Alcohol, Entertainment and Late Night Food
Licensing Act 2003
The Licensing Act 2003 sets a number of activities that must be licensed:
- Sale of alcohol by retail
- Supply of alcohol in a members club
- The provision of regulated entertainment
(plays, film exhibitions, indoor sporting events, boxing or wrestling, live music, provision of recorded music and performance of dance or dancing)
- Late Night Refreshment
(the provision of hot food and hot drink to the public between 11pm and 5am on any day)
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European Championship 2025 final on Sunday 27th July 2025 – Extension to licensing hours.
Venues that are normally licensed to sell alcohol until 11pm (whether under a premises licence or club premises certificate) will be allowed to remain open and sell alcohol until 1am. Premises not licensed to sell alcohol until 11pm on Sunday 27th July do not benefit from this extension, which also does not apply to alcohol to be sold off the premises, regulated entertainment or late night refreshment.
For licensable activities in a period not exceeding 168 hours
For a premises to be used for one or more licensable activity
To sell or supply alcohol or authorise the sale or supply of alcohol
A qualifying club can carry out licensable activities
A searchable list of all of the licences we have issued
Details of the current applications to grant new licences
Alcohol, Entertainment & Late Night Food licence fees
How to complain and the process we follow
We carry out licence reviews, hearings and appeals
The Full Council adopted the lincensing policy on 27th January 2022
Also in Alcohol, Entertainment and Late Night Food Licensing
Contact the Licensing Section
Telephone: 01304 872295 E-mail: licensing@dover.gov.uk