Licence conditions self-audit
A yearly read-through of every condition attached to your premises licence — capacity, CCTV retention, Challenge 25, noise limits, permitted hours — checked against what actually happens on the premises.
A yearly read-through of every condition attached to your premises licence — capacity, CCTV retention, Challenge 25, noise limits, permitted hours — checked against what actually happens on the premises.
Conditions drift quietly: a CCTV system gets replaced with a shorter retention period, a door policy lapses, capacity creeps up on a busy night. A licensing review or a complaint is when this gets discovered — a self-audit means you find it first.
Pull your premises licence and its conditions from the register and check each one against what actually happens on site.
Who this is for
Any venue holding a premises licence.
What you’ll hold
- Annotated copy of your premises licence with each condition checked off
- Dated note of any drift found and how it was corrected
- Confirmation that CCTV retention and Challenge 25 policy still match the licence conditions
Watch out for
- Checking the conditions you remember rather than re-reading the licence itself — conditions get added at reviews and are easy to forget.
- Not re-checking after a refurbishment — a new layout can push you over stated capacity without anyone deciding that on purpose.
- Assuming your door or CCTV supplier is still meeting a condition without actually checking their current settings, such as the retention period.
Sources
- gov.uk — Alcohol licensing checked 2026-09-02
See also
- Apply for your premises licence— this becomes part of getting open →
- Premises licence annual fee
This is item 33 of 60 in the free UK Compliance Calendar. See the whole list →