# How To Do Protect Duty Venue Planning: A Step-By-Step Guide

> Build a defensible Protect Duty venue plan with OnePlan. Step-by-step guidance on Martyn's Law compliance, capacity, and SIA documentation.

**Published:** 2026-09-12 | **Updated:** 2026-10-31 | **Author:** oneplansync
**URL:** https://www.oneplan.io/articles/protect-duty-venue-planning
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**Categories:** Event safety and compliance

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*Written by: Paul Foster, Founder, CEO, OnePlan | Last updated: October 28, 2026*

## Key Takeaways

- Protect Duty venue planning turns the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 into a spatial, documented plan that covers evacuation, invacuation, lockdown, and communication procedures for regulators.
- Venues fall into a standard tier (200 to 799 people) or an enhanced tier (800 or more people). Enhanced tier venues need deeper documentation, a named senior individual, and formal SIA submission.
- A compliant plan includes to-scale maps of routes and zones, capacity calculations, roles and responsibilities, training records, and version history as part of an evidence pack.
- Capacity has to be backed by area-based calculations that include staff and volunteers. Present the result as a zoned plan for Safety Advisory Group review.
- OnePlan provides visual, to-scale mapping and calculation tools that help you produce the spatial evidence pack required for Protect Duty compliance.

[See how OnePlan builds your Protect Duty evidence pack](https://www.oneplan.io/book-demo/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)

## What Is Protect Duty Venue Planning?

Protect Duty venue planning connects the legal requirement to the physical site. It covers where people go, how they move, who is responsible, and how you prove it. It sits alongside your fire risk assessment and health-and-safety policy and links to both. [The Act requires additional procedures alongside pre-existing practices such as fire drills](https://aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/2026/aug/martynslaw). The Protect Duty plan focuses on evacuation, invacuation, lockdown, and communication in the context of a terrorist incident.

Requirements vary by nation and venue type. Educational settings and places of worship follow different rules under the Act. For your specific case, the [Home Office statutory guidance](https://gov.uk/government/publications/the-terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025/terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025-statutory-guidance-welsh-accessible) is the authoritative starting point.

## Standard Tier vs. Enhanced Tier: A 60-Second Self-Classification

The Act creates two tiers. [The standard tier applies to qualifying premises where it is reasonable to expect 200 to 799 individuals at one time. The enhanced tier applies where 800 or more individuals are expected at one time.](https://traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/martyns-law-prepare-now-for-implementation-in-spring-2027)

[Schedule 1 of the Act lists 17 qualifying uses](https://gov.uk/government/publications/the-terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025/terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025-statutory-guidance-welsh-accessible), including shops, food and drink premises, entertainment and leisure venues, sports grounds, hotels, places of worship, healthcare facilities, transport stations, and higher education settings. The list is specific, so check the Schedule and the Home Office guidance rather than assume your venue is in or out of scope.

Educational settings and places of worship remain in the standard tier regardless of capacity. Many summaries overlook this distinction.

Crossing from standard to enhanced means deeper documentation, a named senior individual, more detailed scenario planning across the four public protection measure categories (monitoring, movement, physical safety and security, and security of information), and a formal compliance document submitted to the SIA. Standard-tier premises have no statutory documentation requirement, though documentation is recommended.

If you are unsure which tier applies, start with the [Home Office statutory guidance](https://gov.uk/government/publications/the-terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025/terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025-statutory-guidance-welsh-accessible) and your local authority.

## What Must A Protect Duty Venue Plan Include?

The [Act specifies four public protection procedures](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/10/part/1/crossheading/requirements/2026-06-15/data.xht) that must be in place, as appropriate and so far as reasonably practicable:

- **Evacuation procedures** describe routes, assembly areas, and how people leave the premises or event safely, moving them out of danger.
- **Invacuation procedures** describe how people move to a safer area within or near the venue when leaving is not the right option, including bringing people in from outside.
- **Lockdown procedures** describe how the venue secures and restricts movement in response to a threat, preventing individuals from entering or leaving.
- **Communication procedures** describe how staff, stakeholders, and the public are warned of danger and receive clear instructions before, during, and after an incident.
- **Capacity and crowd management** explains how the stated capacity is calculated, zoned, and evidenced, including staff and volunteers in the count.
- **Roles, responsibilities, and training records** show who owns each task and how you prove they understand it.

Each item is both something you write and something you draw. Routes sit on a map. Zones are drawn to scale. Staff positions appear as dots. Access points carry labels. A defensible plan is a map that is spatial, to scale, and exportable for the people who need to act on it.

![Festival planning example inside OnePlan: the base layer is a zoomable satellite or street map, and everything placed on it (tents, stages, crowd barriers, toilets, vehicles, staff, signage, routes) stays accurately to scale as you zoom](https://cdn.aigrowthmarketer.co/1780620510054-c5429587ebad.png)**Festival planning example inside OnePlan: the base layer is a zoomable satellite or street map, and everything placed on it (tents, stages, crowd barriers, toilets, vehicles, staff, signage, routes) stays accurately to scale as you zoom**

For more on what the Act requires, see [Protect Duty Compliance Requirements: Guide to Martyn's Law](https://oneplan.io/articles/protect-duty-compliance-requirements/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent). Those six components are the destination. The seven steps below show how to build them, with each step ending in a concrete output you can share with regulators.

## How To Build A Protect Duty Venue Plan: A 7-Step Process

Each step below ends in a concrete output you can hand to a Safety Advisory Group, a licensing officer, or the SIA.

1. **Confirm scope and tier.** Identify the venue type, its Schedule 1 use, and the maximum number of people reasonably expected at the same time, including staff and volunteers. Determine whether you are standard or enhanced. Output: a one-page scope note confirming tier, responsible person, and applicable duties.
2. **Assess capacity and crowd flow.** Calculate standing capacity by area, then map ingress, egress, and internal movement on the same plan. Use OnePlan's [arrival calculator](https://calculators.oneplan.io/arrival?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent) and [exit calculator](https://calculators.oneplan.io/exit/calculator?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent) to model queue length, queue time, and exit flow so the capacity figure is backed by movement evidence. OnePlan calculates standing crowd capacity only, so seated areas need a separate method. Output: a to-scale capacity and flow plan.
3. **Map the site and infrastructure.** Place barriers, entrances, exits, first aid points, and security positions to scale on a live satellite or street map. Output: a site plan with infrastructure and staff positions accurately placed.
4. **Draw evacuation, invacuation, and lockdown routes.** Mark primary and alternative evacuation routes, assembly areas, invacuation safe zones, and lockdown-secured access points. Output: route and zone overlays on the same to-scale plan.
5. **Define roles and communication.** Assign named responsibilities for each procedure and set out how information flows to staff, contractors, and the public during an incident. Output: a roles and communication matrix.
6. **Train and log.** Brief all staff, volunteers, and contractors on the procedures relevant to their role. Record who was trained, when, and what was covered. Output: a training log that forms part of the evidence pack.
7. **Review, sign off, and share.** Take the plan to the Safety Advisory Group where applicable, capture feedback, update the plan, and maintain a version-controlled record. Enhanced-tier responsible persons must provide the compliance document to the SIA. Output: a signed-off evidence pack ready for regulatory review.

For a deeper walkthrough of the site plan itself, see [How To Create A Protect Duty Site Plan: A Step-By-Step Guide](https://oneplan.io/articles/protect-duty-site-plan-guide/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent).

[Get started free at OnePlan, where your first event is on us, or book a 15 minute demo to see OnePlan in action.](https://www.oneplan.io/book-demo/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)

## How To Calculate Venue Capacity Under Martyn's Law

Capacity has to be backed by a calculation the regulator can check. [The tier assessment uses the greatest number of people reasonably expected at the same time.](https://martynslawscope.com/guide/standard-vs-enhanced-tier) That count must include staff and volunteers, not just the public. The principle is area multiplied by an appropriate density figure. The density should be agreed with the relevant authorities based on the event type and context.

OnePlan's crowd capacity calculator lets you outline any area on a live map and see its standing capacity based on a selectable density, which produces the zoned capacity plan a Safety Advisory Group will expect. That plan covers how many people fit inside the site. The arrival and exit calculators cover how they get in and out, modelling queue length, ticket-check throughput, and exit flow against exit width. Because the calculators work from standing density, they cover standing capacity only, so seated capacity needs a separate method. Before you rely on any of these figures, agree the density with your local authority and the relevant authorities.

![aerial shot of a coast filled with software-added event elements. On the left, there is an app menu (OnePlan)](https://cdn.aigrowthmarketer.co/1780508353774-e6397ee8616e.png)**Beach event planning example inside OnePlan: the base layer is a zoomable satellite or street map, and everything placed on it (tents, stages, crowd barriers, toilets, vehicles, staff, signage, routes) stays accurately to scale as you zoom**

The output of this step should be a zoned capacity plan that can be shown to the Safety Advisory Group and included in the evidence pack.

## Staff Training, Roles, And Briefing Contractors

A written plan that staff have never seen or practised does not meet the standard. Everyone working at the premises, including employees, contractors, volunteers, and agency staff, must understand the procedures relevant to their role and have the equipment needed to carry them out.

The training log should record the name of each person trained, the date, and the content covered. This log forms part of the evidence pack. [ProtectUK](https://www.protectuk.police.uk/martyns-law) provides free counter-terrorism awareness resources, including ACT Awareness e-learning, which can support staff awareness programmes. Where the responsible person is an organisation, a senior individual must be designated to oversee compliance at the enhanced tier.

![Workforce planning example inside OnePlan: the base layer is a zoomable satellite or street map, and everything placed on it (tents, stages, crowd barriers, toilets, vehicles, staff, signage, routes) stays accurately to scale as you zoom](https://cdn.aigrowthmarketer.co/1780620462793-34a56c1c38c8.png)**Workforce planning example inside OnePlan: the base layer is a zoomable satellite or street map, and everything placed on it (tents, stages, crowd barriers, toilets, vehicles, staff, signage, routes) stays accurately to scale as you zoom**

## Documenting Protect Duty Compliance For The SIA

The evidence pack contains six items. The spatial evidence is the to-scale venue plan plus the evacuation, invacuation, and lockdown route overlays. The numerical evidence is the capacity calculations. The people evidence is the roles and communication matrix and the training log. Finally, a version history shows when the plan was last reviewed and by whom.

[The Home Office has published tier-specific templates to help organisations document their procedures and measures, though there is no requirement to use them.](https://gov.uk/government/news/martyns-law-scope-support-and-whats-next) Enhanced-tier responsible persons must prepare a compliance document, provide it to the SIA as soon as reasonably practicable after preparation, and provide any revised version within 30 days of revision.

OnePlan exports high-resolution maps and a Bill of Quantities. Plans can be shared with stakeholders via live view-only links or exported as print-ready files for Safety Advisory Group meetings. For the formal notification process, follow the [SIA's notification guidance](https://gov.uk/government/publications/terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025-notification-requirement/terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025-notification-requirement-accessible) and the [Home Office statutory guidance](https://gov.uk/government/publications/the-terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025/terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025-statutory-guidance-welsh-accessible). Always follow local regulations.

## Planning Ahead For The Standard-To-Enhanced Transition

A venue crossing the 800-person threshold needs to reconsider its entire planning approach. [Events that grow year on year can shift from the standard to the enhanced tier without the organiser anticipating it, so a move from 750 to 900 attendees changes the category and the duties.](https://digitevent.com/en/blog/martyns-law-event-organisers)

Operationally, the shift means deeper documentation across all four public protection procedures, use of the four public protection measure categories introduced earlier, a named senior individual, a formal vulnerability assessment, and a compliance document submitted to the SIA. [For enhanced tier premises and qualifying events, the compliance documentation must be kept up to date and provided to the SIA as soon as reasonably practicable after it is first prepared, or within 30 days of any revision.](https://www.protectuk.police.uk/print/pdf/node/1266)

OnePlan's reusable templates and multi-level planning help venues scale their plan as they grow. The transition from standard to enhanced becomes an evolution of an existing plan rather than a rebuild from scratch.

## How OnePlan Supports Protect Duty Venue Planning

OnePlan is the visual, to-scale way to produce the spatial evidence pack the SIA will ask for. It is a browser-based platform. You drag accurate, map-based objects onto a live satellite or street map, run crowd and traffic calculations, and collaborate with stakeholders on a single live plan. That replaces static Word documents, PDFs, and PowerPoint files that cannot show what a compliant plan looks like on the ground.

**With OnePlan, you can place barriers, tents, and more inside its integrated, live planning tool**

OnePlan maps directly to the Protect Duty planning process:

- **To-scale site plans** sit on a live satellite or street map so every route, zone, and access point is spatially accurate.
- **Crowd capacity calculator** covers standing capacity, letting you outline any area and see its capacity based on a selectable density.
- **Arrival and exit calculators** evidence ingress and egress flow.
- **Workforce dot planning** places security, stewards, medical, and named responsible persons as dots on the map with shift times and notes.
- **Layers and folders** organise evacuation, invacuation, and lockdown overlays on one plan.
- **Role-based permissions** support sharing with Safety Advisory Groups, licensing officers, and the SIA.
- **High-resolution export** produces print-ready outputs for the evidence pack, up to A0.

[Silverstone plans the Formula 1 British Grand Prix and 50+ events a year in OnePlan as its single source of truth, with role-based access for external partners](https://www.oneplan.io/case-studies/how-silverstone-planned-the-british-grand-prix-in-oneplan/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent), achieving an [estimated 13x ROI](https://www.oneplan.io/case-studies/how-silverstone-planned-the-british-grand-prix-in-oneplan/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent), a 10% reduction in planning days, and a further 5% in supplier efficiencies across its 9,000 contractors.

OnePlan is free to start for your first event, up to 25 objects. Existing floor plans and site plans can be imported as .png files, scaled onto the map, and built on directly. OnePlan has powered 200,000 events in 150 countries, from community festivals to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

For background on what the Act requires before you start planning, see [What Is Protect Duty? Martyn's Law Explained for UK Venues](https://oneplan.io/articles/what-is-protect-duty/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent).

[See the to-scale evidence pack in action — book a 15 minute demo](https://www.oneplan.io/book-demo/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Who Needs To Produce A Protect Duty Venue Plan?

Any qualifying premises or event that falls within the Act's scope needs a venue plan that matches its tier. The six components listed earlier form the minimum structure. Many venues already hold fire and health-and-safety documents, but the Protect Duty plan adds terrorist incident procedures and spatial evidence.

### Does Martyn's Law Apply To My Venue?

Martyn's Law applies to qualifying premises where it is reasonable to expect 200 or more individuals, including staff and volunteers, to be present at the same time and where the premises is used for one of the 17 Schedule 1 uses listed in the Act. These include retail, food and drink, entertainment and leisure, sports grounds, hotels, places of worship, healthcare, transport stations, and higher education settings. Educational settings and places of worship remain in the standard tier regardless of capacity. If you are unsure, use the flowcharts on ProtectUK and the Home Office statutory guidance to assess your position, and consult your local authority.

### What Is The Difference Between The Standard Tier And The Enhanced Tier?

The standard tier applies to qualifying premises where 200 to 799 individuals are reasonably expected at the same time. Duties are principally procedural, so appropriate public protection procedures must be in place so far as reasonably practicable, and the responsible person must notify the SIA. There is no statutory requirement for a written compliance document at the standard tier, though documentation is recommended. The enhanced tier applies at 800 or more individuals. It adds four categories of public protection measures (monitoring, movement, physical safety and security, and security of information), a mandatory compliance document submitted to the SIA, and the designation of a named senior individual where the responsible person is an organisation.

### What Part Of The Plan Do Venues Most Often Miss?

The six components listed earlier are the minimum. Capacity evidence is the element most often missed because it requires a calculation and a zoned plan rather than a written procedure. Regulators expect to see how the numbers were derived and how they relate to routes and zones on the ground.

### How Do I Calculate Venue Capacity Under Martyn's Law?

Capacity is the greatest number of people reasonably expected to be present at the same time and must include staff, volunteers, contractors, and performers. The principle is area multiplied by an appropriate density figure, with the density agreed with the relevant authorities based on the event type. As noted above, OnePlan covers standing capacity only. Use OnePlan's crowd capacity calculator to outline zones and see standing capacity based on a selectable density, and use the arrival and exit calculators to model ingress and egress flow. The output should be a zoned capacity plan that can be shown to a Safety Advisory Group.

### Who Is Responsible For Protect Duty Compliance At A Venue?

The responsible person is the individual or organisation that has control of the premises in relation to its qualifying use, or control of a qualifying event. Legal responsibility cannot be delegated to a contracted service provider, though specific tasks can be assigned to others. Where the responsible person for enhanced-tier premises or a qualifying event is an organisation, a senior individual involved in its management or control must be designated to ensure compliance. That senior individual cannot delegate their responsibility either.

### How Do I Document Protect Duty Compliance For The SIA?

Standard-tier premises have no statutory documentation requirement, though a written record of procedures is strongly recommended. Enhanced-tier premises and qualifying events must prepare a compliance document containing a statement of the evacuation, invacuation, lockdown, and communication procedures in place, an assessment of how those procedures reduce the risk of physical harm, a statement of the public protection measures in place or proposed, and an assessment of how those measures reduce vulnerability. The document must be provided to the SIA as soon as reasonably practicable after preparation, with any revision submitted within the 30-day window noted above. Notification to the SIA is made via the SIA's online portal. Follow the Home Office notification guidance and the SIA's section 12 guidance for the formal process.

### What Changes When A Venue Crosses From Standard To Enhanced Tier?

Crossing the 800-person threshold adds the four public protection measure categories on top of the existing four procedures. It also makes documentation mandatory, so a compliance document must be prepared and submitted to the SIA and kept under review, with any revision submitted within 30 days. Where the responsible person is an organisation, a senior individual must be formally designated. Physical alterations to the premises may be required where reasonably practicable, and penalties for non-compliance increase significantly at the enhanced tier. Venues that grow year on year should monitor attendance figures carefully because crossing the threshold changes the category and the duties.

[Get started free at OnePlan, where your first event is on us, or book a 15 minute demo to see OnePlan in action.](https://www.oneplan.io/book-demo/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)

## What to Read Next

- [Protect Duty Software: Complete Guide To Martyn’s Law Tools](https://oneplan.io/articles/protect-duty-software-guide/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)
- [What Is Protect Duty? Martyn’s Law Explained for UK Venues](https://oneplan.io/articles/what-is-protect-duty/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)
- [Protect Duty: What UK Event Organizers Need to Know](https://oneplan.io/articles/protect-duty-permit-requirements/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)
- [How to Prepare for Martyn’s Law Venue Security](https://oneplan.io/articles/martyns-law-venue-security/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)
- [Your Complete Guide to Martyn’s Law Compliance](https://oneplan.io/articles/protect-duty-legislation-guide/?utm_term=protect-duty-venue-planning&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)

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- **A2A Agent Card:** [https://www.oneplan.io/articles/.well-known/agent-card.json](https://www.oneplan.io/articles/.well-known/agent-card.json)
- **MCP Server (Streamable HTTP):** [https://www.oneplan.io/articles/.well-known/mcp](https://www.oneplan.io/articles/.well-known/mcp)

## Citations

- [PowerPoint Alternatives for Emergency Access Maps](https://www.oneplan.io/articles/best-powerpoint-alternatives-emergency-maps)
- [Canva Alternatives for Emergency Access Planning Maps](https://www.oneplan.io/articles/best-canva-alternatives-emergency-maps)
- [Does Martyn’s Law Apply in the US? What Venues Face Instead](https://www.oneplan.io/articles/does-martyns-law-apply-us)
- [Martyn’s Law for Council Events: A Portfolio-Scoping Guide](https://www.oneplan.io/articles/martyns-law-city-council-events)
- [Martyn’s Law: The Evidence Playbook for UK Venues and Events](https://www.oneplan.io/articles/martyns-law-compliance-guide)

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