Temporary Event Notice

Application Information

Temporary Events Notices or TENs, are a way to provide a licence for a small, one-off event at a premises or area (including outdoors) where licensable activities are not normally allowed.

Applications must be submitted no later than 10 working days prior to the event taking place, (Please note this must be 10 clear working days not including the day of submission or the date of the event taking place) but due to the extremely tight time frames involved, the Licensing Team would welcome the application as early as possible to ensure the safe and effective running of the event.

There are very strict limits on TENs which must be adhered to:

• Applicant must be an individual over 18 years of age, applications cannot be accepted from companies or organisations.
• The number of people must not exceed 499 at any one time (this includes organisers, stewards, performers etc. as well as audience & spectators).
• Each event covered by a Temporary Event Notice may last for up to 96 hours.

If the applicant holds a Personal Licence, he may apply for up to 50 TENs in a calendar year. A non-Personal Licence holder may apply for up to 5. However, the premises (be it a building, a specific room within a building, a park or recreation ground) may only be used for a Temporary Event 12 times within a calendar year.

One copy of the Application must be sent to the Chief Officer of Police for the area in which the premises are situated at least ten working days before the commencement of the proposed licensable activities. 

• Please note this must be 10 clear working days not including the day of submission or the date of the event taking place.
• Where the premises are situated in two police areas, a further copy will need to be sent to the second police force.

Please see Guidance Notes for further information

How to apply

Contact Details

For more information please contact Licensing
Telephone: 0121 704 8003
Fax: 0121 704 6888

Licensing
P O Box 1833
Council House
Solihull
B91 9DZ

Email: connectcc@solihull.gov.uk