What to do if you no longer want to sell alcohol, provide entertainment, or sell hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am at a property.
If you no longer want a licence for your premises, you can give up (surrender) the licence. Write to us to tell us:
- your name
- the name and address of the property the premises licence is for
- the date you want to give up your licence (this cannot be a date in the past)
- the licence
If you don't tell us a date, we'll cancel the licence as soon as we get it. Send the licence with this letter.
Post the letter to:
Licensing Team (100T)
Bristol City Council
PO Box 3399
Bristol
BS1 9NE
We recommend sending it by registered post, to make sure it doesn't get lost.
It's a criminal offence to sell alcohol, provide entertainment, or sell hot food between 11pm and 5am at the property after:
- the date you tell us you want to give up your licence
- you send the licence to us, if you haven't told us you want to give up your licence on a specific date
If you can't send the licence to us
You'll need to write to us to tell us:
- your name
- the name and address of the property the premises licence is for
- why you can't send the licence to us
- the date you want to give up your licence (this cannot be a date in the past)
After you give up your premises licence
We'll:
- write to you to confirm your licence is cancelled
- tell the police you no longer have a premises licence
Annual licence fee when you give up your licence
You won't need to pay the next annual licence fee if you give up the licence before the date the fee is due.
You'll still need to pay the annual licence fee, and any other outstanding fees, if you give up the licence after the date the fee is due.
You won't get a refund if you give up your licence partway through the year.