester Police
  Partnership Team
  2nd Floor
  Ashton Under Lyne Police Station
  Manchester Road
  Ashton Under Lyne OL7 0BQ
  
  
• Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
  Environmental Health & Trading Standards
  Room 3.24
  Council Offices
  Wellington Road
  Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 6DL
  
   
• Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
  Head of Planning - Room 1.67
  Council Offices
  Wellington Road
  Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 6DL
  
   
• Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
  Social Services
  Conference and Review Section
  QA Unit
  Union Street
  Hyde SK14 1ND
   
• NHS Tameside & Glossop
  New Century House
  Progress Way
  Windmill Lane
  Denton
  Manchester
  M34 2GP

You are required to advertise your application for a Premises licence in a local newspaper, namely either Tameside Reporter, Tameside Advertiser or the Manchester Evening News. The advert should appear on at least one occasion during the 10 working day period commencing the day after the application was made.

In addition, you are required to display a notice on your premises, which needs to be displayed for a minimum of 28 days commencing on the day after your application has been made.

The notice must be:

• A4 size or larger.
• Pale blue in colour.
• Printed or typed in black in a font size of at least 16.
• On display at the premises where it can be conveniently read from the exterior of the premises.

Further guidance notes are shown on page 16 of the application form.

We have drawn up a sample public notice to assist you.

Download the Premises Licence Application Form 234.66 KB

Download the Designated Premises Supervisor Consent Form 48.63 KB