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Club premises certificate

Applying for a Club Premises Certificate

You must apply to the local authority and submit the following documents:

A completed club premises certificate application form. The Operating Schedule is an important part of the application – make sure you check our Licensing policy 143kb to find out what information you should include.
A detailed plan of the premises to the scale of 1:100
Seven copies of the application documents. The first with the fee should be sent to Salisbury District Licensing Authority (address at the end of this section) and one copy to each of the responsible authorities.
Payment.
The fee is dependant upon the rateable value of the premises. If you do not know the rateable value of the premises you can check it on the Valuation Office Agency website. Then look up the fee scale on the Department of Culture Media and Sport site.
Our preferred method of payment is by credit or debit card, but you can also pay by cheque. Details are on the Licensing Act: Payment Form 145kb.

You must also advertise your application, both on the premises and in the local newspaper (Salisbury Journal, or if the premises are in the west of the district the Blackmore Vale Magazine).

Advertising on the premises:
The notice must be advertised on the premises for a period of no less than 28 consecutive days starting on the day after the day on which the application was given to the relevant licensing authority.

The notice must be A4 or larger, pale blue with black text printed legibly in black ink or typed in black, in a font size equal to or larger than 16 point. In all cases the notice must be displayed prominently at or on the premises to which the application relates where it can be conveniently read from the exterior of the club premises.

The notice must contain a statement of the relevant licensable activities that you propose to be carried out on or from the club premises and include:

The name of the club
The postal address of the premises, if any, or if there is no postal address for the premises, a description of those premises sufficient to enable the location and extent of the premises to be identified.
The postal address and the web address where the register of the licensing authority is kept and where and when the record of the application may be inspected.
Our postal address is:
Salisbury District Licensing Authority
PO Box 2126
Salisbury SP2 2DJ
Application records can be viewed by appointment only - phone 01722 434319/320. Telephones are answered Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
The web address for the Register is Licensing Register Index 3.7mb
The date by which an interested party or responsible authority may make representations to the relevant licensing authority (within 28 days of the application being received by the licensing authority starting on the day after the day on which the application was received by the licensing authority).
That representations shall be made in writing.
That it is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for the offence is up to £5,000.

Advertise in the local newspaper
You must publishing a notice on at least one occasion during the period of ten working days starting on the day after the day on which the application was given to the licensing authority. The advertisement must contain the same information as posted on the premises.

Varying a Club Premises Certificate

You must apply to the local authority that issued the Club Premises Certificate if you want to change the hours or licensable activities for the club and submit the following documents:

A completed Application to vary a club premises certificate. The Operating Schedule is an important part of the application – make sure you check our Licensing policy 143kb to find out what information you should include.
A detailed plan of the premises to the scale of 1:100
Seven copies of the application documents. The first with the fee should be sent to Salisbury District Licensing Authority (address at the end of this section) and one copy to each of the responsible authorities.
Payment.
The fee is dependant upon the rateable value of the premises. If you do not know the rateable value of the premises you can check it on the Valuation Office Agency website. Then look up the fee scale on the Department of Culture Media and Sport site.
Our preferred method of payment is by credit or debit card, but you can also pay by cheque. Details are on the Licensing Act: Payment Form 145kb.

You must advertise the application, both on the club premises and in the local newspaper (Salisbury Journal, or if the premises are in the west of the district the Blackmore Vale Magazine).

The notice must contain a brief desciption of the proposed variation and include:

The name of the club
The postal address of the premises, if any, or if there is no postal address for the premises, a description of those premises sufficient to enable the location and extent of the premises to be identified.
The postal address and the web address where the register of the licensing authority is kept and where and when the record of the application may be inspected.
Our postal address is:
Salisbury District Licensing Authority
PO Box 2126
Salisbury SP2 2DJ
Application records can be viewed by appointment only - phone 01722 434319/320. Telephones are answered Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
The web address for the Register is Licensing Register Index 3.7mb
The date by which an interested party or responsible authority may make representations to the relevant licensing authority (within 28 days of the application being received by the licensing authority starting on the day after the day on which the application was received by the licensing authority).
That representations shall be made in writing.
That it is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for the offence is up to £5,000.

Downloads

Licensing Act: About the Change 61kb Licensing arrangements explained.
Licensing policy 143kb
Licensing Act: Payment Form 145kb

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Contact details:

Telephone:
01722 434319 or 434320

email:
enhlicence@salisbury.gov.uk...

Postal address:
The Licensing Officer
Environmental Services
Salisbury District Council
PO Box 2126
Salisbury
SP2 2DJ