Temporary Event Licences

Temporary Event Notices

The Licensing Act 2003 has replaced the old-style 'occasional licences' for one-off events, with temporary event notices.

There can be no more than 499 people at the event. The applicant must complete an application form, pay a fee of £21 and send a copy of the notice to the police and two copies to the Licensing Authority. The individual responsible for the event must make sure that the application is received by the council at least ten working days notice, not including the day of application or the day of the event. 

We encourage applicants to allow as much time as possible between the application and the date of the proposed licensable activity/event. The council has no discretion to permit a shorter period of notice.

It is this notification that is known as the temporary event notice.

Licensable activities will then normally be permitted, where:

• the individual is 18 years old or more
• the premise has not submitted a temporary event notice for a period ending less than 24 hours before the beginning of the new event

The Licensing Team will acknowledge the receipt of the temporary event notice to the licensee.

Personal licence holders may make up to 50 applications per year for temporary event notices. Non-licence holders may make up to five applications per year.

No single premises may be used more than 12 times, or for more than 15 days in total, per year.

Completed application forms and all relevant accompanying documents should be submitted to:

Licensing Team
Islington Council
222 Upper Street
London
N1 1XR

Tel: 020 7527 3031

You should also send a copy of your application to:

The Licensing Officer
Islington Police Station
2 Tolpuddle Street
London
N1 0YY