Underpinning the Licensing Act are four objectives and all of those concerned with the licensing process must promote these.

The objectives are:

The prevention of crime and disorder
The promotion of public safety
The prevention of public nuisance
The protection of children from harm.

All applications have to describe exactly how the applicant intends to promote each of these objectives. Similarly any representations made have to limit themselves to one or more of the objectives. Representations outside the scope of any of these will be irrelevant.

Date Published: 28/03/08