The Licensing Act 2003 has now come into force.
To legally provide regulated entertainment, sell hot food between 11pm and 5am, sell alcohol , you must be in possession of a Premises Licence and, for the sale of alcohol, a Personal Licence issued by the Council under the Licensing Act 2003. If you are a registered club supplying alcohol on behalf of a club you must be in possession of a Club Premises Certificate.
Application forms for new personal licences, premises licences and and club premises certificates can be downloaded by clicking on the relevant section on the menu to the left of this screen. Completed forms should be submitted to:
The Licensing Team
Civic Offices, London Road, Basingstoke, RG21 4AH
The Licensing Team can be contacted by email at licensing@basingstoke.gov.uk, by telephone on 01256 844844, or by fax on 01256 845353
Applications to convert existing licences and certificates had to be submitted by August 6 2005. This deadline has now passed and any applications submitted must be NEW applications and not conversion ones.
If you have missed the deadline and you have conversion application forms, you will need to obtain forms to make a new application. These can all be downloaded from the appropriate section on the menu to the left of this screen, or contact the Licensing Team who will be happy to post them to you.
Before making an application, please read the relevant notes which can be dowloaded below.
More information on the Licensing Act 2003 can be found on the DCMS website, including the proposed timetable for implementation. Click here to read The Licensing Act 2003