Temporary Event Notices 

A Temporary Event Notice (TEN) is a notification given by an individual to Melton Borough Council giving notice of an event that is to take place. TENs replace the existing 'occasional permissions' and 'occasional licences' systems and relate to temporary events with less than 500 attendees where any of the above 'licensable activities' are planned to take place.

TENs can be given for  premises that  already  hold a  Premises Licence or a Club  Premises  Certificate, for example to use a pub for an event involving regulated entertainment such as for a wedding party, where the  premises licence does not authorise such a provision of regulated entertainment. It could also be used where the premises wants to stay open later than is specified on their Premises Licence for a particular event. A TEN costs £21.

The main criteria for a TEN are as follows:-

• 10 working days notice is required 
• The premises user (the person making  the application) must be over 18 years old 
• Personal licence holders may give up to 50 notices per year (a year being classed as a calendar year) 
• Non  Personal Licence holders may only give  up to 5 notices per year 
• Each event may last no more than 96 hours and there must be at least 24 hours  between events 
• No premises may be used more than 12 times per calendar year
• No premises may be used for greater than 15 days per calendar year in total. (Note that an event spanning midnight is classed as covering two days.  Similarly  a TEN  spanning New Year counts as a TEN  in both years) 
• No more than 499 persons (which includes staff) may be present 

This is not an exhaustive list of conditions; these can be found in the notes that accompany a TEN form. TEN forms can be completed and printed off below.

For events you intend to hold at premises other than your own, for example in village halls, it is good practice to consult with the premises owners before obtaining your Temporary Event Notice.  This is because there are limits to the number of days per year any one premise can have TENs. In addition it is possible that the premise may already be licensed for the activities and times you require.

Only the police may intervene to prevent an event covered by a TEN notice taking place or agree a modification of the arrangements for such an event and then only on crime prevention grounds. The premises user is required to provide both Melton Borough Council and the Chief Officer of Police with a notice at least ten working days prior to the event commencement date.

Application Procedure

• Complete the Temporary Event Notice form in full. The notice giver must be an individual. 
• Take two copies of the TEN.
• Forward the original and one of the copies to Melton Borough Council with your payment of £21. Without the payment the TEN is invalid.
• The remaining copy must be forwarded to Leicestershire Constabulary
• These copies must all arrive no less than 10 working days before the first day of the event. Neither we nor the Police have any discretion to accept any TENs arriving with less than 10 working days notice.

(10 Working days notice does NOT include the day of receipt nor the first day of the event)

Provided the TEN is in order and the limits for the individual and the premises have not been exceeded (see above), the Licensing Authority will endorse one of your copies and return this to you. This will then be your permission for the event.

Should the Police have any concerns about your TEN they have 48 hours from being served with the notice to object. A Licensing Committee hearing would then be convened to decide the application.

Addresses to which the TENs should be sent: 

Licensing Section, Melton Borough Council, Parkside Station Approach Burton Street Melton Mowbray Leics LE13 1GH 

The Chief Officer of Police, The Licensing Section, Mansfield House, 74 Belgrave Gate, Leicester LE1 3GG (Fax 0116 2484337)