Planning permission and premises licence: why do I need both?

New Report on the Licensing Act 2003

The House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 has this month published a report of Post-Legislative Scrutiny in respect of the Licensing Act. The Report’s findings The Report concludes that the Government originally made a substantial error in placing...
Planning permission and premises licence: why do I need both?

Noisy pubs and clubs

It comes with the territory, some say, as the owner or manager of a licensed premises that you will, from time-to-time, have to deal with complaints made by people other than your customers. In my experience, the majority of complaints made about most types of...