Liquor: Licence Application and Community Impact Statement (Applicant) - Cumulative Impact Assessment Precinct Application

This fork operates before L&GNSW and ILGA in the same way as the parent plan. Under ILGA's Regulatory Delegations Manual (September 2026), L&GNSW staff may determine small bar applications and applications for any type of licence that does not require full notification; other full notification applications (hotel, club, bottle shop and nightclub) are decided by the Authority, and any matter that would ordinarily be delegated but is especially contentious must be referred to the Authority. Review follows the parent plan: ILGA review of prescribed delegated decisions under s 36A of the Gaming and Liquor Administration Act 2007 (NSW), and NCAT merits review of ILGA decisions on prescribed applications under s 13A.

The practitioner checks the L&GNSW Cumulative Impact Area page for any designation and advises the client on the current position. Outlet density and local impact material is prepared from publicly available data (licence density and clustering, BOCSAR crime statistics, ABS socio-demographic data and health data), which Guideline 6 says the Authority will consider together. Early engagement with licensing police and the Local Health District is considered. The material is carried into the SoRPE and the plan of management. For premises in the Sydney CBD Entertainment or Kings Cross precinct the special licence conditions that still apply are identified. The application is lodged and notified as in the parent plan, and written submissions are prepared for the Authority, which expects to determine most applications on the papers.

Key legislation: Liquor Act 2007 (NSW) s 72I (under s 72I(3) the Authority must be satisfied that the overall impact of the licence will not be detrimental to the wellbeing of the local or broader community); Gaming and Liquor Administration Act 2007 (NSW) s 13A (review by NCAT of decisions of the Authority on prescribed applications), s 36A (review by the Authority of prescribed decisions made by its delegates); Ministerial Directions to ILGA dated 1 July 2025 (each object of the Act to be given equal weight; any condition to be justified for the individual venue). Crime data: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Special licence conditions in the Sydney CBD Entertainment and Kings Cross precincts (Liquor Regulation 2018 (NSW), Part 7): the requirements for a round the clock incident register, crime scene preservation and incident reporting, and the exclusion of persons wearing outlaw motorcycle gang colours or insignia are retained; the 3.30am last drinks rule, the late trading glass and drink restrictions and the RSA marshal requirement have been repealed. Note: the licence types L&GNSW describes as relevant licences (hotels, registered clubs, packaged liquor outlets and on-premises venues such as nightclubs, late-trading karaoke bars and strip clubs) would be subject to any cumulative impact area designated in future.

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