Apply for a liquor (alcohol) licence

Premises, Extended Hours, Occasional and Personal Licences; variation, transfer and replacement licences; fees for new grant of premises licences, ancillary licence applications and annual fees.

Premises Licence to sell alcohol

Complete the application for a premises licence to sell alcohol [48KB] if you want a licence to sell alcohol at your premises. You'll also need to detail your operational plan to sell alcohol at your premises [45KB] .

You can also complete the application for a premises licence to sell alcohol [48KB] if you are applying for a provisional licence.

Send your signed and completed application form and documentation to licensing.cs@renfrewshire.gov.uk.

Cost of a new premises licence

Cost of a new premises licence
Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 category	Rateable value of premises	Fee
1.	Not applicable	£169
2.	Between £1 and £11,500	£656
3.	Between £11,501 and £35,000	£902
4.	Between £35,001 and £70,000	£1066
5.	Between £70,001 and £140,000	£1394
6.	Over £140,000	£1640
Fee for Provisional Premises Licence	Not applicable	£160

Extended Hours, Occasional and Personal Licences

If you want to apply for an Extended Hours Licence, Occasional Licence or a new or replacement Personal Licence, you need to:

pay online for your licence
send your signed and completed application form and documentation to customerservice.licensing@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Please send your documents in PDF format in one complete file, and any photographs in JPEG format.

If you are applying for a personal licence, please check that the certification docket on the back of the photograph is included with your application documentation.

The photographs need to be countersigned on the back with this exact wording:

"I certify that this is a true likeness of (name of applicant)", followed by the full name of the person endorsing the photograph.

Application forms for:

Variation and transfer licences

If you want to apply for a variation or transfer licence, you need to

pay online for your licence
send your signed and completed application form and documentation to licensing.cs@renfrewshire.gov.uk.

Application forms for:

Replacement licences

Replacement Personal Licence

No application form required, letter requesting replacement and Police reference number once intimated licence has been lost of stolen.

Replacement Premises Licence

No application form required, letter requesting replacement and Police reference number once intimated licence has been lost of stolen.

Fees for other types of liquor (alcohol ) licences

Forms and fees for ancillary licence applications
Application Type	Complete this form	Fee
Section 33(1) Transfer (inc. variation)	Application form for a transfer of a premises licence to sell alcohol [132KB]	£175
Section 33(1) Transfer (no variation)	Application form for a transfer of a premises licence to sell alcohol [132KB]	£50
Section 34(1) Transfer (inc. variation)	Application form for a transfer of a premises licence to sell alcohol [132KB]	£175
Section 34(1) Transfer (no variation)	Application form for a transfer of a premises licence to sell alcohol [132KB]	£60
Section 47(2) Temporary Premises Licence	Application form for a premises licence to sell alcohol [48KB]	£175
Section 46(2) Confirmation	Application form for confirmation of a provisional premises licence to sell alcohol [28KB]	Balance of fee from provisional fee to full grant fee.
Section 29(1) Variation	Application form for a variation to a premises licence to sell alcohol [50KB]	£175
Section 29(1) Minor Variation (Manager)	Application form for a variation to a premises licence to sell alcohol [50KB]	£31
Section 29(1) Minor Variation	Application form for a variation to a premises licence to sell alcohol [50KB]	£20
Section 56(1) Occasional	Occasional Licence Application [725KB]	£10
Section 68(1) Extended Hours	Application form for an extended hours licence to sell alcohol [152KB]	£10
Section 72(1) Personal Licence	Application form for a personal licence for a premises selling alcohol [169KB]	£50
Section 92(1) Replacement Personal Licence	No application form required, letter requesting replacement and Police reference number once intimated licence has been lost of stolen.	£25
Replacement Premises Licence	No application form required, letter requesting replacement and Police reference number once intimated licence has been lost of stolen.	£30

Annual fees for premises licences

Annual fees for premises licences are due on 1 October each year.

Notification of annual fee due will be issued at end of August each year by letter.

Annual fees for premises licences
Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 category	Rateable value of property	Fee
1.	Not applicable	£180
2.	Between £1 and £11,500	£220
3.	Between £11,501 and £35,000	£280
4.	Between £35,001 and £70,000	£500
5.	Between £70,001 and £140,000	£700
6.	Over £140,000	£900

Renfrewshire Council