The fact that the "premises" are licensed does not give the right to all and sundry to put on entertainment there without the knowledge or consent of the rightful occupier.

I am sure they have asked the consent of the poor sods who do occupy these streets in their cardboard boxes.

But thank you for making my point. The public licensing of streets and open areas - as if they were premises that did have occupiers and licencees - has only increased restrictions on entertainment that can take place there.

But without this afterthought being introduced (in the Guidance) - the words of the Act would have actually prevented most of it (like travelling circus and Punch and Judy shows) altogether.   

As far as I am aware and I am sure that I will be corrected if I am wrong - the moving vehicle exemption was an old one (like the one for garden fetes) that also applied to PELs and would have enabled carnival floats to be exempt.

If this is the case - as long as our procession was comprised only of floats - they would not have needed licensing permission. Now that (some of) Sheffield's streets have Premises Licence entertainmemt permission - we would have to abide by any restriction that the council wish to place............