Licensing Act 2003 Register

The Council and the West Yorkshire police are Joint Data Controllers of the information you provide. The Council and the West Yorkshire Police have a statutory duty to process and maintain licences and permissions and conduct enforcement activities in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003 as part of a legal obligation to meet the statutory requirements for the licensing of the sale of alcohol, regulated entertainment, and late night refreshment.

We may share the following information with the third parties listed below: details of the licensed premises, licence status, the names, addresses and company numbers of persons and companies named on a licence. This may be shared with services in the Council, for example, City Development, Environmental Action Services and Community Safety. In addition we will share with external third party organisations including Government departments, Information Commissioners Office (for National Fraud Initiative), the Health and Safety Executive, West Yorkshire Joint Services, Businesses Against Crime in Leeds, Leeds BID and West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service to make further enquiries regarding your application under the Licensing Act 2003 or where required by law for the detection and prevention of crime.           

The personal information you provide as part of your application for a premises licence, club premises certificate or personal licence will be held for a period of 6 years following the termination of the licence/permit. The personal information held for Temporary Event Notices will be held for a period of 2 calendar years following the event. Details of all transactions are recorded permanently as an entry on the licensing register.           

The Council’s corporate privacy notice, which includes details of the authority’s Data Protection Officer and your information rights is available to read.           

The West Yorkshire Police full privacy notice can also be read.           

Should you have cause for complaint in relation to licensed premises, we would always recommend that you write to the business first. If that does not work, contact us and providing it is a matter covered by the legislation, we can investigate the complaint for you.