Bristol City Council's licensing policy.
Licensing policy
Under the Licensing Act 2003 each Licensing Authority is required to publish a statement of its licensing policy every five years.
The last full policy review took place in 2025 and the policy came into effect on 1 August 2025.
The revised policy incorporates the following changes:
- Removal of references to previous Mayoral system
- Update to statistics
- Addition of paragraphs relating to delivery services, night time safety and Martyn's law
On 29 February 2024 the Council's Licensing Committee approved the publication of a Cumulative Impact Assessment to take effect from 8 March 2024.
The revised licensing policy, pools of conditions and template operating schedules are available here:
- pdf Statement of Licensing Policy (2025 to 2030)(489 KB)
- pdf Template Operating Schedules(409 KB)
- pdf Licensing Act: Pool of conditions(574 KB)
View the pdf Cumulative Impact Assessment(615 KB) .