Varying your liquor licence as your venue evolves.
Extended hours, increased capacity, layout changes, category amendments, when your current licence no longer fits your plans, we build the case to change it.
When does a licence need to vary?
A liquor licence reflects the conditions under which you were approved to trade at a specific time. As venues grow, renovate, or change direction, those conditions can become a constraint. Common reasons operators seek a variation include extending trading hours, increasing maximum patron capacity, modifying the licensed area, adding an outdoor space, or changing the licence category entirely.
Each variation requires a formal application to LCV demonstrating why the change is appropriate and how it will be managed responsibly.
What we manage for you.
- 01
Hours extensions
Preparing the case for extended trading with supporting management plans.
- 02
Capacity increases
Maximum Patron Capacity reports and the evidence to support an increase.
- 03
Layout changes
Updated red line plans and applications following a venue renovation or reconfiguration.
- 04
Category amendments
Advice on whether a category change is appropriate and management of the application.
- 05
Condition removals
Applications to remove conditions that are no longer relevant or appropriate.
Experience from both sides of the process.
Variations succeed when the case for change is well-built and the management plan answers the regulator's concerns before they're raised. That's what we do.