Temporary event notice (TEN)

What are licensable activities

• Sale or supply of alcohol
• Provision of regulated entertainment (for example - performance of a play, performance of live music, playing of recorded music, performance of dance, exhibition of a film or indoor sporting event)
• Provision of late night refreshment (hot food or drink) at any time between 11pm - 5am

Please note: a TEN can only authorise licensable activities for events with an attendance of 499 people or less, including staff, artists. 

If any part of your event is outside you will need to provide a plan. This includes marquees, barns and any other non-standard constructed building. The plan must clearly show where the licensable activities will take place and include geographical context such as proximity to other buildings, properties and road names.

You may also require a street trading consent if you are trading at an outdoor event, such as but not limited to markets or festivals.

Apply for Street Trading Consent

Find out more about Events in Public Places

How often can I apply for a TEN?

A personal licence holder can submit a TEN up to 50 times a year. If you don't hold a personal licence the limit is 5 per year. 

Premises are limited to 15 TENs a year with a maximum of 21 days total and there must be a minimum of 24 hours between events.

Anyone applying for a TEN must be over 18. The Notifier will be responsible for ensuring that the event is run in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003, and should be available throughout the event to deal with any issues arising.

How to apply

Standard TENs

To apply for a standard TEN you must:

• apply no later than 10 working days before the event is due to take place (this doesn't include the day the TEN is received by us or the day of the event). You can apply for a TEN as far in advance as you wish.
• Provide a plan of the venue if any of the event takes place outside. This also applies to structures in rural areas, for example barns. It must clearly show where the licensable activities will take place and contain geographic reference to where these are in relation to other buildings, properties, roads etc
• Pay the fee of £21
• If you submit the notice via the council website we will inform the relevant authorities on your behalf.

If you are serving the notice by hand at Buxton Town Hall or by post then you will also have to

• Enclose payment by cheque of £21.  Please note that cash cannot be accepted.  Alternatively you can telephone 01298 28400 or 0345 129 7777 and a member of the customer service team will take payment either by debit or credit card.
• Include a plan of the venue if any part of the event is to take place outside. As per the instructions above
• provide a copy of the TEN to the local Police: Staffordshire Police Licensing, Stafford Police Station, Eastgate Street, Stafford, ST16 2DQ
• provide a copy of the TEN to Environmental Health. The address is P.O Box 136, Buxton, SK17 1AQ.

Notifications cannot be accepted via email.

If there are no objections from the Police or Environmental Health your notice will automatically be authorized and copy of the TENs notice will be sent to you. This should be displayed at the event or produced upon request.

If the number of TENs allowed for a premises or individual is exceeded within a calendar year period then a counter notice will be issued.

In certain circumstances conditions may be added to a TEN by the licensing committee.

Late TENs

The application is the same as a standard TEN, but you must apply no later than 5 working days before the event which doesn't include the day the application is received by us or the day of the event.

A non-personal licence holder may apply twice per year for a late TEN and a personal licence holder may apply up to ten times.

Refusal

If your application for a standard TEN is objected to by the Police or Environmental Health then the licensing sub-committee may be required to determine whether the event may go ahead. An objection submitted by the Police or Environmental Health should relate to one or more of the licensing objectives in the Licensing Act 2003 being undermined. They Are:

• the prevention of crime and disorder
• public safety
• prevention of public nuisance
• the protection of children from harm

If the Police or Environmental Health object then the licensable activities at the event will not be permitted to go ahead.

There is no case for appeal for a late TEN and the event will not be authorised for any licensable activities.

Fee

Application fee for a Temporary Event Notice - £21

Penalties

If you do not have a TEN and carry out an activity that you should have a licence for, or allow your premises to be used for one, it may result in an unlimited fine, 6 months imprisonment or both.

Apply For a TEN

If you apply online you DO NOT need to send duplicate copies of the application form to the council, the police or environmental health.

By Post

Temporary Event Notice application form (Word doc, 61 KB)

If you apply by post you will need to send 2 copies of the application form and the fee of £21 to the council (1 for the attention of Licensing and 1 for Environmental Health). You must also post a copy of the application form to the police.

Council address: P.O Box 136, Buxton, SK17 1AQ 
Police address: Staffordshire Police Licensing, Stafford Police Station, Eastgate Street, Stafford, ST16 2DQ