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We'll send you reminders close to the licence renewal date. It's your responsibility to apply for a renewal before the expiry date, and to put up public notices.
You'll need to go through the same public notification process as above.
- Fill in the relevant form based on the type of licence you're applying for:
- Get the supporting documents ready – these are outlined on the first page of the form. For On-licence, Off-licence and Club licence applications (including renewals) you'll need to attach a Certificate of Use. Make sure your supporting documents are A4 sized.
- Email your completed application form with all supporting documents to sol@huttcity.govt.nz
- Once we’ve received your application, we'll let you know if you need to supply extra information to support your application.
Once we've checked both the public notification forms, you are required to:
- Advertise:
- in the Hutt News – notification gets posted on two separate days, or
- on the Hutt City Council Website.
- Put public notification up on your premises (shop window).
If you are advertising in the Hutt News, you need to send us the newspaper page with the public notice(s) in it.
For premises
When a complete application with all supporting documentation has been lodged, the application is assigned to a Licensing Inspector and reports are requested from our partner reporting agencies, Police and Medical Officer of Health.
After the public notice period (25 working days after the application is publicly notified on our website or in a newspaper), if no objections or opposition has been received, the Licensing Inspector will send a report with your application to the Lower Hutt District Licensing Committee (DLC) for a decision on the grant of your new, or renewal, licence application.
The DLC are the final decision makers for all applications.
How long it takes
The following diagrams show the alcohol licence application process, and how long each step can take:
- On-licence, off-licence and club licence process (PDF 66.7 KB)
For manager certificates and licences
Licence applications can take up to eight weeks processing time (for uncontested applications). Contested applications can take much longer.
It can take up to twenty working days to process a Manager's Certificate application, longer in some cases.
Please be aware that these timeframes are an indication only and may differ. If your application for a renewal licence or renewal manager's certificate has been lodged prior to the expiry date, it will remain current (live) until the renewal application is processed.
For Temporary Authority
t can take up to 20 working days to process a temporary authority application. The temporary authority may be granted for a period of up to three months.
Please note there must be a current base licence in place for a temporary authority to be issued.
How much a licence renewal costs depends on the type of premises you're operating and risk categories.
Information contained in your application and any supporting information will be held by Hutt City Council to enable your application to be processed under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. Information regarding this application will be made available to the public on request. The information will be provided to the:
- Lower Hutt District Licensing Committee,
- Police,
- Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority,
- Council’s Licensing Inspectors, and
- Medical Officer of Health
This information may form part of a public hearing of your application before the Lower Hutt District Licensing Committee and may be used in the Committee’s decision for your application.
You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at sol@huttcity.govt.nz or at our customer service front desk at 30 Laings Road, Lower Hutt.