Temporary Event Notices (TENs)

A temporary event notice (TEN) is given by an individual (a premises user) and authorises the premises user to conduct one or more licensable activities at a premises for no more than 96 hours.

TENs can be used to authorise relatively small-scale ad hoc events held in or on any premises involving no more then 499 people at any one time, subject to certain restrictions.

Temporary event notices (TENs) can be given to permit any or all of the following:

• The sale of alcohol
• The supply of alcohol to members of a registered club
• Provision of late night refreshment - hot food or hot drink at any time after 23:00 or before 05:00.
• Entertainment which is defined as:

1. a performance of a play
2. an exhibition of a film
3. an indoor sporting event;
4. a boxing or wrestling entertainment
5. a performance of live music
6. any playing of recorded music
7. a performance of dance
8. entertainment of a similar description to that falling within paragraphs (5), (6) or (7), where the entertainment takes place in the presence of an audience and is provided for the purpose, or for purposes which include the purpose, of entertaining that audience
9. facilities for making music
10. facilities for dancing
11. entertainment of a similar description to that falling within paragraphs (9) or (10).
    

IMPORTANT - YOU MUST READ BELOW:

A Temporary Event Notice will need to be given in writing to the Council and the Police, and this must be received at the Council Offices and Police Station NO LATER THAN 10 CLEAR WORKING DAYS BEFORE THE DAY THE EVENT IS DUE TO START. This does not include the day it is received or the day of the event.

Section 193 of the Act defines "working day" as any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England and Wales. "Ten working days" means ten working days exclusive of the day on which the event is to start, and exclusive of the day on which the notice is given.

Longer notice will be advantageous, especially in the case of some defect in the notice or objection by the Police. Any notices received after that period will not be valid and any licensable activities carried on would be unlawful.

Please ensure that you attach enough postage to the envelope. Some letters are held by the post office for unpaid deficient postage and may be delivered too late for the TEN to be valid. An A4 envelope is classed as a Large Letter and should carry the appropriate postage.

The notice must be accompanied by a fee of £21, all cheques made payable to Winchester City Council. Two copies must be sent with the fee to:

Licensing Department
City Offices
Colebrook Street
Winchester
SO23 9LJ

One copy must be sent to the Police at:

Licensing Department
Hampshire Constabulary
North Walls Police Station
North Walls
Winchester
SO23 8DW

An application form for the above is available to download below. Please note that if you wish to fill the form in electronically, you can do this by downloading the Word document. To fill the form in manually, please download the adobe version below:

Apply online
The online application form and guidance notes can be found here:

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