Temporary Event Notices (TENs)

A temporary event notice (TEN) is required if you wish to carry out any small-scale licensable activity at an unlicensed premises. This includes the supply of alcohol, regulated entertainment (such as music, dancing, or indoor sporting events), or late-night refreshment (hot food or drink) between 11pm and 5am.

A temporary event notice can also be used to extend an existing premises licence temporarily. You may also need a temporary event notice if you are planning an activity at a venue that isn't covered in their existing licence.

You will need a TEN for each event you hold on the same premises.

Online applications

Submit a TEN

You must ensure the Temporary Event Notice Guidance is read and understood before applying.

You can submit a TEN using our online form and make a payment. You will need to register an account to complete the form. Within your account you will be able to view all your history.

Submit a TEN (opens new window)

The police and Environmental Protection team will automatically receive a copy of the TEN when submitting the form electronically.

You need to include the following details:

• a personal licence number if you have a personal licence
• the premises licence or club premises certificate number if it is licensed to sell alcohol, provide regulated entertainment, or late night refreshment (hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am)
• an email address

If you are unable to use the online form, you can complete the Temporary Event Notice form (Word doc, 61 KB)(opens new window) and email it to publicprotectionnorth@wiltshire.gov.uk (opens new window). We will then send you the link to make the £21 card payment.

If the TEN is no longer required, you can withdraw by using the TEN Withdrawal of notice (PDF, 48 KB)(opens new window) form.

It is not possible to refund the cost of the original application.

Limitations

• you can use up to 5 TENs in a calendar year (as a non-personal licence holder)
• if you already hold a personal licence you can apply for up to 50 TENs within a calendar year
• the maximum time duration of a temporary event notice is 168 hours
• a single premises can have up to 15 TENs applied for in one year, as long as the total length of the events is not more than 21 days
• if you are organising separate but consecutive events, there must be at least a 24-hour gap between them

Your event must:

• have fewer than 500 people at all times - including staff running the event
• last no more than 168 hours (7 days)

Criteria

• you must be 18 or older to apply
• you can only apply as an individual, not an organisation
• you must display a copy of your returned form at your event

Timescales

You will need to submit your temporary event notice a minimum of 10 clear working days* before the date of the event.

*Clear working days do not include the day the council receives your application, the day of the event, weekends or Bank Holidays.

You must send a copy of the TEN to the police and environmental health at least 10 working days before the event. If you apply online, the council will contact the police and environmental health for you.

'Late TENs'

The latest you can apply for a 'late TEN' is 5 clear working days* before the event (but not earlier than 9 clear working days).

If you do not hold a personal licence, you can serve up to 2 late TENs per year. If you hold a personal licence, the limit is 10. Late TENs count towards the total number of permitted TENs.

Fees

The cost of a temporary event notice application is £21. An application is not deemed to be complete until the fee has been received as well as the correctly completed application form.

Fees are non-refundable in the event of cancellation, submission error, incorrect details within notice or if the notice is submitted out of time.

Accessibility

If you are unable to download any of the application forms/documents on this page or require a paper version please contact us on 0300 456 0107 or email publicprotectionnorth@wiltshire.gov.uk (opens new window).