Changing your licensed area
As a liquor licensee, you can apply to change your licensed area if your business needs change. For example, you might want to renovate your licensed premises or remove a detached bottle shop.
Renovating your premises
If you're planning to alter your premises without changing the licensed area description (e.g. remove a wall or lengthen a bar), submit an application to alter, rebuild or change the premises.
Permanently resize your premises
If you plan to permanently increase or decrease the licensed area, and/or alter or rebuild it in a way that will affect its description (e.g. remove a detached bottle shop or add a footpath dining area), submit an application to permanently change the licensed area.
Temporarily resize your premises
You can also apply to temporarily resize your licensed area—e.g. extend it to allow extra patrons to attend a one-off event, such as New Year's Eve or a community festival.
Any licensed area you want to extend must be adjoining your existing licensed premises.
Fees
Find a list of liquor and wine licence fees, including the fees for changing your licensed area.
Lodging your application
You can lodge your application:
- by email to OLGRlicensing@justice.qld.gov.au
- in person—visit one of our locations.
Also consider...
- Read Guideline 35: Licensed areas.
- Read Guideline 40: Application to alter, rebuild, change or increase the area of the licensed premises.
- To permanently change another condition of your liquor licence—e.g. the permitted noise level—apply for a permanent variation of your licence.