Notification and SoRPE requirements

Once you have lodged your liquor licence application you will generally be required to notify some stakeholders of your application. L&GNSW will also notify several other government agencies as part of that process. The types of stakeholders that must be notified will depend on the type of application. Previously, applicants were responsible for notifying most government agencies. To make the process easier for applicants, this will now be undertaken by L&GNSW.

The table below sets out the specific stakeholders that must be consulted depending on the type of application. It also sets out which applications are required to be accompanied by a SoRPE when the application is lodged with L&GNSW.

In addition to the application types listed below, the Authority may request any application be accompanied by a SoRPE.

Notes:

If you are required to notify the occupiers of neighbouring buildings, the measurement is taken from the boundary of the proposed licensed premises (and not the centre). You may wish to notify a wider area to ensure your local community is aware of the application. If neighbouring premises are strata title buildings, notification should be given to:

the Owners Corporation
individual occupiers of any premises within the building where those premises immediately adjoin the proposed premises

Limited Notification Applications

Note: L&GNSW will automatically notify these Government stakeholders of any limited notification application:

NSW Police,
the local consent authority (and any other consent authorities within 500m), and
Crown Lands (if on land within the meaning of Crown Land Management Act 2016)

Class type	Application type	Is a SoRPE required?	Applicant’s notification requirements
Limited Notification - Class A	Producer/wholesaler licence (exceptions apply) Pop-up licence Limited licence All authorisations (exceptions apply*)	No	No applicant notification requirement
Limited Notification - Class A	Application and removal of a packaged liquor licence that is limited to the sale of liquor by means of taking orders over the phone, fax, internet or other electronic means	Yes	No applicant notification requirement
Limited Notification - Class B	An application by a licensee to revoke or vary a condition of the licence or a condition of a licence-related authorisation (other than a revocation or variation that would result in reduced trading hours) An application to vary the business or activity, or the kind of premises, specified in an on-premises licence An application to carry on business on temporary premises On premises new licence applications and removals*** A new producer/wholesaler application and removals made in conjunction with a special drink on premises or a drink on premises authorisation Special drink on premises or drink on premises authorisation Note the Authority may require that a SoRPE accompany any of the above applications	No	Applicants are required to notify: occupiers of any building within 50 metres of the proposed licensed premises* occupiers of any building on land adjoining the boundary of the land where the licence will be – even if separated by a public road.
Limited Notification - Class C	Multi-occasion extended trading authorisation (MOETA)**** Authorisation to sell or supply liquor without other product or service (Primary Service Authorisation) Any other application as determined by the Authority	Yes	Applicants are required to notify: occupiers of any building within 100 metres of the proposed licensed premises* occupiers of any building on land adjoining the boundary of the land where the licence will be – even if separated by a public road.

Notes:

* Unless an application includes a special drink on premises authorisation or a drink on premises authorisation. These applications are required to be notified to neighbours within a 50-metre radius and are included in the list of Class C applications. These applications do not require a SoRPE.

** Certain authorisations are required to be accompanied by a SoRPE and are required to be notified to neighbours within a 100-metre radius. These specific authorisations are included in the list of Class D applications.

*** except for public entertainment venues that are not a theatre or cinema (these application types are included in the full notification application list) and applications that are made in conjunction with an authorisation that requires a SoRPE. Note, certain applications for on-premises restaurants may be eligible for an interim authorisation under clause 36 of the Liquor Regulation 2018.

**** Certain applications for MOETAs are not required to be accompanied by a SoRPE including:

in the case of an application that relates to club premises—the club premises have unrestricted trading hours at the time the application is made, or
in the case of an application that relates to club premises—within the period of 6 months before the application is made—
- the trading hours of the club premises have been reduced by a condition under section 54 of the Act (or a request has been made by the club for a condition to be imposed under that section that would result in reduced trading hours), or
- an ongoing extended trading authorisation in respect of the club premises has, on application by the club, been revoked or been varied so as to reduce the trading hours to no later than 1.30 am (or an application has been made to reduce the trading hours to no later than 1.30 am), or
in the case of an application that relates to any other licensed premises—the trading hours of the premises at the time the application is made are equal to or more than the trading hours under the proposed extended trading authorisation.

Full Notification Applications

Note: L&GNSW will automatically notify these Government stakeholders of any full notification application:

NSW Police
the local consent authority (and any other consent authorities within 500m)
Crown Lands (if on land within the meaning of Crown Land Management Act 2016)
NSW Health
the Department of Communities and Justice, and
Transport for NSW.

Class type	Application type	Is a SoRPE required?	Applicant’s notification requirements
Full notification – Class D	Hotel licence Club Licence Small bar (exceptions apply)* Package liquor excluding ones that are limited to the sale or supply of liquor through the internet or other electronic means (these are limited notification applications – see above) On premises that relates to a public entertainment venue other than a cinema or a theatre Ongoing extended trading authorisation (ETA) for a hotel, club, small bar, packaged liquor (bottle-shop) or an on-premises. Removal of a hotel, club, small bar or packaged liquor (bottle-shop) or on premises public entertainment venue (e.g. nightclub) Ongoing ETA for a producer/wholesaler if the ETA operates to authorise the sale of liquor by retail other than to residents of the licensed premises and their guests between midnight and 5am The Authority has determined that the following application is taken to be a full notification application: any application to increase licence boundaries by more than 50% where: a Category B CIS was provided with the original licence application, or the original application was a full notification application (or would currently be a full notification for an application of this type) Any application that the Authority deems to be a full notification application.	Yes	Applicants are required to notify: occupiers of any building within 100 metres of the proposed licensed premises* occupiers of any building on land adjoining the boundary of the land where the licence will be – even if separated by a public road The recognised leaders or representatives of the local Aboriginal community, or Aboriginal medical, health or social service organisations in the local government area. For an extended trading authorisation in relation to a hotel licence, any organisation in the local government area that receives funding from the Responsible Gambling Fund under the Casino Control Act 1992 for the specified purpose of providing gambling-related counselling or treatment services* Any stakeholders as determined by the Authority.

Class type

Application type

Is a SoRPE required?

Applicant’s notification requirements

Full notification – Class D

Hotel licence

Club Licence

Small bar (exceptions apply)*

Package liquor excluding ones that are limited to the sale or supply of liquor through the internet or other electronic means (these are limited notification applications – see above)

On premises that relates to a public entertainment venue other than a cinema or a theatre

Ongoing extended trading authorisation (ETA) for a hotel, club, small bar, packaged liquor (bottle-shop) or an on-premises. Removal of a hotel, club, small bar or packaged liquor (bottle-shop) or on premises public entertainment venue (e.g. nightclub)

Ongoing ETA for a producer/wholesaler if the ETA operates to authorise the sale of liquor by retail other than to residents of the licensed premises and their guests between midnight and 5am

The Authority has determined that the following application is taken to be a full notification application:

any application to increase licence boundaries by more than 50% where:
- a Category B CIS was provided with the original licence application, or
- the original application was a full notification application (or would currently be a full notification for an application of this type)

Any application that the Authority deems to be a full notification application.

Yes

Applicants are required to notify:

occupiers of any building within 100 metres of the proposed licensed premises*
occupiers of any building on land adjoining the boundary of the land where the licence will be – even if separated by a public road

The recognised leaders or representatives of the local Aboriginal community, or Aboriginal medical, health or social service organisations in the local government area.**

For an extended trading authorisation in relation to a hotel licence, any organisation in the local government area that receives funding from the Responsible Gambling Fund under the Casino Control Act 1992 for the specified purpose of providing gambling-related counselling or treatment services***

Any stakeholders as determined by the Authority.

Notes:

*Certain Small Bar Licence applications are exempted from the requirement to be accompanied with a SoRPE or to notify stakeholders, including:

Where development consent is required to use the premises as a Small Bar and police and L&GNSW are, no more than 2 working days after the application for the required development consent, or any variation to that application, is made, notified by the applicant of the making of the application for development consent or of the variation to that application. This exemption does not apply if trading is required between 2am and 5am.
Where the Small Bar application relates to the same premises as the premises to which a general bar licence relates, and development consent has been obtained under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to sell liquor during the times to which the application relates and those times are specified in the development consent.