Temporary events notice
A temporary events notice (TEN) should be used to authorise relatively small-scale ad hoc events held in any premises involving no more than 499 people (including staff) at any one time.

The TEN application form (word) must be submitted:

in duplicate to the council's licensing team:
Licensing Team, Perceval House 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5 2HL
Tel: (020) 8825 6655
and one copy to the Licensing Sergeant:
Hanwell Police Station 167-169 Uxbridge Road Hanwell London W7 3TH

The requirement is to give an absolute minimum of 10 working days notice exclusive of the day on which the event is to start and exclusive of the day on which the notice is given. However, in a significant number of cases this time period would not allow enough time for the organiser to liaise with the fire authority, the police and the relevant council officers to ensure that the event passes off safely and with minimum disturbance to local residents.

We recommend that TENs are received by this licensing team and the licensing sergeant at least 20 working days before the planned event. This will ensure that full discussion can occur between the organiser and any other interested parties in order that the event can take place with the minimum risk of crime and disorder, public nuisance and to the health and safety of staff and customers. Additionally, we recommend that TENs are not normally served on the licensing authority (the council) or the Metropolitan Police (licensing sergeant) any more than three months before the event is due to take place. Possible objections may be raised that could otherwise be avoided if TENs are submitted too far in advance.

Your TEN must be accompanied by the prescribed fee (£21) with cheques payable to the 'London Borough of Ealing'.

For further information see the TEN handout (word).

Personal licence
A personal licence is needed by anyone intending to supervise the sale of alcohol in any premises, including pubs, off licences, restaurants and hotels but not including private members clubs. A personal licence is valid for ten years and the holder is authorised to sell alcohol anywhere in the country at premises that have a valid premises licence. A holder of a personal licence must notify their Licensing Authority of any change in their name or address or if their licence is lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. A new licence will then be issued and a fee is payable (see fee guide). To apply for a personal licence, please complete and submit one copy of the application form and one copy of the disclosure form to Ealing Council.

Please note: This authority is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end may use the information you have provided on this form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes.

Application form (word)
Disclosure form (word)
Fees guide (word)
Notification of change of address form (word)
Notification of change of name form (word)

Premises licence
All premises supplying alcohol, entertainment and in the case of late night premises serving food after 23:00 hours require a premise licence. Premise licences once granted will last for the life of the business. The fee charged for the premises licence will be the same no matter what or how many licensable activities will take place on the premises. However where the premises create problems that impact on any or all of the four objectives anyone can ask for a licence to be reviewed by the Licensing Authority.

Applying for a new premises/variation licence
To apply for a new premises or variation license, please complete the relevent application form. Please also submit a copy of the application form and to the responsible authorities. You also need to display a notice of application (word) in your window for 28 days. The notice must be copied onto pale blue paper not less than A4 size. Alternatively you can request this by contacting the Licensing team. You also need to place an advert in the Ealing Gazette using the form provided (word)

Please note if you are applying for the transfer of a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 on behalf of yourself/your client, you need to be made aware that an annual fee is payable to the Council as the Licensing Authority on the date that the premises licence was orginally granted. Please ensure that all previous annual fees have been paid prior to the transfer of premises licence to yourself/your client to ensure that you/your client are not liable to paying outstanding fees.

Premises licence application form (new) (word)
Premises licence application form (variation) (word)
Premises licence application form (transfer) (word)
Variation of a DPS application form (word)
Consent form for DPS (word)
Responsible authorities (word)
Fees guide (word)

If anyone would like to make a representation or apply for a licence review please see the following guidance notes:

Making representations (pdf)
Appealing licensing decisions (pdf)
Applying for a review (pdf)

Club premises licence
The Licensing Act 2003 recognises that volunteer and social clubs give rise to different issues for licensing law than commercially run premises selling direct to the public. These clubs (such as the Royal British Legion, working men's or cricket or rugby clubs) are generally organisations where members join together for a particular social, sporting or political purpose and then combine to purchase alcohol in bulk for its members.
The clubs carry on activities from premises to which public access is restricted and alcohol is supplied other than for profit. For these reasons the 2003 Act preserves aspects of earlier alcohol licensing law which applied to 'registered members clubs' and affords clubs special treatment outside the normal premises licence arrangements.

Clubs which meet specified criteria set out in the 2003 Act are known as 'qualifying clubs' and the authority under which they may supply alcohol and conduct other 'qualifying club activities' from their premises is a club premises certificate issued by the Licensing Authority. The grant of a club premises certificate means that a club is entitled to certain benefits, which include the authority to supply alcohol to its members and sell it to guests without the need for any member or employee to hold a personal licence, and the absence of a requirement to specify a designated premises supervisor. There are also more limited rights of entry for the police and other authorised persons, as the premises are considered private and not generally open to the public.

To apply for a club premises license, please complete the application form. Please also submit a copy of the application form and to the responsible authorities. You also need to display a notice of application (word) in your window for 28 days. The notice must be copied onto pale blue paper not less than A4 size. Alternatively you can request this by contacting the Licensing team. You also need to place an advert in the Ealing Gazette using the form provided (word)

Application form (new) (word)
Application form (variation) (word)
Responsible authorities (word)
Fees guide (word)

To make an application contact the licensing team:
Licensing Team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.
Tel: (020) 8825 6655
Email: licensing@ealing.gov.uk

Auctions
The council's trading standards team registers temporary, competitive bidding sales.

Boats
Canal Boats and pleasure boats are licensed by the licensing team.

To make an application contact the licensing team:
Licensing Team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.
Tel: (020) 8825 6655
Email: licensing@ealing.gov.uk

Cabs
Taxis/Hackney Carriages can ply for hire. Minicabs may not ply and must be ordered in advance. Both are licensed by the Public Carriage Office.
Public Carriage Office
Tel: 0845 602 7000
Email: phv.pco@gtnet.gov.uk

Camping sites and caravan sites
Licensed by the licensing team.

To make an application contact the licensing team:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.
Tel: (020) 8825 6655
Fax: (020) 8825 7732
Email: licensing@ealing.gov.uk

Charities
Registered by the Charity Commission.

Charity Commission, Harmsworth House, 13-15 Bouverie House, London, EC4Y 8DP.
Tel: 0870 3330 123

Charity collections
House-to-house and street collections are registered by the Metropolitan Police in the London area.

Charities desk
Room 443, Territorial police HQ, Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JL
Tel: (020) 7321 7129

Note: carol singers collecting for charity must register with the local police. For more information contact:
Ealing Licensing Department, Ealing Police Station
67/69 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, W5 5SJ
Tel: (020) 8246 9586
Fax: (020) 8246 9490

Childminders and nurseries
The children's information service provides information about childcare for children from 0-14 years.
Tel: (020) 8825 5588
Email: children@ealing.gov.uk

Child performers
A performance licence is needed for children to perform on stage and screen.
Tel: (020) 8825 8791
Email: education@ealing.gov.uk

Companies
Registered by Companies House.
Companies House, PO Box 29019, 21 Bloomsbury Street
London WC1B 3XD
Tel: 0870 333 36 36
Email: enquiries@companies-house.gov.uk

Cooling towers
Cooling towers are registered by environmental health and trading standards commercial team.
Tel: (020) 8825 6666
Email: health&safety@ealing.gov.uk

Credit brokers
Licensed by the Office of Fair Trading.

Consumer Credit Licensing Bureau, Craven House
40 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2BS
Tel: (020) 7211 8000
Fax: (020) 7211 8605

Dog boarding establishments (dog sitting service)
The keeping and running of dog boarding (kennels) establishments is controlled by the Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963.

Application form (word)
Renewal form (word)

Please print out the relevant form, complete it and post to:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.

Dog breeding establishments
Establishments used for the breeding of dogs are controlled by the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973.

Application form (word)
Renewal application form (word)

Please print out the relevant form, complete it and post to:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.

Door supervisors
Door supervisors working at nightclubs and similar premises must be licensed by the Security Industries Authority. This involves a criminal record check and other procedures designed to ensure that door supervisors are fit and proper persons and have been properly trained.
Tel: 08702 430 100
Email: info@the-sia.org.uk

Driving licences
Driving licences are issued through the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre.

Customer Enquiries, DVLC (Drivers Unit), SWANSEA SA6 7JL
Tel: 0870 240 0009
Fax: 10792 783 071

Employment agencies
Administered by Employment Agency Supervision, department of Employment.
Tel: 01923 208 200

Entertainment
See alcohol

Explosives stores
Licences are required for firework stockists.

Guidance for shops (word)
Guidance for stores (word)
Guidance for factories or magazines (word)
Application for fireworks license (year-round use) (word)
Declaration of conviction (word)
Application for registration (one-off event) (word)
Application for shops (word)

Please print out the form, complete it and return to:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.
Tel: (020) 8825 6655
Email: licensing@ealing.gov.uk

If you would like to receive a copy of your licence via email please fill in the licence copy request form (word) and email to licensing@ealing.gov.uk.

Export licences
Export licences are issued by the Department of Trade and Industry.
Department of Trade and Industry
Tel: (020) 7215 5000

Game dealers
Under section 23 of the 1831 Act it is an offence to kill or take any game as defined in that Act or to use any dog, gun, net or other engine or instrument for searching for or killing or taking such game without a licence.

Game dealer application (word)

Please print out the form, complete it and return to:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.
Tel: (020) 8825 6655
Email: licensing@ealing.gov.uk

Gaming and gambling
Statement of Licensing Policy for Gambling
Our gambling policy provides the broad principles we intend to apply in exercising our functions under the Gambling Act 2005.

Application for grant/renewal of permit for the use of machines for gaming by way of amusement with prizes.

Statutory conditions (word)
Gaming machine application (word)

Hawkers
Hawkers are no longer licensed but must register under the Food Hygiene Act if trading in food.
Tel: (020) 8825 6666
Email: foodsafety@ealing.gov.uk

Houses in multiple occupation
Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) must be registered with the council and comply with the council's requirements. Licensed by the private housing team:
Private Housing Team, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road Ealing W5 2HL
Tel: (020) 8825 6622
Email: privatehousing@ealing.gov.uk

Import licenses
HM Revenue & Customs bring goods back to the UK from non EC countries.

Marriage venues
Venues can be authorised to celebrate marriages under the Marriages Act 1949 by registering it as a place of worship or a venue for celebrating civil marriage.
Ealing register office
Tel: (020) 8825 7272
Email: registrars@ealing.gov.uk

Motor salvage
The Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001, The Motor Salvage Operators Regulations 2002 require motor salvage operators:

to be registered with the local authority
to maintain appropriate records of purchase and disposals
require identification checks for vendors and purchasers
allow the police right of entry to premises and right of search without warrant

For more information contact the environmental health and trading standards licencing department. Tel: (020) 8825 6666 or email: licensing@ealing.gov.uk.

Night cafés

See alcohol.

Nursing agencies
The Healthcare Commission (previously known as the National Care Standards Commission) provides licenses for nursing agencies.

Healthcare Commission
Finsbury Tower, 103-105 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TG
Tel: (020) 8280 0347

Occasional sales
Environmental health and trading standards licence one-day markets/boot sales etc, when organised commercially for profit. Schools, charities etc are exempt from the licence requirement.

Pedlars
Individuals can trade in the street or from house-to-house, but may not trade from a fixed position. They are registered by their own local police.

Related information: street trading.

Performing rights
The Performing Right Society issues music licences to anyone using or intending to perform music in public.
Performing Right Society, 29 Berners Street, W1T 3AB
Tel: 0800 68 48 28

Pet shops
Pet shops must be licenced under under the Pet Animals Act 1951.
Application form (word)

Please print out the form, complete it and post to:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.
Tel: (020) 8825 6655
Email: licensing@ealing.gov.uk

Petroleum storage
Licensed and enforced by the Fire Authority, but pollution control may also be involved in authorising a prescribed process.

Phonographic performances
Anyone who copies or records music requires an Mechanical Copyright Protection Society licence.

Mechanical Copyright Protection Society
Upper James Street, W1R 3HG
Tel: (020) 7306 4500

Poisons
Environmental health and trading standards registers those dealing in certain 'everyday' poisons (eg hardware stores).

Guide for shopkeepers (word)
Application form to sell poisons (word)

If you would like to receive a copy of your licence via email please fill in the licence copy request form (word) and email to licensing@ealing.gov.uk.

Radioactive sources
Register maintained by pollution control.
Tel: (020) 8825 6633
Email: pollution@ealing.gov.uk

Riding establishments
Must be licensed under the Riding Establishments Act 1964.

Application form (word)

Residential care homes
Registration and inspection carried out by National Care Standards Commission.

National Care Standards Commission, 58 Uxbridge Road
Ealing W5 2ST
Tel: (020) 8280 0347
Fax: (020) 8280 0340

Sex establishments
The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 – Schedule 3 gives local authorities the power to licence sex establishments. These fall into two categories: sex shops and sex cinemas.

Applicants declaration (word)
Licence application form (word)
Conditions (word)
Advice to applicants (word)
Notice of application (word)
Newspaper advertisement (word)
Guidance for applicants and objectors (word)

Please print out the forms, complete them and post to:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.
Tel: (020) 8825 6655
Email: licensing@ealing.gov.uk

Skips, scaffolding and street works
Skip licences are required for permission to place a skip on the public highway. A temporary structure licence is required to place a temporary structure on or over a public highway.
Ealing Customer Services
Tel: (020) 8825 6000
Email: customers@ealing.gov.uk

Small lotteries
Section 5 of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 enables societies to conduct lotteries for raising money for charitable, sporting, cultural and other similar activities.

Guidance notes (word)
Explanatory notes for the guidance of local societies (word)
Application for registration (word)
Renewal application form(word)

Please print out the relevant form, complete it and post to:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.
Tel: (020) 8825 6655
Email: licensing@ealing.gov.uk

Special treatments
Environmental health and trading standards licence those who carry out special treatments (includes massage, acupuncture, tattoo, ear-piercing and many others) under the London Local Authorities Act 1991. Laser equipment is however checked for registration purposes by the Healthcare Commission.

Please note: On the day your application is submitted to the council, you must have also sent a copy of the application to the organisations listed below. You must send these applications by Recorded Delivery and you must send the recorded delivery slip to the council with your application form:

The Licensing Sergeant, Ealing Police Station, 67-69 Uxbridge Road Ealing W5 5SJ
The Fire Authority, Ealing and Harrow Fire Safety Officer, 1 Marble Close Acton W3 8HD

Rules of management (word)
Definitions of special treatment (word)
Application form (word)

For exemptions, please contact the licensing department.

Please print out the relevant forms, complete them and post to:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.
Tel: (020) 8825 6655
Email: licensing@ealing.gov.uk

If you would like to receive a copy of your licence via email please fill in the licence copy request form (word) and email to licensing@ealing.gov.uk.

Street trading
Traders who use the public highway to sell goods or services must have a street trading licence.

Street Trading, Acton Town Hall, Winchester Street, London W3 6NE.
Tel (020) 8825 8347

Sunday trading
Large shops (over 280 sq. metres) may trade for six hours only on Sundays, and not at all on Easter Sundays.

Street Trading, Acton Town Hall, Winchester Street, London W3 6NE.
Tel (020) 8825 8347

Vehicles
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) provides information on registering your vehicle.
Customer Enquiries (Vehicles) Unit, DVLC, Swansea, SA99 1BL
Tel: 0870 240 0010
Fax: 01792 782 793

Wild animals
The keeping of wild animals may require licensing under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976.

Application form (word)

Please print out the form, complete it and post to:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.

Zoo
Wild animals kept for exhibition to the public must be licensed under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981.

Application form (word)

Please print out the form, complete it and post to:
Licensing team, environmental health and trading standards, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL.