Licensing
Licensing Policy
From 7 February 2005 we started to process liquor licences along with the existing licences that we are already responsible for.
During the 9 months following February 2005, people were required to apply to the Magistrates Court and to us for any liquor licences. Both the old system and the new ran side by side until 24 November 2005 when the Act went live and we took full control of the processing and granting of licences.
We consulted with residents and local businesses on our draft licensing policy and have now published our final policy, which was adopted on 5 January 2005.
Licensing Policy 
PDF 375K
Licensing Policy - Chinese PDF 288K
Licensing Policy - Punjabi PDF 138K
Licensing Policy - Turkish PDF 263K
Licensing Policy - Plain text PDF 83K
Consultation Results PDF 48K
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More information can be found on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport website.
Useful web links
Enforcement Policy PDF 153K|
