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Watford Borough Council
Licence - alcohol and entertainment - personal
A personal licence is required to authorise the sale of alcohol on licensed premises.
To apply for a personal licence, you must complete the following forms and obtain the following information:
- Application for a Personal Licence Form
- Disclosure of Convictions and Declaration Form
The application forms are available to download from the related items section on the right hand side of this page. Both forms are obtainable through the one download.
Your application must be sent with the appropriate fee and two photographs.The photographs must:
- be taken against a light background so that your features are distinguishable and contrast against the background
- measure 45 millimetres by 35 millimetres
- be full face, uncovered, and without sunglasses
- be without any head coverings, unless worn for religious reasons
- be on photographic paper
- be certified as being a true likeness by a solicitor, notary, individual with a professional qualification (such as chemist or accountant), bank or building society official, police officer, civil servant or minister of religion.
As well as the application form, fee and your photographs, you must also send in:
- your approved licensing qualification certificate (further information under related items) - this must be an original document - and
- either a criminal conviction certificate (if you have been convicted of criminal offences) or a criminal record certificate from the Criminal Records Bureau or a subject access search of the police national computer by the National Intelligence Service (further information under related items)
Personal licence holders pay an initial application fee of £37.
Unless there is a need to register a change of name or address, or to obtain a copy of a licence, there will be no further fees to pay until the personal licence is renewed. The fee payable for updating a personal licence or to request a copy licence is £10.50.
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