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Premises selling or supplying alcohol, providing entertainment or providing hot food must have a premises licence.
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Premise licence fees
View all the fees and charges for a premises licence
Find the rateable value of your premises
Licence suspensions
Annual licence fees for premises licences must be paid within 21 days of the due date. Otherwise, the licence will be suspended.
If the fee is not paid in time, we will serve a formal notice. You must then stop providing any activity covered by the licence at the premises. Continuing to run the premises when your license is suspended is illegal. The suspension will continue until you pay the fee.
Late night levy
All licensed premises allowed to sell alcohol from 00:01 to 06:00 must pay an annual fee of £299 to £4,400. This depends:
- on their rateable value for business rates
- if the premises are mainly or only used to sell alcohol for drinking on site
Businesses pay the levy along with the annual premises licence fee.