The premises
The name of the premises and its full address.
The Thurloe Bancroft Openings Report
A weekly record of venues opening, changing hands, and changing what they are licensed for.
Drawn from the public statutory registers maintained by local authorities, weeks before the change is visible on the street. A paid subscription, sold as regional editions.
Introduction
What the Openings Report is.
The Openings Report is a weekly file covering premises in a defined region that are opening, changing hands, or changing the activities they are licensed for. Every record originates in the public statutory registers maintained by local authorities.
A record reaches the Report in the weeks between an application being made and the venue trading. That is the period in which the operator is still deciding who supplies it.
It is a paid subscription, issued as regional editions. Access is arranged directly, by email, and the first edition is in preparation. There is nothing to sign up to on this page.
What it contains
What each record gives you.
Every record in the Report carries the following particulars, as they appear in the register.
What has been applied for
A new licence, a transfer to a new holder, or a variation to an existing licence.
Licensable activities
The activities applied for, including whether alcohol is for consumption on or off the premises.
Proposed hours
The hours applied for, as set out in the application.
Venue type
The category the premises falls into, so a region can be read by the kind of venue rather than as one list.
The consultation deadline
The date published by the licensing authority for representations on the application.
An estimated opening window
A range rather than a single date, derived from the published consultation deadline.
The applicant
The applicant as named on the register.
Location
Coordinates for the premises, so records can be filtered by distance from a depot or a territory rather than by council boundary.
The Report is issued weekly, and each edition covers a defined region.
Why the timing matters
The weeks before a venue opens.
A premises licence application becomes public when it is submitted to the council. The venue opens some weeks later.
In between, the operator is choosing who supplies it: who fits the kitchen, who delivers the drink, who launders the linen, who insures the building, who prints the menus. Those choices are made once and are rarely revisited afterwards.
Most suppliers hear about a new venue when its doors open, which is after every one of those decisions has been taken. The Report exists to move that moment earlier.
A sample record
One record, as it appears.
This is the shape of a single entry. The venue below does not exist, and neither does the address.
Illustrative example — not a published record
The Example Arms
- Premises
- The Example Arms, 14 Example Street, Manchester
- Application
- New premises licence
- Licensable activities
- Sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises; late night refreshment; recorded music
- Proposed hours
- Monday to Thursday 11:00–23:30 · Friday and Saturday 11:00–01:00 · Sunday 12:00–22:30
- Venue type
- Bar or public house
- Consultation deadline
- 3 September 2026
- Estimated opening window
- Late October to mid-November 2026
- Applicant
- Example Hospitality
- Licensing authority
- Example Borough Council
- Location
- 53.4808, −2.2426
Illustrative example — not a published record
What it does not contain
Three things, stated here rather than left to be discovered.
No contact details
Licensing authorities do not publish a telephone number or an email address for an applicant, so the Report does not carry one. It gives the premises, the address, what has been applied for, and who has applied.
Dates are ranges, not fixed dates
Some authorities do not publish the date an application was received. Where an opening window is given it is an estimate derived from the published consultation deadline, and it is presented as a range for that reason.
Not every application becomes a venue
A proportion of applications are withdrawn, refused, or never proceed. The Report records what has been applied for, which is not the same as what will open.
Regional editions
Issued by region.
The Report is issued as regional editions, so that a subscriber receives the territory it serves and nothing beyond it. Further regions are added as coverage is established.
| Region | Local authorities | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Manchester | Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan | First edition — in preparation |
We do not list a region before it exists. When a further edition is prepared it is added to the table above, and not before.
Requesting access
Access is arranged directly.
Write to us and the reply will set out what the edition covers, when it is issued, and what it costs. There is no form, no account, and nothing to complete online.
Request accessThe Thurloe Index
There is also a free monthly figure.
The Thurloe Index reports the volume of new venue applications by region each month. It is published without charge, it may be quoted freely with attribution, and it requires nothing of you.
It is a different measure from the Report: the Index counts applications by region, while the Report names the individual premises behind them.