Shown below is the required format of the Notice of Application which must be displayed on the premises for 28 consecutive days starting the day after your application was made. Please note that the Notice must be of a size equal or larger than A4, be on pale blue colour, be printed legibly in black ink or typed in a font of a size equal to or larger than 16 and be displayed prominently at or on the premises where it can be conveniently read from the exterior of the premises. In the case of a premises covering an area of more than 50 square metres, you must place Notices in the same form every 50 metres along the external perimeter of the premises abutting any highway. Please note that the words in italics are not to be replicated in your Notice but rather are there to guide you to insert the correct wording for your premises, as applicable.

Public Notice
Notice of Application
(Licensing Act 2003)

[Insert the name of the applicant or club] of [insert the postal address of the premises or club premises, if any, or if there is no postal address for the premises a description of those premises sufficient to enable the location and extent of the premises or club premises to be identified] has made an application to [in the case of a new premises licence or club premises certificate, state the relevant licensable activities or relevant qualifying club activities as the case may require which it is proposed will be carried on or from the premises. In the case of variation to an existing licence, briefly describe the proposed variation. In the case of an application for a provisional statement, state the relevant licensable activities which it is proposed will be carried on from the premises] . The application and the register of the licensing authority may be viewed at Waveney District Council, Town Hall, High Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 1HS on Monday to Thursday 8.30am – 5.00pm and Fridays 8.30am – 4.30pm.

Anyone wishing to make representations about this application should write to the Senior Licensing Officer, Waveney District Council, Town Hall, High Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 1HS by not later than [insert date 28 consecutive days starting on the day after the day on which the application was given to the licensing authority by the applicant].

It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for the offence is £5000.

[in the case of an application for a provisional statement only, add the words " representations are restricted after the issue of a provisional statement " ]

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