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The Licensing Act requires the following applications to be advertised:
New applications, variation applications and provisional statements need to be advertised in two ways:
Minor variations only need to display a notice on the premises in white paper. The notice displayed on the premises, for new applications, variations and provisional statements need to meet the following criteria:
There is nothing in the Act preventing you from placing more than one notice on the premises. You may therefore choose to display more than one notice, even though the ‘place’ to be licensed is less than 50 metres square. You should visit the premises regularly to check that the notice is on display, as any failure to display the notice for 28 continuous days may mean the application process has to start again.
The newspaper advertisement should contain the same information as the notice displayed on the premises and also meet the following requirements:
Applicants should send a copy of the published newspaper advertisement to the council or advise them as to when and in which newspaper the advert is to appear.
These are legal requirements specified under the Act; failure to meet any of the advertising requirements may mean the application process has to start again.
For these applications a white notice needs to be displayed on the premises outlining the proposed changes. This notice needs to be displayed for 10 working days and should be displayed the day after the application was submitted to the council and taken down 10 working days later.