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Each year, we contact all local households to check the information on the electoral register is accurate and up to date - we check who is living at each property and who is eligible to vote. If you get an email from lichfielddistrictcouncil@householdresponse.com please be reassured it is genuine. We also issue letters by post.  Please follow the instructions provided to respond - thank you!

Find out more about the electoral register

Home related theft is on the rise across the country - there are however simple and effective ways to protect your home and make it a less attractive target and make Lichfield District an ever safer place to live. Enter our competition to win a range of fantastic prizes including a home alarm system worth over £2,000! Find out more about how to protect your home and enter our fantastic competition before Friday 14 August at midnight.

An application has been made to review the premises licence for Betsy’s X LDS, 1a Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6LJ due to a failure to meet the licensing objectives. View a copy of the notice and find out more about the review and hearing process. 

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Personal licences

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  2. How to apply
  3. Replacements or changes to your licence
  4. Fees
  5. Displaying your licence
  6. Privacy statement

Anyone selling or authorising the selling of alcohol needs a personal licence. A personal licence makes sure that anyone running or managing a business that sells or supplies alcohol does so responsibly.

If you want to run a business that is licensed to sell alcohol you must have a Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS). To be a DPS you must hold a personal licence. 

You do not need a personal licence to be employed in a pub or other business that sells alcohol. The licence holder does not need to be on the premises or oversee every sale, however, we strongly suggest that the Designated Premises Supervisor provides written authorisation for members of staff to sell alcohol in their absence. Premises may have more than one personal licence holder.  

You don't need a personal licence to sell alcohol under a temporary event notice (TEN), but if you do hold a personal licence, the number of TENs you can apply for in a year increases from 5 to 50.

A personal licence has no expiry date and can be transferred between regions and premises. However, you must inform the issuing authority if you need to make any changes to your licence. 

For more information download the licensing act government guidance or read our licensing policy.

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