Under the Licensing Act 2003 a personal licence is required to supply, or authorise the supply of, alcohol in accordance with a premises licence.

Application form

Download the application form for a personal licence on the right hand side of this page.

What to send with your completed application form

(Regs & Section 117 of Act) You must send the following with your application:

• the appropriate fee
• two photographs of you, one of which must be endorsed (45mm x 35mm)
• a criminal conviction certificate, or a criminal record certificate, or the results of a subject access search under the Data Protection Act 1998. This certificate must be less than one calendar month old.
• a declaration of your conviction details (i.e. nature and date of convictions and sentence imposed) or a declaration that you have no relevant convictions (info to be included in forms – Schedule 3)
• your licensing qualification, unless you are exempted under section 4 of the Licensing Act (Personal licences) Regulations

Where to send your application form

See where to send applications.

Relevant offences

You must declare any relevant conviction details (i.e. nature and date of convictions and sentence imposed). Download, print and complete the disclosure of convictions and declaration form (available on the right hand side of this page) when applying for any of the personal licences:

A list of relevant offences is also avaialble to download on the right hand side of this page.

Notification of change of name or address

(Section 127 of Act) There is no form to complete to let us know about a change of name or address. Simply put the changes in writing and send the letter to our main address on: where to send applications. You must send the following with your notice of a change of name or address:

• the appropriate fee
• the personal licence (or reasons for failure to send the licence)