Planning and Development Act 2024
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Licence | ||
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479. (1) A person (in this section referred to as “the applicant”) may make an application to a local authority for a licence to hold an event in such manner as may be prescribed under this section. | ||
(2) A local authority, on receipt of an application under subsection (1), shall consider the application in accordance with regulations made under this section. | ||
(3) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), which regulations may make provision for any of the following: | ||
(a) requirements in relation to the holding, when requested by the applicant and prior to that applicant making an application, of a meeting between the applicant and the local authority; | ||
(b) a requirement for the applicant, prior to the applicant making an application to hold an event of such class or classes of events as may be prescribed, to request a meeting with the local authority, and the requirements in relation to the holding of such a meeting; | ||
(c) a requirement for the publication by the applicant of a notice of the applicant’s intention to make an application; | ||
(d) a requirement for the notification by the applicant of such persons as may be specified of the applicant’s intention to make an application; | ||
(e) the form and content of an application; | ||
(f) the fee, payable to the local authority, that is to accompany an application and the provision of different fees to accompany applications in respect of different events or classes of events prescribed under subsection (2) of section 478 ; | ||
(g) the plans, documents and information to be submitted with an application; | ||
(h) the persons that shall be consulted in relation to an application; | ||
(i) the making of submissions or observations within a prescribed time and the fee (if any), payable to the local authority, that is to accompany such submissions or observations; | ||
(j) a requirement on the applicant to submit any further information, including information in relation to a European site, with respect to his or her application where required by the local authority to do so; | ||
(k) the time within which a decision on an application shall be made; | ||
(l) any other matter that the Minister considers appropriate. | ||
(4) (a) Where an application for a licence is made in accordance with subsection (1), the local authority may decide to— | ||
(i) grant the licence, | ||
(ii) grant the licence subject to such conditions as it considers appropriate, or | ||
(iii) refuse the licence. | ||
(b) In considering an application for a licence under this section, the local authority shall have regard to— | ||
(i) any information relating to the application furnished to it by the applicant in accordance with regulations made under paragraph (e), (g) or (j) of subsection (3), | ||
(ii) any consultations in accordance with regulations made under paragraph (h) of subsection (3), | ||
(iii) any submissions made to it in accordance with regulations made under paragraph (i) of subsection (3), | ||
(iv) whether events have previously been held on the land concerned, | ||
(v) the matters referred to in subsection (5), and | ||
(vi) any guidelines or codes of practice issued under section 480 by the Minister or by any other Minister of the Government. | ||
(5) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) of subsection (4), but subject to subsection (6), conditions subject to which a licence is granted may relate to all or any of the following: | ||
(a) compliance with any guidelines or codes of practice issued by the Minister or any other Minister of the Government, or with any provisions of those guidelines or codes of practice; | ||
(b) securing the safety of persons at the place in connection with the event; | ||
(c) the provision of adequate facilities for the health and welfare of persons at the place in connection with the event, including the provision of sanitary facilities; | ||
(d) the protection of the environment in which the event is to be held, including the control of litter; | ||
(e) the maintenance of public order; | ||
(f) the avoidance or minimisation of disruption to the neighbourhood in which the event is to take place; | ||
(g) ensuring the provision of adequate means of transport (including public transport) to and from the place in which the event is to be held; | ||
(h) the number of events which are permitted at the venue within a specified period not exceeding one year; | ||
(i) the payment of a financial contribution to the local authority of a specified amount or an amount calculated on a specified basis towards the estimated cost to the local authority of measures taken by the local authority in connection with the event; | ||
(j) the payment of a financial contribution to a person consulted in accordance with regulations made under paragraph (h) of subsection (3) of a specified amount, or an amount calculated on a specified basis, towards the estimated cost to that person of measures taken by the person in connection with the event; | ||
(k) maintaining public liability insurance; | ||
(l) the display of a notice for persons attending the event as to their obligations and required conduct at the event. | ||
(6) Conditions referred to in paragraphs (i) or (j) of subsection (5) requiring the payment of a financial contribution may relate only to an event that is held wholly or mainly for profit. | ||
(7) A person shall not be entitled solely by reason of a licence under this section to hold an event. |