Temporary Event Notice

Under the Licensing Act 2003 temporary event notices (TENs) are available for short-term alcohol and public entertainment licensing.

The system involves an event organiser (the "premises user") giving a TEN to the licensing authority and copying this to the police and the local authority exercising environmental health functions.

TENs can be used to authorise relatively small-scale ad hoc events held in or on any premises involving no more than 499 people at any one time. The premises user must, no later than 10 working days before the day on which the event is to start (or 5 working days if serving a "late TEN"), give two copies of the notice to the licensing authority, together with the prescribed fee of £21.00 made payable to 'Wirral Council'.  PLEASE NOTE that the 10 working days and 5 working days notice, as detailed above, does not include the day the Licensing Authority and other bodies receives the notice and the day of the event.

Anyone aged 18 or over can have a maximum of five TENs per calendar year (2 of which may be "late TENs"). Personal Licence holders can have maximum of fifty TENs per calendar year (10 of which may be "late TENs").

TENs are subject to other maximum limits, as set out below:

Each event covered by a TEN can last up to 168 hours 

• No more than twelve TENs can be given in respect of any particular premises in any calendar year, subject to a maximum aggregate duration of the periods covered by TENs at any individual premises of 21 days in any calendar year.
• There must be a minimum of 24 hours between events notified by a premises user or associates of that premises user in respect of the same premises.

Provided that the criteria set out above are met, only the police or the local authority exercising environmental health functions may intervene to prevent an event covered by a TEN taking place or agree a modification of the arrangements for such an event. 

Full guidance on TENs may be found within the notice to the right of this page. It is important you read this guidance (bottom of notice) before submitting a TEN. Please click on the following link if you wish to apply for a TEN online.