
Weddings Venue Licence
Civil Marriages and Civil Partnerships
If you have a venue in Kensington and Chelsea and wish to register your venue as a location where civil ceremonies may take place, an application may be made by a trustee or proprietor. Please follow the steps below:
- Complete the application form
- Gather the following supporting documents
• Up to date plans clearly indicating which rooms will be licensed for ceremonies, and clearly indicating entrances and exits, disabled entrances and exits, fire exits, disabled fire / emergency exits, toilet facilities
• Confirmation that you hold a premises licence
• Most up to date fire risk assessment including a fire evacuation plan (not older than 18 months)
• Copy of indemnity insurance policy
• A purchase order covering the cost of the licence
3. Return your completed application form and supporting documents to [email protected] or by post to Kensington and Chelsea Register Office, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, SW3 5EE.
Once your application is received, an invoice will be issued and payment should be made by BACS. Fees for ceremonies licences from 1 April 2024 are as follows:
Fees 2024-25 |
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Maximum Capacity of All Licensed Rooms of Venue | 3 year licence | 5 year licence |
Up to 150 |
£1560 |
£2246 |
151 - 300 |
£1721 |
£2506 |
301 - 500 |
£1955 |
£2865 |
501 and over |
£2179 |
£3146 |
Renewal |
£1560 |
£2246 |
As part of the licensing procedure, an inspection visit will take place by both the Superintendent Registrar and an officer from the council’s Fire, Health and Safety department. In addition, a public advertisement will appear in the notices section of this webpage (below) for three weeks allowing for public objections.
Once an application has been approved, the holder must notify us any change of circumstances including:
- layout of the premises
- use of the premises
- name or full postal address of the premises
- description of the room or rooms in which the proceedings are to take place
- name or address of the holder of the approval
- name, address or qualification of responsible persons
Approval of additional rooms is treated as a new application.
This application form should also be used if you are the trustee or proprietor of a religious building licensed for marriages and wish to licence it for civil partnerships.
Religious marriages and civil partnerships
If you represent a religious building and would like to: license it for worship; license it for opposite and / or same sex marriages, or disuse the building as a religious venue, please see the links below for full information. The completed forms should be sent to us at [email protected]
Licensing for marriages (opposite sex, or opposite sex and same sex)
Notifying that a religious building is no longer in use as such
Application forms
Apply for approval of premises for marriage ceremonies and civil partnership registrations.
Notices under the Marriage Acts 1949 and 1994, Civil Partnership Act 2004