Temporary Event Notice

If you wish to hold an ad-hoc event in Newham, you must submit a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) to the Newham Licensing Team no later than ten working days before the event.

You must also give a copy of the notice to the police no later than ten working days before the event.

You must be 18 years or older to give a TEN and can give a maximum of 5 TENs per year. If you are a personal licence holder, you can give a maximum of 50 TENs per year.

Additionally any premises can only operate 12 TENs per year and these must not spread over more than a total of 15 days of the year if they cross midnight.

Your event must involve no more than 499 people at any one time and last no more than 96 consecutive hours with a minimum of 24 hours between events.

An activity that can be licensed must be carried out as detailed in a notice that must be given.

The notice must be in a specific format and must be made by someone over 18 years of age.

The notice should contain:

• if alcohol is to be supplied, a statement confirming that it is a condition of using the premises that the supplies are made under the premises user's authority
• a statement relating to certain matters
• any other required information

The matters referred to above are:

• details of the licensable activities
• the event period
• the times when during that period the activities will take place
• the maximum number of people proposed to be allowed on the premises at any one time
• any other required matters

A summary of the eligibility criteria for this licence

The TEN must be given in writing, in duplicate, to the local authority at least ten days before the event. A fee is payable with the notice.

Newham Licensing Authority will acknowledge receipt of the notice by giving a notice to the premises user before the end of the first working day it was received or before the end of the second working day if the day the notice was received is not a working day.

The premises user must also give notice to the chief officer of the local police department no later than ten working days before the event period.

The chief police officer who receives a notice and believes that the event would undermine crime prevention objectives can serve an objection notice on the licensing authority and the premises user. This notice must be served within 48 hours of receipt of the Temporary Event Notice .

Newham Licensing Authority will hold a hearing if an objection notice is served. They may issue a counter notice if it considers it necessary for the promotion of crime prevention objective. A decision must be made at least 24 hours before the beginning of the event.

A police chief may modify the TEN with the consent of the premises user. In such a case an objection notice will be deemed to have been withdrawn.

Counter notices may be provided by the licensing authority if the number of permitted TENs has been exceeded.

You can apply online by using the Point of Single Contact hosted by Businesslink. You will need a debit or credit card to pay the relevant fee for this application.