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Licensing in Wychavon

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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.

Licensing Public Registers

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

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This page was last reviewed 22 June 2010 at 12:18 by Graham Simms.
The page is next due for review 19 December 2010.