Licensable activities which may be authorised by a temporary event notice are:
- the retail sale of alcohol (at any time)
- the provision of regulated entertainment (at any time)
- the provision of hot food or hot drink between 11pm and 5am
Exemptions
Under certain circumstances entertainment is exempt from regulation.
Entertainment and circumstances where authorisation is not required:
- plays – between 8am and 11pm each day (where attendance is 500 or less)
- dance - between 8am and 11pm each day (where attendance is 500 or less)
- films - screening of a not for profit film exhibition, held in community premises, between 8am and 11pm each day (where attendance is 500 or less)
- indoor sporting events - between 8am and 11pm each day (where attendance is 1000 or less)
- boxing or wrestling – contest/exhibition or display of Greco-Roman wrestling, or freestyle wresting between 8am and 11pm each day (where attendance is 1000 or less)
Licensable activities in conjunction with exempt activities, such as sale of alcohol, are not exempt. Only the specific activities outlined above are exempt. For example, a play between 8am and 11pm with attendance of less than 500 people would not require a licence but any sales of alcohol taking place during the play would still need to be made under authority of a temporary event notice or a premises licence.
Please note that a Temporary Event Notice can only authorise licensable activities for events with an attendance of 499 people or less, including staff.
Notice period
You must give ten clear working day's notice of a temporary event.
Alternatively, you can submit a late temporary event notice giving between nine and five clear working day's notice.
Please note that the day on which the temporary event notice is submitted and the date on which the event begins cannot form part of the notice period. Submission of late temporary event notices is limited to two per premises per year.
Limitations
You are permitted to submit 50 temporary event notices per calendar year if you are a personal licence holder, and five temporary event notices per calendar year if you are not a personal licence holder. The number of late notices that can be given in any one calendar year is limited to ten for personal licence holders, and two for non-personal licence holders and these also count towards the total number of temporary event notices you can submit.
No more than 499 people at any one time may be on the premises and the event must last no more than 168 hours with a minimum of 24 hours between events.
You must be 18 years or older to apply for a temporary event notice.
A counter notice may be served by us if permitted limits have been exceeded.
Apply online
Apply for a Temporary Event Notice on the government website
Alternatively, you can fill in and return our application form (pdf / 150 KB).
Fees
You can find our licensing fees here.
What happens next?
We will give written acknowledgement of the receipt of the temporary event notice before the end of the first working day after it was received.
Responsible authorities
We will give a copy of the notice to North Yorkshire Police and environmental health no later than the end of the first working day after the day on which the notice was received by us. North Yorkshire Police and Environmental Health have three working days beginning the day after they are notified of the temporary event notice in which to submit a representation if they believe the temporary event notice would undermine one of the licensing objectives.
Objections and hearings
Where an objection is made by the police or environmental health, a public hearing must be held to determine the temporary event notice. The hearing will be held within seven working days following the day after the last date on which an objections maybe be received. The hearing date may be extended beyond seven working days if we consider it is in the public interest to do so. A decision must be made at least 24 hours before the beginning of the event.
The police or environmental health may modify the temporary event notice with the consent of the premises user. In such a case an objection notice will be deemed to have been withdrawn.
Tacit consent
You will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from us by the end of the target period, providing we have received a full application and you have received an acknowledgment from us.
Appeals
An applicant aggrieved by the refusal of the council to grant a licence or by any condition attached to the grant of such a licence may appeal to a Magistrates Court.
If a counter notice is given in relation to a temporary event notice following receipt of a representation by North Yorkshire Police or Environmental Health, you may appeal against the decision.
Appeals must be made to the local Magistrates court within 21 days. An appeal may not be brought later than five working days from the day of the planned event.
Legislation
You can read the legislation relating to this licence here.
Validity and renewals
A temporary event may last no longer than 168 hours from the start time.
The maximum number of events per place within a calendar year is 12.
Register
You can view the public register here.
Policy
See our licensing policy here.
Complaints
Contact us in the first instance.