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Premises licence and club premises fees
Certificate fees
This fee is banded and based on non-domestic rateable values (NDRV). (This is not rates paid.) You can find the rateable value of a property on GOV.UK: Find a business rates valuation.
Compare your rateable value with the table below to decide which Band the premises falls into (for example, a premises with a rateable value of £25,000 will fall into Band B).
Property not subject to NDRV will fall into Band A.
Premises in the course of construction will fall into Band C.
| Band | NDRV |
|---|---|
| A | £1 to £4,300 |
| B | £4,301 to £33,000 |
| C | £33,001 to £87,000 |
| D | £87,001 to £125,000 |
| E | £125,000 and over |
Application fee
This is the fee to be paid for:
- new applications for a premises licence or club premises certificate
- an application for a variation of a premises licence or a club premises certificate - see 'other fees' below for:
- minor variation
- variation application to change the name and address of the licence holder
- a change of designated premises supervisor
| Band | Fee |
|---|---|
| A | £100 |
| B | £190 |
| C | £315 |
| D | £450 |
| E | £635 |
For a premises licence where the premises falls into Band D or E and the use of the premises is exclusively or primarily for the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises then the fee for Band D is doubled to £900 and the fee for Band E is tripled to £1,905.
Additional fees
Additional fees are payable where the licence will authorise more than 5,000 people on the premises.
| Number of people | Additional fee |
|---|---|
| 5,000 to 9,999 | £1,000 |
| 10,000 to 14,999 | £2,000 |
| 15,000 to 19,999 | £4,000 |
| 20,000 to 29,999 | £8,000 |
| 30,000 to 39,999 | £16,000 |
| 40,000 to 49,999 | £24,000 |
| 50,000 to 59,999 | £32,000 |
| 60,000 to 69,999 | £40,000 |
| 70,000 to 79,999 | £48,000 |
| 80,000 to 89,999 | £56,000 |
| 90,000 and over | £64,000 |
Annual charge
The annual charge must be paid each year for any premises with a premises licence or club premises certificate. It is payable on the first, and each anniversary, of the grant of the licence or certificate. It is also related to the current rateable value of the premises (for example, for a Band B premises the fee is £180).
| Band A | Band B | Band C | Band D | Band E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £70 | £180 | £295 | £320 | £350 |
For a premises licence, where the premises falls into Band D or E and the use of the premises is exclusively or primarily for the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises then the fee for Band D is doubled to £640 and the fee for Band E is tripled to £1,050.
Additional fees
Where the number of people that can be admitted to the licensed premises exceeds 5,000 people, additional fees on the sliding scale set out below will be applicable. This applies to all premises licences, regardless of whether that licence is granted for a specific period (for example, temporary event not able to be dealt with using a temporary event notice) or not.
| Number of people | Additional fee |
|---|---|
| 5,000 - 9,999 | £500 |
| 10,000 - 14,999 | £1,000 |
| 15,000 - 19,999 | £2,000 |
| 20,000 - 29,999 | £4,000 |
| 30,000 - 39,999 | £8,000 |
| 40,000 - 49,999 | £12,000 |
| 50,000 - 59,999 | £16,000 |
| 60,000 - 69,999 | £20,000 |
| 70,000 - 79,999 | £24,000 |
| 80,000 - 89,999 | £28,000 |
| 90,000 and over | £32,000 |
Exemptions from fees
The following are exempted from paying fees for premises licences, club premises certificates or variation of those licences or certificates:
- church halls, chapel halls or other similar premises
- village, parish or community halls or other similar premises
- schools or colleges providing education mainly concerned with provision of full time education for pupils up to the age of 19 applying for a premises licence or club premises certificate, where the licence or certificate only authorises regulated entertainment
No annual charges are payable where the premises licence or club premises certificate authorises regulated entertainment only and is either held by the proprietor of a school or college and the premises form part of the school or college and the provision of regulated entertainment is for the purposes of the school or college or the premises form part of a church hall, chapel hall or other similar building or a village hall, parish hall, community hall or other similar building.
Other fees, including temporary event notice and personal licence
| For applications, notices or copies | Fee |
|---|---|
| Temporary event notice (section 100) | £21 |
| Personal licence - grant or renewal (section 117) | £37 |
| Copy of licence or summary on theft, loss etc of premises licence or summary (section 25) | £10.50 |
| Disapply requirement for DPS (section 25a and section 41d) | £23 |
| Provisional statement (section 29) | £315 |
| Change of name or address (holder of premises licence/DPS) (section 33) | £10.50 |
| Vary premises licence to specify individual as DPS (section 37) | £23 |
| Minor variation (section 41a) | £89 |
| Transfer premises licence (section 42) | £23 |
| Interim authority notice (section 47) | £23 |
| Copy of certificate or summary on theft, loss etc of certificate or summary (section 79) | £10.50 |
| Change of name or alteration of club rules (section 82) | £10.50 |
| Change of relevant registered address of club (section 83(1) or (2)) | £10.50 |
| Copy of notice on theft, loss etc of temporary event notice (section 110) | £10.50 |
| Copy of licence on theft, loss etc. of personal licence (section 126) | £10.50 |
| Change of name or address (personal licence) (section 126) | £10.50 |
| Notice of interest in any premises to freeholder (section 178) | £21 |
| Copies of information contained in register | Set by Licensing Authority |