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The government are inviting views and evidence on proposals for a review of the licensing system which focuses on pubs, restaurants, clubs, music and ...
The government is seeking views and evidence on proposals for a review of the licensing system.
The review focuses on venues licensed under the Licensing Act 2003, including pubs, restaurants, clubs, music and entertainment venues.
The review includes questions covering pavement licensing and Temporary Event Notices.
The review aims to give more weight to the Agent of Change principle.
This is a 'four week blitz' seeking views.
The government is seeking views from locals, landlords, communities, local authorities, trade bodies and public health organizations.
The review aims to "tear up outdated licensing rules" and support small businesses.
The review is open until 12pm, November 6th.
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The government are inviting views and evidence on proposals for a review of the licensing system which focuses on pubs, restaurants, clubs, music and entertainment venues licensed under the Licensing Act 2003. The licensing system plays a part in managing noise impacts on communities. This review includes questions covering pavement licensing, Temporary Event Notices for eg festivals, and giving more weight to the Agent of Change principle, which puts the responsibility on a developer for mitigating potential noise problems for any development near an existing business. This 'four week blitz' is seeking the views of locals, landlords and communities as well as local authorities, trade bodies and public health organisations. It aims to 'tear up outdated licensing rules' and support small businesses. The IOA have convened a working group to draft our input to the review, which is open until 12pm, November 6th.
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