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Minor Variations to premises licences or club premises certificates

It is now possible to make small changes to your premises licence or club premises certificate through the Minor Variation process, which is cheaper (£89.00), easier and quicker than the full variation process.

Please note that no cash payments can be accepted at Bridge House, all payments must be taken to Bayard Place (Cash Office closes at 14.00)

We expect that the process will be used for changes such as small changes to the structure or layout of a premises:

  • the addition of authorisation for late night refreshment or regulated entertainment (such as live music, performance of plays or film exhibitions)
  • small changes to licensing hours (but see below on changes that relate to alcohol);
  • revisions, removals and additions of conditions (this could include the removal or amendment of out of date, irrelevant or unenforceable conditions, or the addition of volunteered conditions).

The Minor Variations process cannot be used to:

  • add the retail or supply of alcohol to a licence
  • extend licensing hours for the sale or supply of alcohol at any time between 11pm and 7am
  • increase the amount of time on any day during which alcohol may be sold by retail or supplied
  • extend the period for which the licence or certificate has effect
  • transfer the licence or certificate from one premises to another, or vary substantially the premises to which it relates
  • specify, in a premises licence, an individual as the premises supervisor
  • add the sale by retail or supply of alcohol as an activity authorised by a licence or certificate
  • disapply the mandatory conditions relating to a designated premises supervisor (there is a separate process by which community premises can apply for this).

Direct link to Minor Variation Application Form