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Temporary Event Notices (TENs)

Temporary Event Notices

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

Temporary events guidance
For further advice, please consult the temporary events guide, which provides more information as to how to complete and serve a TEN, and provides the answers to 'frequently asked questions'.

Temporary Event Notice applications
Those requiring a TEN must use the temporary event notice application form.

 

Last Updated: 10/29/2008

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