Under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (the Act) the District Licensing Committees' (DLC) role is to consider and determine all new and renewal applications, whether opposed or unopposed.
Christchurch City Council has approved the following people as list members of the Christchurch District Licensing Committees:
The Chief Executive on the Council's recommendation has appointed the following of the members as Commissioners of the Christchurch District Licensing Committees:
Commissioners have the functions, powers and duties of chairpersons of the Christchurch District Licensing Committees.
The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 permits a Commissioner sitting alone to determine uncontested applications. Any contested application is dealt with by way of a public hearing. More information on upcoming public hearings and agendas.
All licence applications are required to be publicly notified. The public can object to an application for an alcohol licence if they have an interest greater than the public in general. If there are no objections the application may be granted without a public hearing. If there are objections a public hearing will be held unless the objection is deemed vexatious or based on grounds outside the scope of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, the objector does not require a hearing, or the application is withdrawn.
In considering any application for a licence, the DLC must consider various criteria. The decision-makers cannot take into account the impacts of the licence on business conducted under any other licence or other matters not covered by the criteria.
District Plan consent requirements must be met before a licence is applied for.
Every decision of the DLC must be publicly notified. You can search decisions of the DLC below.
If you were a party to proceedings and disagree with the DLC’s decision you can appeal to the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority (ARLA). Appeals are dealt with by way of a rehearing. You need to give a notice of appeal to ARLA within 10 working days of the date of the decision being notified to you.
There is a cost for filing an appeal.
For more information on appeals go to the Ministry of Justice Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority webpage(external link).
For assistance in locating a decision, please contact DLC-DemocracyServices@ccc.govt.nz
Decisions arising from a hearing of the Christchurch District Licensing Committee are listed below. Additional decisions will be added as they become available.
These are collated into a monthly combined document. New monthly documents will be added to the list below as they become available.
Unopposed May 2022 Decisions [PDF, 31 MB]
Unopposed April 2022 Decisions [PDF, 12 MB]
Unopposed March 2022 Decisions [PDF, 19 MB]
Unopposed February 2022 Decisions [PDF, 19 MB]
Unopposed January 2022 Decisions [PDF, 27 MB]
Unopposed December 2021 Decisions (Part B) [PDF, 19 MB]
Unopposed December 2021 Decisions (Part A) [PDF, 19 MB]
Unopposed November 2021 Decisions [PDF, 21 MB]
Unopposed October 2021 Decisions [PDF, 22 MB]
Unopposed September 2021 Decisions [PDF, 20 MB]
Unopposed August 2021 Decisions [PDF, 27 MB]
Unopposed July 2021 Decisions [PDF, 19 MB]
Unopposed June 2021 Decisions [PDF, 26 MB]
Unopposed May 2021 Decisions [PDF, 32 MB]
Unopposed April 2021 Decisions [PDF, 12 MB]
Unopposed March 2021 Decisions [PDF, 31 MB]
Unopposed February 2021 Decisions [PDF, 29 MB]
Unopposed January 2021 Decisions [PDF, 23 MB]
Unopposed December 2020 Decisions [PDF, 2.7 MB]
Unopposed November 2020 Decisions [PDF, 3.3 MB]
Unopposed October 2020 Decisions [PDF, 2 MB]
Unopposed September 2020 Decisions [PDF, 2.2 MB]
Unopposed August 2020 Decisions [PDF, 25 MB]
Unopposed July 2020 Decisions [PDF, 25 MB]
Unopposed June 2020 Decisions [PDF, 21 MB]
Unopposed May 2020 Decisions [PDF, 26 MB]
Unopposed April 2020 Decisions [PDF, 18 MB]
Unopposed March 2020 Decisions [PDF, 1.7 MB]
Unopposed February 2020 Decisions [PDF, 2.5 MB]
Unopposed January 2020 Decisions [PDF, 1.7 MB]
Unopposed December 2019 Decisions [PDF, 27 MB]
Unopposed November 2019 Decisions [PDF, 30 MB]
Unopposed October 2019 Decisions [PDF, 23 MB]
Unopposed September 2019 Decisions [PDF, 2.3 MB]
Unopposed August 2019 Decisions [PDF, 2.9 MB]
Unopposed July 2019 Decisions [PDF, 6 MB]
Unopposed June 2019 Decisions [PDF, 4.2 MB]
Unopposed May 2019 Decisions [PDF, 3.3 MB]
Unopposed April 2019 Decisions [PDF, 2.5 MB]
Unopposed March 2019 Decisions [PDF, 20 MB]
Unopposed February 2019 Decisions [PDF, 3.8 MB]
Unopposed January 2019 Decisions [PDF, 3.5 MB]
Unopposed December 2018 Decisions [PDF, 3.2 MB]
Unopposed November 2018 Decisions [PDF, 2.4 MB]
Unopposed October 2018 Decisions [PDF, 1.3 MB]
Unopposed September 2018 Decisions [PDF, 3.1 MB]
Unopposed August 2018 Decisions [PDF, 3.9 MB]
Unopposed July 2018 Decisions [PDF, 1.3 MB]
Unopposed June 2018 Decisions [PDF, 1.8 MB]
Unopposed May 2018 Decisions [PDF, 1.6 MB]
Unopposed April 2018 Decisions [PDF, 2.9 MB]
Unopposed March 2018 Decisions [PDF, 6.2 MB]
Unopposed February 2018 Decisions [PDF, 1.3 MB]
Unopposed January 2018 Decisions [PDF, 985 KB]
Unopposed December 2017 Decisions [PDF, 2.6 MB]
Unopposed November 2017 Decisions [PDF, 4.8 MB]
Unopposed October 2017 Decisions [PDF, 4.1 MB]
Unopposed September 2017 Decisions [PDF, 2.8 MB]
Unopposed August 2017 Decisions [PDF, 2.4 MB]
Unopposed July 2017 Decisions [PDF, 3.1 MB]
Unopposed June 2017 Decisions [PDF, 3.3 MB]
Unopposed May 2017 Decisions [PDF, 3 MB]
Unopposed April 2017 Decisions [PDF, 1.7 MB]
Unopposed March 2017 Decisions [PDF, 4.1 MB]
Unopposed February 2017 Decisions [PDF, 3.4 MB]
Unopposed January 2017 Decisions [PDF, 2 MB]
Unopposed December 2016 Decisions [PDF, 2.6 MB]
Unopposed November 2016 Decisions [PDF, 4.2 MB]
Unopposed October 2016 Decisions [PDF, 5.1 MB]
Unopposed September 2016 Decisions [PDF, 3.3 MB]
Unopposed August 2016 Decisions [PDF, 3.7 MB]
Unopposed July 2016 Decisions [PDF, 3.8 MB]
Unopposed June 2016 Decisions [PDF, 5.6 MB]
Unopposed May 2016 Decisions [PDF, 8.6 MB]
Unopposed April 2016 Decisions [PDF, 2.1 MB]
Unopposed March 2016 Decisions [PDF, 3.1 MB]
Unopposed February 2016 Decisions [PDF, 4.6 MB]
Unopposed January 2016 Decisions [PDF, 1.4 MB]
Unopposed December 2015 Decisions [PDF, 9.4 MB]/Unopposed [PDF, 12 MB] December decision part 2
Unopposed November 2015 Decisions [PDF, 6.6 MB]
Unopposed October 2015 Decisions [PDF, 3.4 MB]
Unopposed September 2015 Decisions [PDF, 3.8 MB]
Unopposed August 2015 Decisions [PDF, 4.5 MB]
Unopposed July 2015 Decisions [PDF, 5.3 MB]
Unopposed June 2015 Decisions [PDF, 5.5 MB]
Unopposed April 2015 Decisions
Unopposed March 2015 Decisions
Unopposed February 2015 Decisions
Unopposed January 2015 Decisions
Unopposed December 2014 Decisions
Unopposed November 2014 Decisions
Unopposed October 2014 Decisions
Unopposed September 2014 Decisions
Unopposed August 2014 Decisions
Unopposed April 2014 Decisions
Unopposed March 2014 Decisions