Slough Borough Council

Types of Licence

There are four types of licence:

Premises

Businesses can apply for a single premises licence to cover all the licensable activities they wish to carry on. These include the sale and supply of alcohol, the provision of regulated entertainment and the provision of late night refreshment. The licence will last for the lifetime of the business.

Personal

A personal licence allows the recipient to supply alcohol or allow the supply of alcohol, in accordance with the premises licence. Personal licences are valid for 10 years and are portable.

Club premises certificate

Club premises certificates provide authorisation for qualifying club activities. These are:

• the supply of alcohol by or on behalf of a club to a member for consumption on the premises
• the sale by retail of alcohol by or on behalf of a club to a guest of a member for consumption on the premises
• the provision of regulated entertainment by or on behalf of a club for its members and guests

Temporary events notice

These relate to temporary events with no more than 499 persons including staff and stewards etc where licensable activities are planned to take place, and a premises licence is not held. Both personal licence holders and non-personal licence holders can make temporary event notices.