Events

• Organising a march or demonstration
• Event management
• Organising a promotion or event

Organising a protest march or static demonstration

The City of London Police aim to improve dialogue with protest groups in advance and where possible, to gain a better understanding of the intent of the protesters and the nature of the protest activity. If consultation takes place the Police and Organiser(s) can agree how best to facilitate the protest and to ensure a proportionate policing response.

Marches and demonstrations

If you wish to organise a protest march then please send the completed form 3175 to:

Operational Planning Office,
City of London Police,
37 Wood Street,
London
EC2P 2NQ

• Notification of public procession - Form 3175 (PDF, 54KB)
• Notification can be made by sending your completed forms to Operational Planning at the address above

Static Protests

If you wish to organise a static protest, you should download and complete Form 3175a below, and send the completed form to:

Operational Planning Office,
City of London Police,
37 Wood Street,
London
EC2P 2NQ

• Application for static demonstration within the City of London Police area - Form 3175A (PDF, 48KB)

Events management

Road Closures

Effective management of events taking place on the public highway is essential to ensure the success of the event, safety of participants and spectators and to minimise disruption to other highway users. Planning involves discussions between the event organiser, the City Police and the City of London. On the ground activities include the provision of crowd control barriers.

If you are planning an event, which would impact, on the highway, apply online providing information about your event. Current events, which cause disruption to Highway users can be found on the City of London Corporation website.

Organising a promotion or event

Promotions and events

Officers from the City of London Police Licensing department are able support your event or promotion by risk assessing it. The purpose of this is to enable us to give you appropriate advice to ensure your event is safe. This process is entirely voluntary, except in cases where The City of London Corporation has made it a condition of your licence.

To carry out this assessment, we require certain information about the event from you. Please send the completed form 696, at least 14 days in advance of the event, to licensingoffice@cityoflondon.police.uk and  Clubs Focus Desk  (Metropolitan Police)

• Promotion Event Risk Assessment - Form 696 (Word - 280KB)

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In the meantime if you would like our help or require further information on risk assessing an event please contact the Licensing Department by emailing licensingoffice@cityoflondon.police.uk or telephone: 020 7601 2736/2748/2761