Temporary Event Notice

If you wish to hold a one-off event that involves a ‘licensable activity’ then you must serve it to the Licensing Authority no later than 10 working days before the event.

If you aren’t able to submit your TEN within the 10 working day criteria then you can submit a Late Temporary Event Notice. We must receive this no later than 5 working days before the event.

Licensable activities includes:

• selling alcohol
• serving alcohol to members of a private club
• providing entertainment, such as music, dancing or indoor sporting events
• serving hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am

Eligibility criteria:

• Applicants must be over 18 years old
• A premise can only have up to 20 TENs per calendar year for the years 2022 and 2023.
• From 2024 the number of events will go back to 15.
• A non-personal licence holder can submit a maximum of 5 TENs per year
• A personal licence holder can submit up to 50 TENs per year
• Your event must involve no more than 499 people at any one time and last no more than 168 hours with a minimum of 24 hours between each event

Please note, if the premise where the event is to be held is covered by two or more councils, then you must submit TENs to both.

How to apply

You must give at least 10 clear working days’ notice before your event. Clear working days do not include the day we receive your TEN, the day of the event or any bank holidays.

You can either submit a TEN online or by post. For paper copies, you must serve a copy to the police and the Environmental Health department at the same time. If you submit an electronic TEN then we will serve a copy to the relevant authorities (PDF Document, 0.15 Mb) on your behalf.

A £21.00 fee is payable with the notice.

We will confirm and return a signed copy of the notice on the working day after it is received.

If there is an objection from one of the relevant authorities then you will be informed by one of the Licensing team within 3 working days of us receiving your TEN. We will then organise a hearing to consider the evidence and may decide that your event cannot proceed.

Counter notices may be provided by us if the number of permitted TENs has been exceeded.

Regulation summary

A summary of the regulation relating to this licence

Will tacit consent apply?

Yes. This means that you will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from us by the end of the target completion period.

What to do if we refuse your application

Please contact us first.

If a counter notice is given in relation to an objection notice the applicant may appeal against the decision. Appeals must be made to the local Magistrates' court within 21 days. An appeal may not be brought later than five working days from the day of the planned event.

Licence holder redress

Please contact us first.

Other redress

If we decide not to issue a counter notice in relation to an objection notice the chief police officer can appeal the decision. Appeals must be made to the local Magistrates' court within 21 days. An appeal may not be brought later than five working days from the day of the planned event.