New Special Treatment Premises Licence Fees 2010/2011

London Local Authorities Act 1991, Part II

New

The Council has determined that applications for a new special treatment premises licence or renew and existing licence will be required to pay a reasonable fee. That fee has been calculated depending of the level of potential risk for the treatment applied for or provided.

The licensable treatments have been split into higher and lower risk and as such the fees are split into the category. A list of the treatments and their classification as higher or lower risk is available via the Council’s website at

Application Type / Fee
New application for a special treatment premises licence – Higher Risk / £1750
£1700 (online application)
plus £25 per therapist
New application for a special treatment premises licence – Lower Risk / £1150
£1100 (online application)
plus £25 per therapist

The above fees are set under the power contained withinparagraph 7(6) of the London Local Authorities Act 1991.

Renewal

A renewal application must be received by the Licensing Authority before the expiry of the current special treatment licence. If a renewal application is not received prior to the expiry of the special treatment premises licence a new application is required with the relevant new application fee.

Renewal application for a special treatment premises licence or provisional licence – Higher Risk / £1600
£1550 (online application)
plus £25 per therapist
Renewal application for a special treatment premises licence or provisional licence – Lower Risk / £1000
£950 (online application)
plus £25 per therapist

The above fees are set under the power contained withinparagraphs 7(6) of the London Local Authorities Act 1991.

Variations

A variation application is required for any of the changes to the licence except changing the trading as name of the premises. There are two fee levels for variation application which are listed below.

If a variation application is required that has a combination of the variation types listed below then the higher fee out of the two is required with that application.

Application to vary the special treatment premises licence.
Note: Applications to vary the licence are required for the following changes to the licence:
  • Change the layout of the premises (amend the current deposited plan),
  • Add/amend or remove a condition or conditions (excluding changing the number of therapists or removing permitted special treatment(s).
  • Add one or more special treatments to the licence.
/ £550
£500 (online application)
Application to vary the special treatment premises licence to:
  • remove a permitted special treatment, and/or,
  • to increase or decrease the number of therapists permitted to provide treatments at the premises at any one time.
/ £110
£100 (online application)
If the application is to increase the number of therapists then this fee plus £25 per additional therapist.

The above fees are set under the power within paragraph 12(2) of the London Local Authorities Act 1991

Other application types

Renewal of a Provisional Special Treatment Licence / £110
Confirmation of a Provisional Special Treatment Licence / £110
Application to transfer the special treatment premises licence / £300
Duplicate Licence request and change of details (e.g. change of trading as name, change of address for licensee, change of licensee name due to marriage (not a transfer to another person) / £55

The above fees for the confirmation of a provisional licence and transfer of a licence are set under the powers contained within paragraphs 11(2) and 7(6) of the London Local Authorities Act 1991