Entertainment Licences

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You need a public entertainment licence if you intend to hold any of the following types of events or activities where members of the public are charged entry or are allowed to use facilities for entertainment or recreation purposes:

• open air concerts
• circuses
• fairgrounds
• large fetes with tented accommodation for the public
• snooker, billiards or pool halls which do not have a liquor licence
• premises used for dancing which are not exempt
• amusement arcades
• tanning salons

There are certain activities which are exempt from the requirement to obtain a public entertainment licence. For further information please refer to the guidance notes below.

To apply for the grant or renewal of a public entertainment licence, download, complete and return the relevant application form with the appropriate application fee to the licensing section at the address below. Use the related content link on the right hand side of this page to find out the current application fee.

Please do not email your application form.

Premises based application

premises based application (pdf - 107KB)
tanning salon licence conditions (pdf - 91KB)
guidance notes (pdf - 79KB)

Funfair, circus, event type application

funfair, circus, event type application (pdf - 107KB)
funfair, circus, event type conditions (pdf - 92KB)
display notice and compliance certificate (pdf - 85KB)

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If you wish to contact us by phone, email, visit or write to us, the contact details are below.

Renfrewshire Council
Licensing Section
Renfrewshire House
Cotton Street
Paisley
PA1 1TT

• email: licensing.cs@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 840 3442
• fax: 0141 840 3566