The new National Licensing Policy Framework

The National Licensing Policy Framework is intended to ensure a licensing system that protects and safeguards communities, but also supports investment in existing and new venues, extended consumer choice, regeneration and better regulation. Chris Rees-Gay sets out the key points.

December 09, 2025

The new National Licensing Policy Framework

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Resolve ASB

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Membership

Offering unrivalled support for staff working in ASB and Community Safety by providing 24/7 access to tools, resources and guidance.

Resolve's membership programme offers unrivalled support, tools and guidance for practitioners and officers who respond to anti-social behaviour and other community safety issues.

All member benefits are designed to help those responding to ASB and Community Safety issues. Our tools and resources are thoughtfully composed, pulling on decades of experience and expertise to help practitioners/officers respond to ASB and Community Safety issues with confidence. As a result, Resolve Members are better able to effectively and efficiently deliver the best possible outcomes for their communities.

Learn more about Resolve membership: https://www.resolveuk.org.uk/our-services/membership

Resolve are currently offering a 10% discount on membership for readers of Local Government Lawyer - simply use the following code when signing up or speaking to Resolve to redeem your discount: LGL10

Who we are, what we do, and how you can join us on our mission too.

Resolve are the UK's leading experts in tackling anti-social behaviour and enhancing community safety for 25+ years. We are an influential collective of over 200 organisations (predominantly local authorities and housing providers) who are all committed to making communities safer.

Resolve are the UK’s leading community safety experts. We have been working closely with HM Government and the Civil Service for over 27 years to develop best practice and national policy around anti-social behaviour (ASB) and other community safety issues, including drug dealing, knife crime, vandalism, intimidation, harassment, neighbour disputes and much more.

Harnessing our decades of experience and sector-leading expertise, we also provide unrivalled support, guidance and resources for Local Authorities, Housing Providers and Police Forces across the country, to help their officers and practitioners respond to ASB and Community Safety issues confidently, effectively, and in a way that ensures more positive outcomes for the communities they serve.

We envision a future where every community across the country is a place that empowers the people who live there to take pride in where they live; communities that are not only safe places but places that also enable and support all residents to flourish and thrive.

What We Do

Resolve are on a mission to make all communities across the UK safe places where residents are able to flourish and feel empowered to take pride in where they live.

We strive towards this by:

Influencing national policy as the Government's go-to community safety organisation and representing the Resolve Community - a powerful collective of 200+ local authorities, housing providers, police forces and other organisations.

2. Helping frontline staff to respond to ASB and deliver better outcomes for their clients/residents in a more effective and efficient way, by providing 24/7 access to a carefully curated suite of tools and resources, free events and 1-to-1 support.

3. Upskilling the sector through training courses, BTECs and the ASB Apprenticeship.

4. Evaluating an organisation's response to ASB through The Resolve Standard, and supporting an increasingly professional delivery of community safety services, by offering case reviews, policy & procedure reviews and other consultancy work.

If you have an enquiry about any of the services we offer or simply wish to ensure that you are maximising the benefit of your Resolve membership, please contact the Resolve team.

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