Club Premises Certificates

Do I need a Club Premises Certificate?
A Club Premises Certificate under the Licensing Act 2003 is required for any premises occupied by, and habitually used for the purposes of a club, where any of the following take place:

• sale of alcohol by retail
• regulated entertainment
• the provision of hot food or hot drink between 23:00 and 05:00 on any day (late night refreshment)

Regulated entertainment is defined as:

• a performance of a play
• an exhibition of a film
• an indoor sporting event
• a boxing or wrestling entertainment
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• facilities for making music
• facilities for dancing
• anything similar to music or dancing

If a club is not a qualifying club under the 2003 Act and undertakes "licensable activities" (defined in part 3 of the 2003 Act), an application for a new premises licence will be required - please see the Premises Licences link to the left and continue on to 'New' for information for that.

A Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) is not required for a Club Premises Certificate.

How to apply
To apply for a new Club Premises Certificate you will need to complete the form below. Once completed, this form must be submitted to the Licensing Office and copies sent to all the Responsible Authorities (failure to do this will invalidate your application). The application must include a copy of the rules of the club and a plan of the premises to which the application relates. Specifications for the plan can be found in the application.

The day after you submit your application you must display a pale blue notice (template available below) at the premises for a minimum of 28 days. If you cannot locate pale blue paper, please inform the office and a notice will be sent out to you.

A public notice (template available below) must be placed in the local newspaper of where your premises is situated, within 10 working days of submitting your application.

Fees
The fee for a Club Premises Certificate depends on the non-domestic rateable value for the premises. Below are the bands and fees. If your application is granted you will be required to pay an annual fee, which is payable on the anniversary of your licence being granted. The fee for this also depends on the non-domestic rateable value of your premises as set out below.

Forms
Application forms, notice templates and other documents are available below. You can also apply online.

Please make all cheques payable to Winchester City Council and forward your application form to:
Licensing Section
Winchester City Council
City Offices
Colebrook Street
Winchester
SO23 9LJ

If you have any further queries, please contact the office on 01962 848 188 or email licensing@winchester.gov.uk

Online application forms are available below:

Application for a new club premises certificate
Application for a variation to a club premises certificate
Notification of change of details or club rules
Application for a minor variation to a premises or club licence
Make annual payment for a club licence

Application forms for the above are available to download below. Please note that if you wish to fill the form in electronically, you can do this by downloading the Word documents. To fill the form in manually, please download the adobe versions below:

Downloads:

File format	File title	File size / Download time
	Club Premises Application	552K 56Kbps Modem: 1 Minute Broadband: 3 Seconds
	Club Premises Application	141K 56Kbps Modem: 21 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Club Premises Declaration	95K 56Kbps Modem: 14 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Club Premises Declaration	92K 56Kbps Modem: 13 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Club Premises Variation	524K 56Kbps Modem: 1 Minute Broadband: 3 Seconds
	Club Premises Variation	148K 56Kbps Modem: 22 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Responsible Authorities List	29K 56Kbps Modem: 4 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Application Notice	47K 56Kbps Modem: 7 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Template of Newspaper Advert	42K 56Kbps Modem: 6 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second