Liquor, Gambling and Adult Entertainment Licensing

Licensing Act 2003

Legislation introduced to transfer from the Magistrates to the Council the issue and control of liquor licences. Principle areas are the sale of alcohol, sale of late night refreshment (service of hot food between 23.00 hours to 05.00 hours), regulated entertainment and club premises.

For all types of fees download the following document: Fee Charges (PDF, 28KB)

The registers for premises, clubs, personals are those licences issued since 24 November 2005. The TEN (temporary event notices) register shows only events since 1 January 2008.

• Summary Register for Premises and Club Premises (PDF, 360KB) - limited information
• Premises and Club Premises Register by area (licensed activities and times), 24-hour licences are shown as 00:00 to 00:00 - individual areas have 15 or more licensed premises:
  • Cromer (PDF, 313KB)
  • Fakenham (PDF, 278KB)
  • Holt (PDF, 245KB)
  • Mundesley (PDF, 226KB)
  • North Walsham (PDF, 261KB)
  • Sheringham (PDF, 279KB)
  • Stalham (PDF, 230KB)
  • Wells-Next-The-Sea (PDF, 254KB)
  • Alby with Thawite to Dunton (PDF, 322KB)
  • East Runton to Knapton (PDF, 350KB)
  • Langham to Ryburgh (PDF, 278KB)
  • Salthouse to Worstead (PDF, 376KB)
• Applications in Progress Register for Premises and Club Premises (PDF, 200KB)
• Personal Register (PDF, 235KB)
• TEN Register (PDF, 231KB)

Current Reviews - You can download the required application form and supporting documentation below:

• Application Form to Apply for Review (PDF, 47KB)
• Guidance Notes for Interested Parties Applying for a Review (PDF, 43KB)

Premises or club premises currently under review:

• Blazers, Surrey Street, Cromer, NR27 9EZ (PDF, 23KB) - Premises Licence revoked 08/10/2008 by the Council (this decision may be subject to appeal)

Premises Licence - Issued to any premises that are open to the public for the sale of alcohol, late night refreshment and regulated entertainment. You can download the required application form and supporting documentation below:

• New Premises Licence
  • New Premises Licence Application Form (PDF, 84KB)
  • Provisional Statement Application Form (PDF, 83KB)
  • Consent Form to be Designated Premises Supervisor (PDF, 27KB)
  • Guidance Note for Premises Licence (PDF, 23KB)
  • Guidance Note for Content of Plan (PDF, 15KB)
  • Example Crib Sheet for Application (PDF, 17KB)
  • Public Notice Card (PDF, 20KB)
  • Notice of Advertisement (PDF, 17KB)
• Transfer Premises Licence
  • Transfer Premises Licence Application Form (PDF, 48KB)
  • Consent of Licence Holder to Transfer Licence (PDF, 24KB)
  • Interim Authority Notice for Premises Application Form (PDF, 48KB)
• Vary Premises Licence
  • Variation to Premises Licence Application Form (PDF, 85KB)
  • Variation to specify Designated Premises Supervisor Application Form (PDF, 43KB)
  • Consent Form to specify Designated Premises Supervisor (PDF, 27KB)
  • Guidance Note for Content of Plan (PDF, 15KB)
  • Example Crib Sheet for Application (PDF, 17KB)
  • Public Notice Card (PDF, 20KB)
  • Notice of Advertisement (PDF, 17KB)

Club Premises Licence - Issued to private members clubs, for late night refreshment and regulated entertainment. For the benefit of the Licensing Act 2003, private members clubs do not sell alcohol. You can download the application form and supporting documentation below:

• Club Premises Application Form (PDF, 75KB)
• Declaration for Club Premises (PDF, 36KB)
• Guidance Notes for Club Premises (PDF, 17KB)
• Fee Charges (PDF, 28KB)
• Guidance Note for Content of Plan (PDF, 15KB)
• Example Crib Sheet for Application (PDF, 18KB)
• Public Notice Card (PDF, 15KB)
• Notice of Advertisement (PDF, 17KB)

Personal Licence - Issued to any suitably qualified person over 18 years of age and enables that person to sell or authorise the sale of alcohol. A basic disclosure is required on application and is currently only available from the Criminal Records Bureau in Scotland, where you can apply online. You can download the application form and supporting documentation below:

• Personal Application Form (PDF, 44KB)
• Enquiry Letter (PDF, 24KB)
• Disclosure of Convictions Application Form (PDF, 35KB)

Organisations undertaking training for qualifications for personal licences:

• Murray Thexton, Inn-Training, Norwich - 07795 326481
• David Gibbons, City College, Norwich - 01603 773300
• Jonathan Barwick, Great Yarmouth College - 01493 655261
• Brian Hardie, Howes Percival Solicitors, Great Yarmouth - 01603 762103
• Paul Byatt, Kings Lynn - 01553 671971
• College of West Anglia, King's Lynn - 01553 761144
• Licensedinntuition, King's Lynn - 01553 630993
• Peter Lloyd Associates, Flempton, Suffolk - 01284 728552

Temporary Event Notice (TEN) - Issued in order to facilitate the sale of alcohol, regulated entertainment or late night refreshment, for occasional events. A Personal Licence Holder may apply for 50 TEN's per annum and a non-Personal Licence Holder may apply for 5 per annum. Premises can have 12 TEN's per annum, to a maximum of 15 days. You can download the application form below:

• Temporary Event Notice Application Form (PDF, 67KB)

If you would like advice or information or if you have any complaints or concerns, please contact the Customer Service Team on (01263) 516189 or 516301.

Gambling Act 2005

New legislation gives responsibility to Licensing Authorities (local Councils) to undertake a number of licensing and regulatory functions in relation to gambling premises. In all their activities the authorities will be guided by the licensing objectives, which are:

1. To prevent gambling being a source of crime and disorder, being associated with crime and disorder, and being used to support crime.
2. To ensure that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way.
3. To protect children and other vulnerable persons from being harmed by gambling.

North Norfolk District Council has produced a gambling policy (PDF, 285KB). The transition period for the transfer to local authorities ended in September 2007. If you would like advice or information or if you have any complaints or concerns, please contact the Customer Service Team on ((01263) 516189 or 516301. You can download the gambling application form required from below:

• Application Form for 2 or less Machines Notification (PDF, 44KB)
• Application Form for Premises Licence (PDF, 46KB)
• Application Form for Club Gaming Permit or Club Machine Permit (PDF, 48KB)
• Application Form for Grant/Change of Name of Unlicensed Family Entertainment Centre Permit (PDF, 32KB)
• Gambling Fees (PDF, 74KB)

The register for gambling premises issued since 1 September 2007 only contains the minimum required information.

• Gambling Premises Licences and Permits Register (PDF, 233KB)
• Small Premises Lotteries Licences (PDF, 274KB)

Lotteries - Small Society

Registration required by promoters of societies' lotteries - selling draw tickets to the public but excluding raffles at particular events. Lottery registration continues for life until cancelled. However an annual fee is payable to maintain registration. If you would like advice or information or if you have any complaints or concerns, please contact the Customer Service Team on (01263) 516189 or 516301. You can download the application form and supporting documentation below:

New Small Society Lottery application pack -

• Lottery New Application Form (PDF, 30KB)
• Letter for New Lottery Application (PDF, 22KB)
• Attachment to Lottery Application (PDF, 23KB)
• Lottery Rules (PDF, 46KB)

Additional documentation -

• Lottery Return Form (PDF, 32KB)
• Lottery Change of Promoter Form (PDF, 22KB)

Sex Establishments

Sex establishments are required to be licensed under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982. A sex establishment can be either a Sex Shop or Sex Cinema. A Sex Shop is a premises used for business which consists to a significant degree of selling sex articles. A sex cinema is any premises used to a significant degree for showing of films which are concerned primarily with, or relate to, or are intended to simulate sexual activity.

The law defines the way in which an application is made, which include advertising notice of the application in the local press and displaying a notice outside the premises for a specific time period to give passersby the opportunity to comment by a statutory closing date. When considering an application for a licence the Council may only use the following criteria:

• the suitability of the applicant;
• whether the person applying is a "front" person for someone else;
• the location and situation of the premises in relation to other premises in the area;
• whether the number of sex establishments in that locality is equal to, or exceeds the number which the Council considers appropriate for the area.

Once an application has been received an appointment will be made to carry out an inspection. You can download the application form and supporting documentation below:

• Sex Establishment Application Form (PDF, 39KB)
• Public Notice Certificate (PDF, 19KB)
• Public Notice (PDF, 17KB)
• Sex Establishment Conditions (PDF, 32KB)

Licence required by persons wishing to use any premises, vehicle, vessel or stall for the purpose of sex shop or sex cinema. If you would like advice or information or if you have any complaints or concerns, please contact the Customer Service Team on (01263) 516189 or 516301.