If you or your business:
- sell alcohol
- provide public entertainment, such as live music, theatre or
cinema
- sell hot food or drink after 11.00pm
You must apply for a licence or certificate.
Make licence applications online
For an application form, contact the licensing team at the
address shown below.
Businesses affected by the law include restaurants,
late-night takeaways, off licences, convenience stores, hotels and
guesthouses, village or community halls, theatres, concert halls
and music venues, indoor sports venues and centres, pleasure boats
and other vessels, members’ clubs, cinemas, pubs and bars,
nightclubs and supermarkets
This list is not exhaustive. If you are unsure about whether you
need a licence, contact the licensing team for advice.
Applicants for and holders of licences for the public
performance of music should be aware that other organisations have
rights over the material used in public performances.
Further information is available from:
Performing Rights Society Ltd.
0845 300 60 33
http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/
Phonographic Performances Ltd.
020 7534 1000
http://www.ppluk.com/
A fee set by Government will apply to all applications for
premises and personal licences.
Forms are available below to download and contact details
are shown below to obtain a paper copy.
Public register
View the public register online here. Please
note that the public register is constantly being updated.
Should you require any clarification in respect of particular
premises please contact the licensing team.
Licensing policy
In January 2008 the City of London Corporation published its
newly reviewed Statement of Licensing Policy under the
provisions of the Licensing Act 2003. This policy sets out
the manner in which licensing applications for the sale and supply
of alcohol, the provision of regulated entertainment and the
provision of late night refreshment are considered.
The legislation requires the policy to be reviewed at three
yearly intervals and this is the first review of the original
statement from January 2005.
Download Statement of Licensing Policy
(76kb)
Whilst this policy must be reviewed every three years the
City Corporation is also required to keep its policy under review
within this period and make such revisions as it considers
appropriate.
Application forms
The application forms may be downloaded below or from the
Department for Culture Media and Sport website and sent to the
address below with the supporting documentation.
Please complete the appropriate application from the list below.
You will be able to pay either by cheque at the time of application
or
pay online once you have been given a reference number for your
application.
Personal licence forms
For persons wishing to obtain a Personal Licence or to renew a
Personal Licence.
Application for a personal
licence (65kb)
Application to renew a personal licence
(86kb)
Disclosure of convictions and declaration
(56kb)
Premises licences and club premises certificates forms
For applications for new premises licences and club premises
certificates.
Application for a premises
licence (156kb)
Application for a provisional
statement (154kb)
Application to vary a premises licence
(140kb)
Application to vary a premises licence to
specify DPS (78kb)
DPS Consent Form (29kb)
Application to transfer a premises licence
(113kb)
Transfer consent form (14kb)
Interim Authority Notice (81kb)
Notification of an interest in premises under
178 (70kb)
Application for a club premises
certificate (133kb)
Declaration for a club premise certificate to be
granted Part A (61kb)
Application to vary a club premises
certificate (110kb)
Application for the review of a premise license
or club premises certificate (109kb)
Department of Culture Media and Sport Guidance
on applying for a review (2.27mb)
List of Responsible
Authorities (31kb)
City of London Fees List (53kb)
Temporary Event Notices
Download the application form for temporary
events (168kb)
Should you require a printed copy of The Statement of Licensing
Policy or application forms please contact:
City of London
Licensing Service
Trading Standards & Veterinary Services
PO Box 270
Guildhall
London EC2P 2EJ
Tel 020 7332 3406
Fax 020 7332 3536
or
email
us.
More information regarding Alcohol Licensing can be found on the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport website
Licensing Act 2003 - Premises Licence Applications
View Premises Licence Applications or, for more detail, you may
visit us at:
Trading Standards & Veterinary Services
Walbrook Wharf
78-83 Upper Thames St
London
EC4R 3TD
Please ring first on 020 7332 3406
Public hearings
In respect of applications for licences where the City of London
receives representations from responsible authorities, such as the
police, or from interested parties, including nearby residents, the
matter is likely to be determined at a public hearing. Full details
of the procedure for public hearings, held by a Sub-Committee of
the City of London Licensing Committee, are available to
download below:
Public hearings procedure
PDF (41kb)