Responsible Authorities for the Purposes of the Licensing Act 2003

Responsible Authorities for the Purposes of the Licensing Act 2003

Chief Officer of Police

Ivana Draper

Licensing Co-ordinator

Northumbria Police

Gateshead Area Command

High Street West

Gateshead

NE8 1BN

Tel: 0191 221 9136 or E-mail:

Fire Authority

Pippa Boddy or Chris Lane

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service

South Divisional HQ

Railway Row

Sunderland

SR1 3HE

Tel: 0191 4441265 or E-mail:

Licensing Authority

Licensing Officer

Communities and Environment

Gateshead Council, Civic Centre

Regent Street, Gateshead

NE8 1HH

Tel: 0191 433 3178 or E-mail:

Planning Authority

Development Control Manager

Communities and Environment

Gateshead Council, Civic Centre

Regent Street, Gateshead

NE8 1HH

Tel: 0191 433 3471 or E-mail:

Environmental Health Authority

Paul Christer

Environmental Health Team Leader

Communities and Environment

Gateshead Council, Civic Centre

Regent Street, Gateshead

NE8 1HH

Tel: 0191 433 3922 or E-mail:

Body responsible for the protection of children from harm

Louise Gill

Business Manager

Gateshead Local Safeguarding Children Board

LSCB Business Unit

1st Floor

Civic Centre

Regent Street

Gateshead

NE8 1HH

Tel: 0191 433 8010 or E-mail:

Weights and Measures Authority

Tracey Johnson

Senior Trading Standards Officer

Communities and Environment

Gateshead Council, Civic Centre

Regent Street, Gateshead

NE8 1HH

Tel: 0191 433 3934 or E-mail:

Primary Care Trust

Alice Wiseman

Public Health

Gateshead PCT

Gateshead Council

Civic Centre

Regent Street

Gateshead

NE8 1HH

Tel: 0191 433 2777 or Email:

Health and Safety Enforcing Authority

(For the health and safety responsible authority – the application form must be sent to the enforcing authority for the premises you are seeking a licence for, either:

Suzanne Crawford

Health and Safety Executive,

Yorkshire and North East Division

Arden House

Regent Centre

Gosforth

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE3 3JN

Tel: 0191 2026231

E-mail:

or

Stewart Sorrell

Team Leader (Health and Safety)

Communities and Environment

Gateshead Council, Civic Centre

Regent Street, Gateshead

NE8 1HH

Tel: 0191 433 3971 or E-mail:

Contact either authority to confirm which one is the enforcing authority for your premises, or look at the ‘Health and Safety Law – What You Should Know’ poster on display in the premises.

Licensing Act Section

Communities and Environment, Gateshead Council

Civic Centre, Regent Street

Gateshead NE8 1HH

Tel: 0191 433 3918