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Consent
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Entertainment
Animals
Charities
Fireworks
Gambling
Hackney Carriage and Private Hire
Highways
Miscellaneous
Multiple Occupation
Licences
Street Trading and
Markets
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The Council is responsible for the licensing of a wide range of
activities and premises. The Licensing Team grant licences to
ensure public confidence and safety and to minimise crime and
disorder, nuisance and other disturbance to residents, visitors and
businesses from licensable activities.
Contact Us
The Licensing Team
Havant Borough Council
Civic Offices
Civic Centre Road
Havant
Tel: 023 9244 6660 or 6592 (9.00am - 5.00pm, Monday -
Friday)
On-Line Applications
Many of our licences are available through the EU Services
Directive. This has been brought in to make it easier for
service providers to offer their services to customers in all EU
countries. However some licences, including taxi and gambling
licences, are not covered by this initiative. Please follow
the links to the relevant licensing area of interest for
information, downloadable application forms or links to
on-line applications (where available).
Tacit Consent
Tacit consent is the consent by silence. Where this may
apply, the question 'Will tacit consent apply'? appears as part of
the information given for relevant licensing areas. If the
answer is yes, this means that you will be able to act as though
your application is granted if you have not heard from the Local
Authority by the end of the target completion period or have not
been advised of any extension period. If the answer is no,
then it has been deemed in the public interest that the Local
Authority must fully process the application before it can be
granted.
The Licensing Act 2003 , referring to four licensing
objectives, governs the licensing of premises and individuals
involved with 'licensable activities' which include the sale
and supply of alcohol, the provision of regulated entertainments
(superceding Public Entertainment Licences) and the provision of
late night refreshment. If any licensable activities are
undertaken or provided, one or more of the following may be
required: a premises licence for where any licensable
activity takes place; a club premises licence where
'qualifying clubs' use club premises for 'qualifying club
activities'; a temporary event notice used for limited basis
temporary events involving licensable activities at premises that
do not have a premises licence; a personal licence required by an
individual wanting to supply or allow the supply of alcohol at
premises holding a premises licence.
The council is responsible for licensing the following in
connection with animal welfare provisions: animal breeding and
boarding, riding stables, zoos, pet shops and dangerous wild
animals.
HBC
licenses three
types of charitable collections; house-to-house collections, street
collections and society lotteries (raffles). It is important
to obtain a licence where appropriate as it is an offence to hold
collections for certain lotteries without one.
Links to Fireworks page at Hampshire Trading Standards
Information accessible about the Fireworks Act, changes in law,
licensing and registration, firework safety and the sale of
fireworks.
Consumers information page>>
Traders information page>>
Generally, gambling is unlawful in Great Britain (other than the
National Lottery and spread betting) unless permitted by one or
more of the authorisations from the Gambling Act 2005 (including
remote gambling i.e. on-line). If any commercial gambling
activities or facilities are undertaken or provided, one or more of
the following may be required: an operator licence for provision of
facilities for gambling and/or the manufacture, installation,
repair or adaptation of gaming machines or gambling software;
a personal licence for specified staff of those holding an
operator licence and/or performing any function which may
influence the outcome of gambling, or relating to receipt or
payment of money in connection with gambling; a premises licence
for fixed premises rather than online (remotely) where gambling
takes place; a permit when providing various types of gaming
machines. Operator and personal licenses are issued by the
Gambling Commission (link to Gambling
Commission website>>) whilst licensing authorities issue
premises licences and permits and refer to three licensing
objectives.
Hackney carriage or private hire licences are required by the
driver, for the vehicle and by the person or company who takes the
bookings (operator). Hackney carriages can be hailed in the
street but private hire vehicles (commonly referred to as minicabs)
have to be pre-booked. These licences cover the provision of
a vehicle and driver for hire which includes not only the ordinary
"taxi" but also airport runs, corporate journeys, limousine and
classic vehicle hire. The only exemption is the use of
vehicles for weddings and funerals.
Licences available from
HCC
include: to place a skip on,
erect scaffolding or a structure on, to cultivate or excavate part
of, to erect banners, hang cables or decoractive lights on or over,
to excavate to install apparatus and to deposit materials on the
highway.
There are some licences which
HBC
issue that do no fall under any
particular subject area. These are static caravan sites
under
EH
(link to
EH
page>>), sex shops,
motor salvage operators and scrap metal dealers.
All street trading and markets on
HBC
land or on the highway are
co-ordinated by the Retail Support team.
Information about the licensing of Houses in Multiple
Occupation.