TOBPMMLS5150 | Refusing an application

You must base a decision to refuse an application for a licence on solid evidence. (This content has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000)

Your evidence must show that:-

• the applicant is not ‘fit and proper’ to hold a licence

• that there is significant risk to revenue

• that the requirements to hold a licence have not been fully met

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An individual/company has the right to disagree with your decision.

Occasionally further information may be required from the applicant. Requests for further information should be made in writing and a deadline given for when the information is required. The letter should also state that the application will not be progressed until the information is received