How to search the register for information about premises licences, personal licences and Temporary Event Notices
You can use our public access licensing register to check:
- if a premises has a licence for:
- selling alcohol
- regulated entertainment
- late night refreshment
- which activities a premises is licensed for, such as live or recorded music
- details of Personal Licences and Temporary Event Notices
How to search the register
You can search the register for applications and licences.
Applications
This includes applications:
- that are being consulted on
- which have been determined, but are not yet finalised on our system
We have a delay of approximately 12 months in issuing licences.
If the date for making representations has passed, you will not be able to comment on the application.
Applications for a licence variation will show the licensing hours for the premises. For the proposed changes to a licence, you'll need to check the current applications register.
Licences
This includes:
- licensed premises and their permitted hours and activities
- all Temporary Event Notices
- issued Personal Licences
You cannot view premises licence conditions online. If you need to see a full copy of the conditions, email licensing@bristol.gov.uk.
Activities that may no longer need a licence
Some licences may have activities that are now exempt from needing a licence.
Plays, where the performance is between 8am and 11pm on any day, and the audience is not more than 500 people.
Dance, where the performance is between 8am and 11pm on any day, and the audience is not more than 500 people.
Films, where:
- it is a not-for-profit event, it takes place in a community venue between 8am and 11pm, the audience is no more than 500 people, the organiser has permission from someone responsible for the venue and they make sure the screening follows age classification ratings
- the purpose of the film is to demonstrate a product, advertise goods or services, to provide information, education or instruction, or is part of an exhibit at a museum or art gallery
- it's a simultaneous live broadcast of television
Indoor sporting events, where the event is between 8am and 11pm on any day, and the audience is not more than 1000 people.
Boxing or wrestling entertainment, if it's Greco-Roman wrestling or freestyle wrestling held between 8am and 11pm on any day, provided that the audience is not more than 1000 people.
All other forms of wrestling, including mixed martial arts, are licensable for contests, exhibitions and displays regardless of audience size.
Live music
- Unamplified live music, between 8am and 11pm on any day, on any premises.
- Amplified live music, between 8am and 11pm on any day, at any premises which is authorised to sell alcohol to be consumed on-site and for an audience that is not more than 500 people. The premises must be open for the sale of alcohol during the time that the live music is provided for the exemptions to take effect.
Any licence condition that relates to live music will not apply to performances that take place between 8am and 11pm. The only exception is if the Licensing Authority has reinstated those conditions as part of a licence review hearing.
Recorded music between 8am and 11pm on any day, on premises which is authorised to sell alcohol to be consumed on-site and for an audience that is not more than 500 people. The premises must be open for alcohol sales while the music is taking place.
Where a licence includes facilities for making music or dancing, this no longer applies.