Personal licence

A personal licence allows an individual to be the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) at a licensed premise that sells or supplies alcohol.

Applicants must be aged 18 or over, and not have had a personal licence forfeited within the last five years. They must also hold an accredited licensing qualification and must declare any convictions for any relevant or foreign offence.

Applicants must be entitled to work in the UK and must not be subject to a condition preventing them from doing work relating to the carrying on of a licensable activity. A licence will become invalid if the holder ceases to be entitled to live and work in the UK.

You must submit one of the documents listed in Annex A of the Home Office’s ‘Employer’s guide to right to work checks’ supporting guidance.

£37 payable online after we have received the relevant forms

This application should be made to the local authority where the applicant lives, not to the authority where the licensed premise is located. Check your postcode to see which council you should apply to.

You can apply by post or you may be able to apply by email.

Application and guidance notes

• a criminal conviction certificate or criminal record certificate or the results of a subject access search of the police national computer by the National Intelligence Service;
• a disclosure of convictions and civil immigration penalties and declaration form;
• two photographs of yourself, one which is endorsed as a true likeness of you by a solicitor or notary, a person of standing in the community, or any individual with a professional qualification; and
• the original or a certified copy of your Level 2 qualification for Personal licence holders.
• proof of your right to work in the United Kingdom

If you have an unspent conviction for a relevant offence or for a comparable foreign offence, the police can object to the application on the grounds of the prevention of crime and disorder.  

Also, if you have an unspent immigration offence, a comparable foreign offence or have been required to pay an immigration penalty, Home Office Immigration Enforcement may also object to the application. The police and Immigration Enforcement have 14 days to object.

Where the police or Immigration Enforcement object to the application on the grounds above, the applicant will be invited to attend a hearing before the licensing authority.

If the police or Immigration Enforcement do not object to your application and it otherwise meets the necessary requirements, the licence is granted.
 

The online premises licensing register is currently unavailable., please email premises.licensing@manchester.gov.uk if you want to review the register.