09 February 2012May 2010 - Mandatory Conditions
From 6 April 2010 a new set of Mandatory Conditions came into force for premises with the sale of alcohol either 'on' the premises or 'on and off' the premises but not for 'off sales' only. Please select the following links to view the Home Office leaflets:
New Mandatory Licensing Conditions (
PDF File 486KB file details)
Selling Alcohol Responsibly Good Practice for Alcohol Retail and Hospitality Industries ( PDF File 385KB file details
Select the following link to see the full version of the Mandatory Conditions ( PDF File 44KB file details).
July 2009 - Removing the condition requiring a Designated Premises Supervisor to be attached to the premises licence for a Community Hall
On the 29 July 2009, new legislation came into force which, in effect, means a Designated Premises Supervisor is no longer required to be the named person on licence. This can be changed to be the management committee of a community premises.
We have provided some notes and questions/answers to assist applicants with this application below. The application form for this process can be found on our application page. Select the link for Guidance notes on the designated premises supervisor ( PDF File 91KB file details).
If you have any further queries having read through these notes please contact the Licensing Team.
