The legislation states that a premises licence and personal licence will not be needed for small events where less than 500 people are likely to attend, and which lasts for less than 96 hours, at a time.
In place of this a person can serve a Temporary Event Notice on the local authority.
Someone who holds a personal licence will be able to hold up to 50 temporary events a year at other premises that are not licensed. Non-personal licence holders will be able to hold up to 5 temporary events a year. A Temporary Event Notice must be given to the council at least 10 clear working days before an event of this sort can be held, and the police may object to it on crime and disorder grounds. The legislation does not allow any discretion to accept the notice with less than 10 clear working days.
Individual premises may only hold 12 temporary events per year and the total number of days must be no more than 15.
Application forms CA01 and Guidance Document GD3 are available to download using the link at the bottom of the page.