Small-scale multiplex applications and awards

Published: 5 February 2024
Last updated: 2 October 2024

This page provides a copy of any small-scale radio multiplex licence application which has been submitted to Ofcom, and details of licences we have awarded.

This type of licence is awarded in a competitive process, in which applications are judged against specific statutory criteria.

Applications received

Ayr, Troon and Irvine

Barrow-in-Furness

Bournemouth and Boscombe

Carlisle and Penrith

Cumbernauld and Coatbridge

East Devon

Halifax

Hinckley and Nuneaton

Huddersfield

Huntingdon

Isle of Wight

Kettering and Corby

Lanarkshire

North Ayrshire

Paisley and West Glasgow

Poole, Purbeck and Wimborne

Portadown and Craigavon

South Craven, Wharfedale and Worth Valley

Sunderland

Swansea

Walsall

Warminster, Devizes and Trowbridge

Wetherby

Wigan and St Helens

Yeovil

South East England

Alton, Petersfield and Haslemere

Ashford & Dungeness

Biggleswade & North Hertfordshire

Brighton

Canterbury

Chelmsford

Colchester & Clacton

Eastbourne, Newhaven and Lewes

Guildford & Woking

Harlow

Hastings

Haywards Heath & Uckfield

Luton

Maidstone, Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells

Margate, Dover & Folkestone

North East London & South West Essex

North London

Portsmouth

Reading

Sittingbourne & Medway Towns

South East London & North West Kent

South Hertfordshire

South London

South West Sussex

Southend

West London

Re-advertised licence areas

Alnwick and Morpeth

Isles of Scilly

Merthyr & Rhondda Cynon Taff

Banbury and Bicester

Bath and Midsomer Norton

Berwickshire and North Roxburgh

Boston, Spalding & Skegness

Derby

Doncaster

East Fife

Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy

Inverclyde

Ludlow

Newport and Chepstow

Newry

North Buckinghamshire

North Pembrokeshire

Northampton

Peterborough

Plymouth

South Gloucestershire

South Pembrokeshire

Southampton

Stirling & Falkirk

Torbay

Wakeford, Castleford and Dewsbury

Wolverhampton

Bedford

Belfast and Lisburn

Coventry

Darlington and Bishop Auckland

Leicester

Llandudno & Betws-y-Coed

Middlesborough & Redcar

Milton Keynes

North Aberdeen

Nottingham

Oxford

Rutland and Stamford

Swansea

Swindon and Marlborough

Taunton

Warminster, Devizes and Trowbridge

West Hull

Wetherby and Harrogate

York

Yorkshire Coast

Alnwick and Morpeth

Basingstoke

Bradford

Cambridge

Cardiff

Clevedon, Avonmouth & Filton

Derry/Londonderry

Dudley and Stourbridge

East Bristol, Mangotsfield & Keynsham

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Inverclyde

Isles of Scilly

Kings Lynn

Leeds

Newcastle and Gateshead

North Birmingham

Norwich

Salisbury

Sheffield and Rotherham

South Birmingham

Tynemouth and South Shields

Welsh Valleys

Winchester

Licences awarded

Re-advertisements

Alnwick & Morpeth (PDF, 176.9 KB)
Published 21 September 2023

Isles of Scilly (PDF, 168.8 KB)
Published 21 September 2023

Merthyr & Rhondda Cyon Taff (PDF, 169.2 KB)
Merthyr a Rhondda Cynon Taf (PDF, 163.5 KB)
Published 21 September 2023

London and the South East of England

Alton, Petersfield and Haslemere
Published 22 July 2024

Ashford and Dungeness
Published 22 July 2024

Brighton
Published 22 July 2024

Canterbury
Published 22 July 2024

Chelmsford
Published 22 July 2024

Colchester and Clacton
Published 22 July 2024

Eastbourne, Newhaven and Lewes
Published 22 July 2024

Guildford and Woking
Published 22 July 2024

Harlow
Published 22 July 2024

Hastings
Published 22 July 2024

Haywards Heath and Uckfield
Published 22 July 2024

Luton
Published 22 July 2024

Maidstone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge
Published 22 July 2024

Margate, Dover and Folkestone
Published 22 July 2024

NE London and SW Essex
Published 22 July 2024

North London
Published 22 July 2024

Portsmouth
Published 22 July 2024

Reading
Published 22 July 2024

Sittingbourne and Medway Towns
Published 22 July 2024

South East London and North West Kent
Published 22 July 2024

South Hertfordshire
Published 22 July 2024

South London
Published 22 July 2024

South West Sussex
Published 22 July 2024

Southend
Published 22 July 2024

West London
Published 22 July 2024

Banbury & Bicester (PDF, 171.6 KB) Published 15 May 2023
Banbury & Bicester revocation statement (PDF, 92.6 KB) Published 2 October 2024

Bath & Midsomer Norton (PDF, 172.6 KB)
Published 8 June 2023

Berwickshire & North Roxburgh (PDF, 174.6 KB) 
Published 18 July 2023

Boston, Spalding & Skegness (PDF, 171.1 KB)
Published 8 June 2023

Derby (PDF, 168.2 KB)
Published 8 June 2023

Doncaster (PDF, 171.9 KB)
Published 2 March 2023

East Fife (PDF, 171.0 KB)
Published 18 July 2023

Glenrothes & Kirkcaldy (PDF, 148.2 KB) Published 6 January 2023
Glenthroes & Kirkcaldy revocation statement (PDF, 79.6 KB) Published 8 July 2024

Inverclyde (PDF, 173.2 KB)
Published 8 February 2023

Ludlow (PDF, 145.8 KB)
Published 6 January 2023

Newport & Chepstow (PDF, 148.4 KB)
Casnewydd a Chas-gwent  (PDF, 167.5 KB)
Published 6 January 2023

Newry (PDF, 172.5 KB)
Published 8 February 2023

Northampton (PDF, 173.4 KB)
Published 8 February 2023

North Buckinghamshire (PDF, 174.4 KB)
Published 15 May 2023

North Pembrokeshire (PDF, 175.1 KB)
Gogledd Sir Benfro (cymru) (PDF, 171.7 KB)
Published 15 May 2023

Peterborough (PDF, 188.2 KB)
Published 30 March 2023

Plymouth (PDF, 189.9 KB)
Published 2 March 2023

Southampton (PDF, 173.4 KB)
Published 8 February 2023

South Gloucestershire (PDF, 191.9 KB)
Published 30 March 2023

South Pembrokeshire (PDF, 174.1 KB)
De Sir Benfro (cymru) (PDF, 169.4 KB)
Published 15 May 2023

Stirling & Falkirk (PDF, 187.8 KB)
Published 30 March 2023

Torbay (PDF, 146.7 KB)
Published 6 January 2023

Wakefield, Castleford & Dewsbury (PDF, 196.7 KB) Published 2 March 2023
Wakefield, Castleford & Dewsbury revocation statement Published 15 August 2024

Wolverhampton (PDF, 171.8 KB)
Published 8 February 2023

Bedford (PDF, 173.3 KB)
Published 19 August 2022

Belfast and Lisburn (PDF, 142.6 KB)
Published 28 July 2022

Coventry (PDF, 175.9 KB)
Published 19 August 2022

Darlington and Bishop Auckland (PDF, 173.1 KB)
Published 30 September 2022

Leicester (PDF, 171.9 KB)
Published 30 September 2022

Llandudno and Betws-y-Coed (PDF, 173.4 KB)Published 30 September 2022
Llandudno and Betws-y-Coed (cymru) (PDF, 172.8 KB)Published 30 September 2022

Llandudno and Betws-y-Coed (revocation statement) (Published 19 March 2024)
Llandudno and Betws-y-Coed (datganiad dirymu) (Published 19 March 2024)

Middlesbrough and Redcar (PDF, 173.0 KB)
Published 30 September 2022

Milton Keynes (PDF, 179.9 KB)
Published 16 November 2022

North Aberdeen (PDF, 140.2 KB)
Published 28 July 2022

Nottingham (PDF, 151.8 KB)
Published 28 July 2022

Oxford (PDF, 170.0 KB)
Published 18 October 2022

Rutland and Stamford (PDF, 182.0 KB)
Published 16 November 2022

Swansea (PDF, 175.6 KB) (Published 19 August 2022)
Abertawe (PDF, 171.7 KB) (Published 19 August 2022)
Swansea (revocation statement) (PDF, 92.9 KB) (Published 5 February 2024)
Abertawe (datganiad dirymu) (PDF, 90.5 KB) (Published 5 February 2024)

Swindon and Marlborough (PDF, 173.9 KB)
Published 16 November 2022

Taunton (PDF, 176.9 KB)
Published 18 October 2022
Taunton (revocation statement) (PDF, 96.1 KB)
Published 25 April 2024

Warminster, Devizes and Trowbridge (PDF, 173.6 KB) (Published 30 September 2022)
Warminster, Devizes and Trowbridge (revocation statement) (PDF, 94.7 KB) (Published 30 January 2024)

West Hull (PDF, 172.1 KB)
Published 18 October 2022

Wetherby and Harrogate (PDF, 175.4 KB) (Published 16 November 2022)
Wetherby and Harrogate (revocation statement) (PDF, 91.6 KB) (Published 7 December 2023)

York (PDF, 171.1 KB)
Published 18 October 2022

Yorkshire Coast (PDF, 179.7 KB)
Published 16 November 2022

Alnwick and Morpeth (PDF, 146.7 KB) (Published 19 July 2021)
Alnwick and Morpeth (revocation statement) (PDF, 109.8 KB) (Published 18 October 2022)

Basingstoke (PDF, 112.4 KB)
Published 1 June 2021

Bradford (PDF, 131.1 KB)
Published 19 July 2021

Cambridge (PDF, 122.4 KB)
Published 31 March 2021

Cardiff (PDF, 125.5 KB)
Caerdydd  (PDF, 145.6 KB)
Published 5 May 2021

Clevedon, Avonmouth and Filton (PDF, 115.7 KB)
Published 1 June 2021

Derry/Londonderry (PDF, 116.7 KB)
Published 2 March 2021

Dudley & Stourbridge (PDF, 115.1 KB)
Published 1 June 2021

East Bristol, Mangotsfield and Keynsham (PDF, 117.1 KB)
Published 1 June 2021

Edinburgh (PDF, 125.1 KB)
Published 5 May 2021

Exeter (PDF, 113.4 KB)
Published 19 July 2021

Glasgow (PDF, 123.2 KB)
Published 2 March 2021

Inverclyde (PDF, 116.6 KB) (Published 31 March 2021)
Inverclyde (revocation statement) (PDF, 109.6 KB) (Published 15 June 2022)

Isles of Scilly (PDF, 130.8 KB) (Published 19 July 2021)
Isles of Scilly (revocation statement)  (PDF, 112.4 KB) (Published 13 January 2023)

Kings Lynn (PDF, 139.4 KB)
Published 5 May 2021

Leeds (PDF, 140.1 KB)
Published 5 May 2021

Newcastle & Gateshead (PDF, 117.1 KB)
Published 1 June 2021

North Birmingham (PDF, 111.7 KB)
Published 19 July 2021

Norwich (PDF, 139.2 KB)
Published 5 May 2021

Salisbury (PDF, 117.9 KB)
Published 2 March 2021

Sheffield & Rotherham (PDF, 127.3 KB)
Published 31 March 2021

South Birmingham (PDF, 117.0 KB)
Published 19 July 2021

Tynemouth & South Shields (PDF, 112.1 KB)
Published 2 March 2021

Welsh Valleys (PDF, 122.5 KB) (published 2 March 2021)
Cymoedd Cymru (PDF, 100.4 KB) (published 2 March 2021)
Welsh Valleys (cancellation statement) (PDF, 86.6 KB) (published 5 August 2022)
Cymoedd Cymru (datganiad dirymu) (PDF, 106.8 KB) (published 5 August 2022)

Winchester (PDF, 119.2 KB)
Published 31 March 2021

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