Applications can be made using the online form. A payment of £176.00 (with effect from 1 October 2022*) is required with your application. If you wish to apply by post, please contact the Licensing Department for a paper copy of the application form.

*The fee for applications submitted after 1 April 2023 will increase to £193.00.

Bookings can be provisionally reserved for seven days. If the application form and payment have not been received within those seven days, the booking will be cancelled.

Permission is only granted subject to Winchester City Council being indemnified against any claim in respect of injury, damage or loss arising out of the grant of permission. It is the responsibility of the hirer to obtain Public Liability Insurance to the value of £5 million and to produce such insurance to the Council if required.

The banner should be delivered to WCC Special Maintenance, Cipher House, Moorside Road, Winchester, SO23 7RX no later than 12:00 on the Friday before your booking date. Please contact the team on 01962 848 574 to arrange drop off and collection of the banner.

Banners will be taken down on the Monday at the end of the hiring period and will be available for collection from WCC Special Maintenance, Cipher House, Moorside Road, Winchester, SO23 7RX from that day, unless it is a Bank Holiday. Any Banner not collected within 5 working days of the hiring period will be destroyed.

The banner is to be constructed of suitably strong wind and weather resistant material preferably canvas based. The Banner shall be no larger than 4 metres wide by 1 metre tall. Adequate ropes should be attached at all four corners (a minimum of 2.5 metres long) to affix the banner. To aid the securing, security and visibility of the banner we require a minimum of 5 eyelets along both the top and bottom of the banner. Double-sided banners are recommended.

Unless authorised in writing by the Council, the Banner must not comprise or contain commercial advertising (although the inclusion of the name or logo of a commercial sponsor is acceptable if this does not form a prominent part of the display).