Licensing in Wychavon
The licensing unit administers most of the licences that
Wychavon District Council are responsible for. The majority of
licences that we issue are to keep the public safe.
We have taken pride in delivering an excellent service with a
personal touch: in line with Wychavon's priorities and
promises, our aim has been to encourage thriving business
by the decisions that we make and the advice and support that
we have made freely available to businesses and public
alike.
2010 is a year of substantive change for us, as "licensing" is
incorporated into a shared service working with county wide with
Environmental Services and Trading Standards. We will
try to minimise inconvenience to our customers.
We currently work with local Police, the Fire Service, and all
other Council departments. Our staff work with licensing teams in
other local authorities, both within Worcestershire and nationally,
to keep Wychavon towards the leading edge of licensing
administration.
Delivery of applications to us:
Temporary Event Notices - if you are sending us two copies of a
TEN, please don't try to squeeze it in to a small envelope with an
ordinary "letter" stamp, as that is likely to incur an excess
postage charge and delivery is delayed. You are likely to
need a large envelope and a "large letter" stamp - speak to post
office counter staff for advice. Alternatively, deliver the
Notice to us directly at the Civic Centre (especially if you are
short of time: delivery at our customer contact centres does not
count as the first day!). Remember that TEN's must be served
at least ten working days before the event, not including the day
of the event or the day that we receive it at the Civic Centre.
As well as Royal Mail's postal service, we are more than
happy for our customers who subscribe to the DX
service to send items to us at our DX address:
DX25934 Pershore.
If you would like to fax or email an urgent application to us,
please contact us on 01386 565016 in the first instance. You
will need to be able to make payment over the telephone by
credit/debit card.
Out of Hours
Our Information for
licence holders factsheet (101.40 KB) provides
advice for holders of premises licences should problems arise when
our office is closed.
Further Information
We aim for continuous improvement in our service, and welcome
suggestions from our customers.
Please note: Applications for licences
will only be deemed accepted when they are received at the Civic
Centre offices, Pershore with the appropriate
payment. We do have on-line facilities via the national
Business Link portal for a number of applications: where available,
details are included in these pages.
Have you got a question that we haven't
answered? For more information or advice on
all licensing matters contact:
Licensing Unit
Wychavon District Council
Civic Centre
Queen Elizabeth Drive
Pershore, Worcs, WR10 1PT.
Telephone: 01386 565016 between 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
Fax: 01386
561628
Email: licensing@wychavon.gov.uk
