A premises licence is a licence that is granted by a Local Licensing Authority for a specified premises or location which authorises the holder to carry out some or all the following licensable activities:
This requirement will apply regardless of whether your customers will be consuming the alcohol on the premises where it was supplied to them, or off the premises. Drinks with a strength of less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV) can be sold without a licence. Any sales direct to customers will require the seller to obtain a licence. Mail, telephone and internet orders must also be fulfilled from licensed premises.
- Provision of late-night refreshment
For selling or supplying hot food or hot drinks between 11pm and 5am.
- Performance of a play (e.g., a pantomime or amateur dramatic production, including a rehearsal), an exhibition of a film
A licence is required if you are providing a performance of a play, to entertain an audience, if the play is open to the public, or if you are hoping to make a profit from admission fees. (No licence will be required for performances between 8am and 11pm if the audience consists of no more than 500 people)
An indoor sporting event is defined as a display, demonstration or match involving any competitive sport or similar physical activity, which takes place in front of an audience in an enclosed venue.
(Again, you will not need a licence if the event takes place between 8am and 11pm, and the audience consists of less than 1,000 people)
Boxing, wrestling, combined fighting styles, such as mixed martial arts (MMA) or cage fights intended to entertain an audience, will require a licence
(Again, you will not need a licence if the event takes place between 8am and 11pm, and the audience consists of less than 1,000 people)
- A performance of live music
This includes karaoke, a band, a choir, vocal, orchestral, acoustic and amplified performances to entertain an audience.
(No licence is required if the live music is unamplified and takes place between 8am and 11pm or the live music takes place between 8am and 11pm for an audience of no more than 500)
- Any playing of recorded music
Playing recorded music in front of an audience for entertainment purposes but does not include background music
(No licence is required if therecorded music takes place between 8am and 11pm for an audience of no more than 500)
A licence is required if the performances of dance has been arranged as part of an entertainment event including dedicated performances of ballet, latin, ballroom dancing, or street dance, and dancers in bars or nightclubs who are contracted to perform
(Performances of dance will be exempt from licensing if they take place in front of an audience with no more than 500 members, between 8am and 11pm)
- Facilities for making music, dancing and entertainment of a similar description