If you wish to hold an ad-hoc event in England or Wales, you must give a temporary event notice (TEN) to the council no later than ten working days before the event.
If the premises where the event is to be held is in areas governed by two or more local authorities applications must be made to each.
Unless you submit an electronic application you must also give a copy of the notice to the police no later than ten working days before the event.
You must be 18 years or older to give a temporary event notice 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.
Your event must involve no more than 499 people at any one time and last no more than 96 hours with a minimum of 24 hours between events.
Apply
You can download the relevant application form from the Businesslink website:
A fee of £21 is payable upon application.
Tacit approval applies, so you will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from us within 40 days.
Contact
If you have any questions about the licence or application process, please email the Licensing team at licensing@cambridge.gov.uk or telephone 01223 457879.
The postal address is PO Box 700, Cambridge CB1 0JH.
Eligibility
An activity that can be licensed must be carried out as detailed in a notice that must be given.
The notice should contain:
- if alcohol is to be supplied, a statement confirming that it is a condition of using the premises that the supplies are made under the premises user's authority
- a statement relating to certain matters
- any other required information
The matters referred to above are:
- details of the licensable activities
- the event period
- the times when during that period the activities will take place
- the maximum number of people proposed to be allowed on the premises
- any other required matters
Evaluation
We will acknowledge receipt of the notice by giving a notice to the premises user before the end of the first working day it was received or before the end of the second working day if the day the notice was received is not a working day.
Unless an application has been submitted electronically, the premises user must also give notice to the chief officer of the local police department no later than ten working days before the event period.
The chief police officer who receives a notice and believes that the event would undermine crime prevention objectives can serve an objection notice on the licensing authority and the premises user. This notice must be served within 48 hours of receipt of the temporary event notice.
We must hold a hearing if an objection notice is served. They may issue a counter notice if it considers it necessary for the promotion of crime prevention objective. A decision must be made at least 24 hours before the beginning of the event.
A police chief may modify the TEN with the consent of the premises user. In such a case an objection notice will be deemed to have been withdrawn.
Counter notices may be provided by the Council if the number of permitted TENs has been exceeded.
