Club premises certificate

To authorise the supply of alcohol and regulated entertainment in a qualifying club, you need a club premises certificate.

A premises licence may be needed if you want to sell or supply alcohol or provide entertainment to the public or hire out the premises.

A club can apply for a club premises certificate for any premises which are occupied and used regularly for club purposes.

Eligibility criteria

A qualifying club has general conditions it must satisfy, including:

• a person must not be given membership or be a candidate for membership or get any membership privileges without an interval of at least two days from their membership application or nomination and their membership being granted
• people becoming members without nomination or application cannot have membership privileges for at least two days between them becoming members and being admitted to the club
• the club is established and conducted in good faith
• the club has at least 25 members
• alcohol is only supplied to members on the premises on behalf or by the club

Licensing policy

The revised licensing policy ^{(PDF, 1.9mb)} is available to download.

Applying for a new certificate

 Apply for a club premise certificate

We advise you to read the guidance notes ^{(PDF, 48kb)} before applying.

Once your application is submitted and paid for online, it's automatically sent to the responsible authorities. There is no need for applicants to send in paper hard copies.

Notice of application

A notice of the application must be displayed on the premises for a period of 28 consecutive days, starting the day after the application is made to the licensing authority.

Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address or email licensing@southwark.gov.uk. It must be received by the service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date on the notice.

You can download a copy of the public notice ^{(doc, 52kb)} and it must be printed on A3 blue paper.

You must also send a copy of the notice to the local newspaper.

Variation of a club certificate

You can vary the hours, licensable activities or make structural alterations to the premises.

 Apply to vary your existing club certificate

After submitting your application, a notice must be placed in the window of the premises for the whole duration of 28 days. Download a copy of the public notice ^{(doc, 52kb)} and it must be printed on A3 blue paper.

You must also send a copy of the notice to the local newspaper.

Lost or stolen certificates

If your certificate has been lost or stolen, email licensing@southwark.gov.uk explaining what has happened. A replacement certificate will be issued.

Declaration

 Apply for a declaration for a club premises certificate

Review of an existing certificate

You can request to review an existing certificate by visiting our reviewing a premises licence page.

Fees

You can view our Licensing Act fees ^{(PDF, 64kb)}.

Page last updated: 27 October 2022