Temporary event notices - What are the main rules?
There are very strict limits on temporary event notices:
- There must be no more than 499 people at a TEN event at any one time (this includes organisers, stewards, performers, etc, as well as audience and spectators)
- A premises can hold no more than 15 TEN events per calendar year (for 2023 this number is increased to 20)
- The maximum length a TEN event can last is 168 hours. However, the combined duration of TEN events at individual premises must not exceed 21 days per calendar year (for 2023 this number has increased to 26 days)
- Personal licence holders can submit up to 50 temporary event notices per calendar year
- Anyone over the age of 18 who is not a personal licence holder can submit up to 5 temporary event notices per calendar year
- Multiple temporary event notices can be submitted at the same time but each event requires a separate notice with a separate fee payable