The Licensing Act provides a mechanism for interested parties, responsible authorities and club members to ask for a premises licence or club premises certificate to be reviewed. The same category of people who may object to a licence being granted or varied may apply for a review.
The request for the review of a premises licence or club premises certificate must be under one or more of the licensing objectives, which are:
Complete the application form (MS Word document) carefully, providing as much detail to support your application. Send the original to us and send a copy of it to:
We will consider your application.
For interested parties only - if the grounds for review are considered frivolous, vexatious or repetitious, or have already been considered we can refuse to review the licence. If this happens, we will tell you the reasons why.
If your application is accepted, we'll advertise that the licence is to be reviewed, other interested parties and responsible authorities will have 28 days to make representations.
At the end of that period, a hearing will be held before a licensing Sub-Committee within 20 working days to consider any representations.
The licence holder(s) and any other people making representations will be invited to attend.
For a premises licences, the Sub-Committee can:
Decisions made by the Sub-Committee can be appealed against. Any decision has no effect until the end of the period for appealing against the decision, or where an appeal is made, until the appeal has been disposed of.
Asking for a review is free.
Review of a premises licence -
Application Form (MS Word document)
Telephone: 01304 872295
E-mail: licensing@dover.gov.uk
Post:
Licensing Section
Dover District Council
White Cliffs Business Park
Dover
Kent CT16 3PJ
