Gambling
If you provide gambling facilities, you may need three different types of licence - an operating licence, a personal licence and a premises licence.
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What you need to know
The council is required (by the Gambling Act 2005) to prepare and publish a Gambling Policy every 3 years.
We issue premises licences for the following premises:
- adult gaming centres
- betting shops
- bingo halls
- casinos
- family entertainment centres
- racing tracks
We also issue permits in respect of gaming machines in pubs and clubs and small society lottery registrations. Pubs and members' clubs that hold a premises licence or club premises certificate under the Licensing Act 2003, may provide gaming machines for use by their customers/members.
Apply for a club game or club machine permit
What we need to see
We require completed application forms and the correct fee for a gambling premises licence.
You must also publish a notice of application (PDF) [11KB] and send a copy of notice of application to each responsible authority in this document (PDF) [13KB]
Fees
Classes premises licence | Maximum conversion application fee for non-fast track application | Maximum conversion application fee in respect of provisional statement premises | Maximum conversion application fee in respect of other premises | Maximum annual fee | Maximum fee for application to vary licence | Maximum fee for application to transfer a licence | Maximum fee for application for reinstatement of a licence | Maximum fee for application for provisional statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bingo | £1,750 | £1,200 | £3,500 | £1,000 | £1,750 | £1,200 | £1,200 | £3,500 |
Adult gaming centre | £1,000 | £1,200 | £2,000 | £1,000 | £1,000 | £1,200 | £1,200 | £2,000 |
Family entertainment centre | £1,000 | £950 | £2,000 | £750 | £1,000 | £950 | £950 | £2,000 |
Betting premises (track) | £1,250 | £950 | £2,500 | £1,000 | £1,250 | £950 | £950 | £2,500 |
Betting premises (other) | £1,500 | £1,200 | £3,000 | £600 | £1,500 | £1,200 | £1,200 | £3,000 |