A Temporary Event Notice (TEN) is a notification given by an
individual to the Council giving notice of an event that is to take
place.
TENs replace the existing 'occasional permissions' and 'occasional
licences' systems and relate to temporary events with less than 500
attendees where 'licensable activities' are planned to take
place.
You can use a TEN for:
- Authorising a licensed activity at a premises not currently
licensed - e.g. selling alcohol at a school fete
- Temporarily extending the hours you may provide a licensed
activity at an existing licensed premises
- Providing licensable activities not authorised by your existing
licence
Criteria for Temporary Event Notices
Your TEN must be given to the Council no later than
10
working days before the day on which the event period
begins, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of
£21.00.
Other limitations on TENS are:
- The person giving the Temporary Event Notice is known as the
Premises User
- The premises user must be over 18 years old
- Personal Licence Holders may give up to 50 notices per year
(see below)
- Non personal licence holders may only give up to 5 notices per
year
- Each event may last no more than 96 hours and there must be at
least 24 hours between events
- No premises may be used more than 12 times per calendar
year
- No premises may be used for greater than 15 days per calendar
year in total (i.e. 1 January - 31 December)
- No more than 499 persons can attend the event
Apply
Online:
By post:
For further advice, please consult the temporary events guide (Adobe PDF
format, 121kb), which provides more information as to how
to complete and serve a TEN, and provides the answers to
'frequently asked questions'.
Will tacit consent apply?
Yes, tacit Consent will apply.
This means that you will be able to act as though your application
is granted if you have not heard from the Council by the end of the
target period.
A copy of the notification will be provided to Lancashire
Constabulary by the Licensing Unit no later than the first working
day after it is received.
The chief police officer who receives a notice and believes that
the event would undermine 'crime prevention' objective can serve an
objection notice on the licensing authority and the premises user.
This notice must be served before the end of the second working day
following the day on which the notice is received by the
Constabulary.
Where an objection is made, a public hearing must be held to
determine your application. The public hearing will be held within
7 working days after the last date for representations. The hearing
date may be extended beyond 7 working days if the Council
considers it is in the public interest to do so.
You will be informed within 7 working days after the last date for
representations if your notice is effective.
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