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Timetable for inviting community radio licence applications

	Region	Expected date for inviting applications	Closing date for applications
1	Southwest England and south Wales	Wednesday 16 August 2006	Tuesday 7 November 2006
2	Scotland and Northern Ireland	Wednesday 25 October 2006	Tuesday 16 January 2007
3	North and northeast England (incl. North Yorkshire)	Wednesday 3 January 2007	Tuesday 27 March 2007
4	West and South Yorkshire and the Humber	Wednesday 4 April 2007	Tuesday 26 June 2007
5	North Wales and northwest England	Wednesday 25 July 2007	Tuesday 30 October 2007
6	West Midlands, east Midlands and Lincolnshire	Wednesday 10 October 2007	Tuesday 15 January 2008
7	East and southeast England, excluding Greater London (and other areas within the M25)	Wednesday 27 August 2008	Tuesday 18 November 2008
8	Greater London (and other areas within the M25)	To be decided	To be decided

Updated June 2008

In July 2006 we announced details of how we would invite applications for community radio licences in our second round of licensing. It included a list of seven UK regions, the last of which was ‘east and southeast England, including London’. We have now decided to divide this region into two. This is to enable us to complete a separate piece of work examining frequency availability in London.

We therefore intend to invite applications for the east and southeast of England, excluding the Greater London area, at the end of August 2008. We will update this timetable with dates for Greater London (and other areas within the M25) in due course.

• Invitations to apply for community radio licences
• Applications for community radio licences
• Awards of community radio licences
• Community Radio Licensing: Second Round [pdf]
  Information on how to apply published 13|07|06
• Notes Of Guidance For Community Radio Licence Applicants And Licensees [pdf]
  Important information needed to complete the application form
• Community Radio Licence Application Form (2006/07) [rtf]
  Complete this document to apply for a Community Radio Licence
• Community Radio Transmission Equipment Suppliers [pdf]
  Updated 06 May 2008
• Awards of Community Radio Licences 2005/06
  Information about the award of licences and also those not awarded
• Community Radio Archives
  Information concenring past licensing rounds and other expired documentation

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