On Licence

Hazlitt Theatre

Licence summary from On Licence, 1 October 2026

Premises
Hazlitt Theatre
Address
Hazlitt Theatre Earl Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1PL
Licence
Premises licence, 15/00289/LAPMV
Status
In force (register: Issued)
Issued
15 September 2015
Licensing authority
Maidstone Borough Council
Food hygiene rating
5 out of 5 (very good)

What the licence permits

Opening hours on the licence
Mon to Sat 10:00-23:30, Sun 12:00-23:00
Sale or Supply of Alcohol
Mon to Sat 10:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-22:30
Late Night Refreshment
Mon to Sat 23:00-23:30
Regulated Entertainment
Every day 00:00-00:00
Opening Hours (Non-standard)
Permitted (hours not listed)
Licence conditions (35)
  1. Permitted Hours
  2. Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours.
  3. In this condition, permitted hours mean:
  4. On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, Good Friday or New Year's Eve, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  5. On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Year's Eve, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.
  6. On Good Friday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.
  7. On Christmas Day, 12 noon to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
  8. On New Year's Eve, except on a Sunday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  9. On New Year's Eve on a Sunday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.
  10. On New Year's Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year's Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day (or, if there are no permitted hours on the following day, midnight on 31st December).
  11. The above restrictions do not prohibit:
  12. (a) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises;
  13. (b) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel;
  14. (c) during the first thirty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption as ancillary to the meals;
  15. (d) consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;
  16. (e) the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the dispatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;
  17. (f) the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;
  18. (g) the sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of members of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces;
  19. (h) the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or
  20. (i) the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by him at his own expense, or the consumption of alcohol by persons so supplied; or
  21. (j) the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to persons employed there for the purposes of the business carried on by the holder of the licence, or the consumption of liquor so supplied, if the liquor is supplied at the expense of their employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises.
  22. Children
  23. We would like to allow children under 14 years to enter the bar area with adults to enjoy soft drinks and confectionary. Children would never be servced at the bar and the duty manager would ensure children were with adults at all times while in the bar area.
  24. Recorded Music
  25. Public entertainment by way of music and singing which is provided solely by the reproduction of recorded sound is permitted without any hours limitation
  26. Late Night Refreshment
  27. The sale of hot food and drink is permitted until 30 minutes after the end of permitted hours.
  28. Private Entertainment
  29. Dancing, music or other entertainment of the like kind which is not a public entertainment but which is promoted for private gain is permitted without any hour's limitation.
  30. Protection of Children
  31. If more than one hundred persons under 14 ("juniors") are attending an entertainment for juniors or an entertainment at which the majority of those attending are juniors, there shall be sufficient adult attendants, properly instructed as to their duties:
  32. (a) to prevent more juniors or other persons being admitted to the building or part thereof than the building or part can properly accommodate; and
  33. (b) to control the movement of juniors and other persons admitted while entering and leaving the building or part; and
  34. to take all reasonable precautions for the safety of the children.
  35. No person under the age of 17 years shall take part in any performance in which his life or limbs are endangered.

Licensed hours are the most a premises may open or trade under its licence, not its actual opening times.

Compiled from Maidstone Borough Council's public licensing register. The council's register is the authoritative record. https://onlicence.uk/premises/hazlitt-theatre-me14-fb1f1aeef3