Personal and Premises Licences - Licence directory

Under the Licensing Act 2003 you or the premises must be licensed if:

you want to sell or supply alcohol to members of the public
you want to offer certain regulated entertainment (e.g. performance of a play, dance or music, showing of a film, an indoor sporting event etc.) to members of the public
you want to offer late night refreshment to members of the public

This means supplying hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am. If you want to offer regulated entertainment and/or late night refreshment you only need to apply for a premises licence.

But if you want to sell or supply alcohol you will a premises and personal licence.

This Act will cover premises such as:

pubs and nightclubs
off-licences
restaurants that serve alcohol
hot food takeaways that are open after 11pm
hotels and guest houses that sell alcohol
private members clubs
theatres and amateur dramatics productions
cinemas

Public Access for Licensing - the online licensing applications register

Public Access is our on-line service that makes it possible for you to:

search for current and past licensing applications
view information on the applications and licences once issued

You can search and view the above information freely.

When you register you will also be able to:

track the progress of applications
save your searches

Licensing Act 2003 - Weekly List of Applications Received

In July 2024, we moved to a new system for the digital forms hosted on our website. Whilst a form previously existed for all these services, some are currently unavailable. We will be regularly implementing new forms so please check back regularly for updated information. Forms that are currently unavailable will be marked (form coming soon).

to apply for a new Personal Licence you must use our online form
to apply for a change of details to a Personal Licence you must use our online form
to apply for a new Premises Licence you must use this online form
to apply to transfer an existing Premises Licence you must use our online form
to apply for a Variation to specify a Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) for an existing Licenced Premises you must use our online form
to apply for a new Club Premises Certificate you must use our online form
to apply for a Full Variation for an existing Club Premises Certificate you must use our online form - coming soon
applications for both Minor Variation and Full Variation for an existing Premises Licence can be downloaded from the GOV.UK website. You will need to complete the relevant form and email a copy to licact2003@southend.gov.uk.
To make a licensing complaint you must use this online form.

In July 2024, we moved to a new system for the digital forms hosted on our website. Whilst a form previously existed for all these services, some are currently unavailable. We will be regularly implementing new forms so please check back regularly for updated information.

Forms that are currently unavailable will be marked (form coming soon).

Email: licact2003@southend.gov.uk