Overview of the Act Licensing: disclosure of plans of premises
The Act also makes amendments to the Licensing Act 2003 and the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, mandating that all new licence applicants applying for a premises licence in England, Wales and Scotland will be required to supply two plans to the Local Licensing Authority in support of the application. The first plan will be a detailed plan for the Local Licensing Authority’s use, whilst the second plan - which is the new component of this provision - will be a less detailed plan that will be made available for public inspection. This will prevent sensitive information in premises plans being made available to the public, where this is considered necessary to reduce the risk of this sensitive information potentially being used to assist terrorist activity.