Personal Licence Course Stockport

🍷 Personal and Premises Licences in Stockport

How to Sell Alcohol Legally in Stockport

If you’re planning to sell alcohol in Stockport — whether through a bar, an off-licence, or an online store — you must hold two key licences:

A Personal Licence — required by the person authorising alcohol sales
A Premises Licence — needed for the premises in Stockport where alcohol is stored, sold, or dispatched

The Personal Licence must be issued by the council responsible for your residential address.
If your business is based in Stockport, your Premises Licence must be granted by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.

Every alcohol-selling premises must appoint a Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) who is a Personal Licence holder.

Before applying for a Personal Licence, you must successfully complete the Level 2 Award for Personal Licence Holders (APLH) — a legal requirement across England and Wales.

Applying for a Personal Licence in Stockport

Send your application to your home authority and include:

Completed application form
Two certified passport-style photos
A Basic Disclosure certificate (DBS) dated within 30 days
Evidence of your right to work in the UK
Certificate of APLH qualification
£37 fee

Premises Licence in Stockport

Selling alcohol from a Stockport venue? You’ll need to apply through the local authority.

The process requires:

Completed Premises Licence application form
Scaled floor plan of the licensed premises
DPS nomination
Public site notice displayed for 28 days
Newspaper advertisement

No objections? Licence is typically granted smoothly.

Selling Alcohol Online from Stockport

Selling alcohol online? You are still legally required to license your dispatch location.

Under UK law, a sale occurs where alcohol is physically assigned to the customer — where it is packed for delivery — not where the order is placed online.

✅ You need a Premises Licence if you are dispatching from:

🏠 A home address
🏬 An off-licence or warehouse location

❌ You don’t need one for:

Websites
Remote customer service centres

🛒 Marketplaces like Amazon and eBay may require sellers to provide proof of both a Personal Licence and a Premises Licence to list alcohol products.

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