This Practice Note explains Temporary Event Notices (TENs) permitted under the Licensing Act 2003 (LA 2003) authorising an applicant to arrange a limited number of events in a calender year which would otherwise have required a premises licence. It explains the restrictions in the frequency of grant dependant on whether the applicant also holds a personal licence, the standard and late application processes. It explains who can object to the application, together with the factors that a licensing authority may take into consideration before issuing a counter notice. What is a Temporary Event Notice (TEN)? Consistent with the progressive deregulation of the licensing regime, no actual permission is required by LA 2003 to carry out a licensable activity on a temporary basis. An applicant must give notice of his intentions to operate a licensable activity, temporarily to the relevant licensing authority (LA 2003, s 99). The notice given is referred to as a TEN (LA 2003, s 100). The licensable activity is considered to be ‘permitted temporary activity’ by virtue of LA 2003, Pt 5 and the licensing