TENs - Temporary Event Notices
 | A Temporary Event Notice (TEN) allows you to carry out one or more licensable activities at your premises for up to 168 hours. TENs can be used to authorise small-scale events involving no more than 499 people at any one time, subject to certain restrictions. |
A TEN can be used:
If the notice meets the criteria laid down in Licensing Act, the event will go ahead unless a counter notice is served. A TEN can be used for events that include:
It is important that you make sure that any licensed activities are carried out as described in the notice you give us. The notice must be in the right format and must be made by someone over 18 years of age. You can use the application form on this page to give us notice, or you can tell us:
You will be able assume that your application has been granted if you have not heard from us within 9 calendar days of sending your request. |
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There are some limitations on events held under a TEN
- No more than 499 people can be on the premises at any one time
- Each TEN event can last up to 168 hours
- There can be no more than 12 TEN events on a premises per year
- No more than 21 days per year can be covered by a TEN at any premises
- There must be a minimum of 24 hours between each event at any premises
- Multiple TENS can be submitted at the same time but each event is a separate TEN with a separate fee payable. The limits set out above cannot be exceeded
- You must be 18 years or older to give a TEN and can give a maximum of five TENs per year. If you are a personal licence holder, you can give a maximum of 50 TENs per year.
If these criteria are not met, you'll need a full Premises Licence.
Where premises are available for hire to organisations/individuals for their own events, premises owners/operators must be aware that TENs they submit will be counted under the limits set down in the Act. We recommend that a booking agreement is used to make sure that all TENs made for events held on a premises are made with the agreement of the premises owner.
A TEN is treated as being from the same premises user even if it is given by an associate. An 'associate' could be a spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, brother or sister or their spouses, or agent or employee or an agent or employee's spouse.
Appeals and Complaints
If you're unhappy about any of our decisions, please contact us to discuss it.
If we issue a counter notice, you may appeal against the decision. Appeals must be made to the local Magistrates' court within 21 days. An appeal must be brought at least five working days before the day of the planned event.
Other interested parties
If we receive an objection and decide not to issue a counter notice, the chief police officer can appeal the decision. Appeals must be made to the local Magistrates' court within 21 days. An appeal must be brought at least five working days before the day of the planned event.
Consumer complaints
If you have a complaint about a business using TENs please contact your local office using the details on this page.
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