Late Night Levy

21 Mar 2017

Gloucester City Council postpone Late Night Levy decision

A meeting scheduled this week regarding Late night Levy Proposals,  has been postponed until the 24th July 2017. The Council indicated that it had received a number of consultation responses requesting a Business Improvement District (BID) t...

27 Feb 2017

Cheltenham first Council to reverse LNL

  On Friday evening the full council of Cheltenham met and decided to abolish the Late Night Levy (LNL) which they had adopted in 2014. Cheltenham is the first council to abolish the LNL. It would appear that there were 2 material factors ...

15 Feb 2017

Policing & Crime Act 2017 - Licensing Provisions to come into force

Following conversations with the Home Office we can confirm that with the exception of the provisions on cumulative impact and the late night levy (LNL) the provisions in part 7 of the Act will commence on 6 April 2017. Matters coming into force i...

19 Jan 2017

LNL - Tower Hamlets

At a Council meeting on 18th January Tower Hamlets became the latest Authority to approve a Late Night Levy (LNL) scheme.  We have previously reported on the Council’s LNL consultation. The LNL which will effect premises operating betw...

12 Dec 2016

Liverpool City Council - Late Night Levy - update

Earlier this month we confirmed that Licensing Authority had adopted the Late Night Levy. Full details of the Levy have now been released. The Levy will commence from 1 April 2017. It will apply to all premises within Licensing Authority geogra...

11 Nov 2016

Liverpool chose to adopt Late Night Levy

Liverpool City Council have revisited the adoption of the Late Night Levy, which had been rejected in March of this year. On this occasion the vote was in favour of adoption for premises operating beyond 12 midnight. The Levy is to commence in Apr...