Get licensing advice

We offer three application advice services to help you with your licensing application before you submit it. 

• application checking service (to check any errors in your application and to see if there is anything missing)
• application advice service (advice on your application as well as up to one hour of an officer's time)
• full application checking service (a full application check including up to four hours of an officer's time)

These are pre-submission services. The aim is to help you to fix any problems which may come up during the application process. It makes sure the application has all the information and conditions the council would expect to be in place. The advice we give is for guidance only. Using this service does not guarantee an application will be granted.

You can get pre-application licensing advice for: 

• animal activities licensing
• gambling, gaming and lotteries licensing
• alcohol, entertainment and late night refreshment licensing
• taxi licences
• street trading licensing
• sex establishment licensing