Hagley Community Association wants to sell alcohol and stage live music from noon to midnight, every day. Written representations close on 17 September.

Hagley Community Association has applied for a premises licence covering noon to midnight, every day of the week.

The application, for Hagley Community Centre on Worcester Road, asks Bromsgrove District Council to authorise the on-sale of alcohol, late night refreshment, plays, films, live and recorded music, and performances of dance, all “as and when required” between 12:00 and 00:00 daily.

Written representations must reach Worcestershire Regulatory Services by Thursday 17 September 2026. Hagley is a village of the Bromsgrove district, about seven miles north west of Bromsgrove town.

What the notice says

The public notice was published on 27 August 2026 under the Licensing Act 2003. It gives:

  • Applicant: Hagley Community Association
  • Premises: Hagley Community Centre, Worcester Road, Hagley DY9 0NW
  • Activities sought: on-sale of alcohol, late night refreshment, plays, films, live and recorded music, performances of dance
  • Hours sought: 12:00 to 00:00 daily
  • Representations to: Worcestershire Regulatory Services, Wyre Forest House, Finepoint Way, Kidderminster DY11 7WF, or enquiries@worcsregservices.gov.uk
  • Deadline: 17 September 2026

The record of the application can be inspected by appointment on 01905 822799. Worcestershire Regulatory Services handles licensing for six Worcestershire councils, Bromsgrove included, so the paperwork goes to Kidderminster rather than to Parkside.

Only four things count as an objection

This is where most people waste their letter. Under section 4 of the Licensing Act 2003, a licensing authority must carry out its functions “with a view to promoting the licensing objectives”, and there are exactly four of them:

  • the prevention of crime and disorder
  • public safety
  • the prevention of public nuisance
  • the protection of children from harm

Section 18(6) then defines a “relevant representation” as one about the likely effect of granting the licence on those objectives. A letter that argues the village does not need another place to buy a drink, or that the hall is busy enough already, is not a relevant representation and cannot be taken into account.

What happens next depends entirely on whether anyone writes

The Act gives the council very little discretion here, and the split is stark.

If nobody makes a relevant representation, the council must grant the licence. Section 18(2) says the authority “must grant the licence in accordance with the application”, subject only to conditions consistent with the applicant’s own operating schedule and the mandatory conditions in sections 19 to 21. There is no hearing and no debate.

If someone does, there has to be a hearing. Section 18(3) requires the authority to hold one, unless the council, the applicant and everyone who made a representation all agree it is unnecessary. Having heard it, the council can then take any of the steps in section 18(4):

  • grant the licence with the conditions modified
  • cut particular licensable activities out of the licence
  • refuse to specify the named premises supervisor
  • reject the application

So the practical difference between a licence to midnight seven nights a week and a licence with tighter hours or fewer activities is whether one person puts an objection in writing before 17 September.

The one that already closed

The same register carries a second Bromsgrove district application this summer that almost nobody will have seen in time.

Lee Atkins of Tardebigge Albion FC applied for a premises licence at the former Hewell cricket ground, Bromsgrove B60, for the on and off sale of alcohol from 17:00 to 21:00 on weekdays and 10:00 to 18:00 at weekends. That notice was published on 5 August and gave a deadline of 25 August, described in the notice itself as “the 28th consecutive day after the date of lodging the application”. It has passed.

That is the pattern worth knowing about. The statutory window is 28 days from the day the application is lodged, not 28 days from the day the notice appears, so by the time a notice reaches print or the public notice portal a chunk of the window has already gone. On the Hagley application, publication on 27 August leaves 21 days.

What it means for you

  • If you live near Hagley Community Centre and have a view, put it in writing by 17 September, to Worcestershire Regulatory Services at the address above, and say which of the four licensing objectives your point relates to.
  • Support counts too. A representation can be in favour, and a village hall with a licence can run its own bar at events rather than paying for temporary event notices each time.
  • Be specific. Noise late at night, car doors and people leaving at closing time, and lighting or access affecting children are all capable of being relevant. “We do not want it” is not.
  • Silence grants it. If no relevant representation arrives, the council has no power to refuse or trim the application.
  • For the district’s other live consultations, see our Bromsgrove planning news page.

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