Application for approval of a religious premises as a venue for civil partnership from Royal Borough of Greenwich

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Email address

Please provide your email address, so the licensing authority can let you know if your application has been successful or not.

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Application form

Please attach the completed application form below.

Application form

Supporting documents

All documents are required, unless stated otherwise. Photos of documents are acceptable, as long as all the relevant information is clear. We'll only share these documents with the licensing authority.

Maximum size allowed per file is 10 MB.

We only allow the following file types : doc, docx, gif, jpeg, jpg, pdf, png, ppt, pptx, rtf, txt, xls, xlsx

What if I can't submit the documents digitally?

If you can't submit the documents digitally you can send copies by post instead. We'll give you the address and reference number to quote once you've paid the licence fee.

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Premises Plans
A copy of a plan of the premises showing the room(s) in which it is intended that marriages will take place.

Electrical Installation Inspection Certificate
A copy of the premises’ most up to date Electrical Installation Condition Report, Electrical Installation Inspection Certificate, or Periodic Inspection Report, as prescribed by the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989;

Fire Risk Assessment
A copy of the premises’ Fire Risk Assessment prepared under The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (“RRFSO”).

Emergency Lighting Test Certificate
Your latest certificate confirming an annual test of your emergency lighting. The annual test, also known as a "full discharge" test, is a 3-hour test that simulates a power cut to ensure that the emergency lighting system is working properly and that the batteries are lasting as long as they should.

Fire Alarm Test Certificate
Your latest certificate confirming a full test of the fire alarm system. This should be carried out every 6 months. The test should be carried out by a competent person (Electrician or fire alarm engineer). The fire alarm test should be carried out in accordance with BS5839 part 1 section 6.

Declaration

I declare that:
a) I have read and understood the information contained in this form;
b) the premises are not a register office (or, where a register office is situated in the premises that is not the room that is the subject of this application);
c) I have consulted the planning authority as to whether planning consent is required and attach, where it is required, that it is content that the premises may be used for civil partnerships
d) that, if approval is granted I will comply with the standard conditions and any local conditions that the authority considers reasonable that are attached to the approval.

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