Timetable

Ofcom has set out its new, region-by-region approach for the second round of Community Radio licensing. This approach will enable the regulator to deal with a large volume of applications in a timely manner.

On 13 July 2006 Ofcom published a draft timetable which set out the regions, and the order in which it proposed to invite applications. Below, you will find the latest version of the timetable with opening and closing dates for applicants in the various regions.

For each region, the period between the invitation of applications and closing-date will be 12 weeks.

Community radio licences are awarded for a five-year period.

	Region	Expected date for inviting applications	Closing date for applications
1.	Southwest England and South Wales	Wednesday 16 August	Tuesday 7 November 2007
2.	Scotland and Northern Ireland	Wednesday 25 October	Tuesday 16 January 2007
3.	North and North East 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 (inc. London)	To be decided	To be decided

* To take into account the summer break we are giving applicants in this region an additional two weeks between the invitation date and closing date for applications.

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