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The Pavement Licence will change on Sunday 1 September 2024

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act has made the pavement licensing regime (under the Business and Planning Act 2020) permanent with some changes.

The licence fee structure will change from 1 September 2024: £500 for a new licence and £350 for renewals (for six months). 

This change helps us cover some of the cost of issuing, managing and enforcing these licences.

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Sex establishment licence

Sexual entertainment venues

On 26 March 2014 the council of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets passed a resolution that schedule 3 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 as amended by section 27 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 would apply with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

This has created a licensing regime for sexual entertainment venues within Tower Hamlets from 1 June 2014.   

This authority is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end may use the information you have provided on this form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes.

For more details on how your information is used please refer to the Environmental Health & Trading Standard privacy notice.

Sexual Entertainment Venue Fees (2024 - 2025)
Application typeAdminEnforcement fee collected if granted 

New application

£9,710

£1,925 

Renewal

£9,710

£1,925 

Refund if refused

£1,925

N/A

Transfer of licence

£297

N/A

Variation

£4,810

N/A

 

Key documents

The following are key documents that support this particular licensing regime:

Before applying for a licence you are strongly advised to contact the Licensing Team.