Application for licence
3.—(1) A person who carries on, or proposes to carry on, a relevant business may apply to the relevant district council for a pavement café licence in respect of premises specified in the application.
(2) The premises specified must be premises in or from which food or drink is, or will be, supplied in the course of the business.
(3) Only one set of premises may be specified in the application, but this does not prevent a person from making two or more separate applications in respect of different sets of premises.
(4) The application must include a plan which—
(a)shows the location and dimensions of the public area (or each of the public areas) on which the applicant wishes to place temporary furniture for use for the consumption of food or drink supplied in or from the specified premises; and
(b)meets such other requirements as the council may specify.
(5) Any such area must be situated in the district of the relevant district council.
(6) Sections 10 and 11 apply in relation to an application under this section.
(7) In this section—
“a relevant business” means a business involving the supply of food or drink to members of the public, or of a section of the public;
“the relevant district council” means the council in whose district the premises specified in the application are situated.