Personal licence

Application evaluation process

Portsmouth City Council will grant the licence if:

• the applicant is aged 18 or over
• they possess a licensing qualification or are a person of a prescribed description
• no personal licence held by them has been forfeited in the period of five years ending with the day the application was made, and
• they have not been convicted of any relevant offence or any foreign offence.

Tacit consent will not apply.

Requirements for an application

1. Completed application form.
2. Declaration of Convictions.
3. National Certificate Level II for Personal Licence Holders.
4. Criminal conviction certificate or a criminal record certificate or the results of a subject search of the police national computer by the National Intelligence Service. A basic check which will contain details of conviction and conditional cautions that are considered to be unspent under the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The DBS provides this service if you are living or working in England and Wales. An application for a basic check with DBS can be made through a “Responsible Organisation” who have been registered to submit the check.
   The results of these disclosures must be issued no earlier than one month before the application is given.
5. Two photographs which must be:
   (a)  taken against a light background so that the applicant’s features are distinguishable and contrast against the background,
   (b)  45 millimetres by 35 millimetres,
   (c)  full face uncovered and without sunglasses and, unless the applicant wears a head covering due to his religious beliefs, without a head covering,
   (d)  on photographic paper, and
   (e)  one endorsed on the back by
   (i)  the chief executive of the licensing justices for the relevant Licensing Authority
   (ii)  a solicitor or notary
   (iii)  a person of standing in the community; or
   (iv)  an individual with a professional qualification.
6. Requirement to provide proof that you are entitled to live and work in the UK as set out in the Immigration Act 2016

Apply by

• downloading the attached form and sending together with any required supporting documents to the postal address below; or
• submitting an on-line application and disclosure of convictions.

Email licensing@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or post to:

Portsmouth City Council Licensing Service
Civic Offices
Guildhall Square
Portsmouth
PO1 2AL