Licensing policies
Each licensing authority is required to publish a Statement of Licensing Policy, which sets out:
- the ways in which it will administer the licensing laws locally
- provides guidance on how it will usually determine contested applications
- gives information on its expectations of licence-holders.
Our current policy will have effect from 7 January 2011 to 6 January 2014.
We also have a separate enforcement policy that gives further details on the way in which we will carry out our enforcement functions under this legislation.
In November 2011, an amendment to our licensing policy was adopted by the council, to limit the cumulative impact of licensed premises in and around Clapham High Street. For further details, please see our Special licensing policy: Clapham High Street page.
Review of Statement of Licensing Policy
We are required to review our Statement of Licensing Policy periodically, to ensure that it remains appropriate. During this review process, local residents, businesses and licence-holders will all be invited to comment upon the suitability of the policy.
As the law currently stands, the next complete review of the policy statement is due to take place in 2013 - however, the government have recently proposed changing the interval at which policy reviews must occur, so this date is subject to change.
Additionally, we will continue to monitor the suitability and effect of the policy, and may introduce interim revisions if deemed necessary. Details of any proposed interim revisions will be published on this page.