Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202
- Licensing overview
- Alcohol and entertainment licences
- Boarding animal licenses
- Dog breeding licences
- Gambling licences
- Gaming machine licences
- House-to-house and street collection licences
- Lottery, raffle and bingo licences
- Pet shop licences
- Riding establishment licences
- Scrap metal licences
- Sex establishment licences
- Street trading licences
- Tattoo, piercing and electrolysis licences
- Taxi licences
Gambling licences
The Gambling Act 2005 gave local authorities new responsibilities relating to gambling. This included passing the responsibilities for licensing premises involved with gambling from the exisiting magistrates court system to district councils and the Gambling Commission.
The Vale carries out these new functions with a view to promoting three objectives:
- Preventing gambling from being a source of crime and disorder, being associated with crime and disorder or being used to support crime.
- Ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way.
- Protecting children and other vulnerable persons from being harmed or exploited by gambling.
Applications for a premises licences under the Gambling Act now need to be submitted to the licensing authority, which in the Vale is the Council's Licensing Unit. The appropriate fee must also be submitted. See the table below for details of the Vale's fees for applications, which have been set subject to limits set by the Gambling Act.
Application forms and further guidance can be found on the Department of Culture, Media and Sports website.
Application/fee type | Bingo | AGC | Track | FEC | Betting |
New | £2,210 (£3,500) | £2,000 | £2,400 | £2,000 | £2,410 (£3,000) |
New (with provisional
| £1,200 | £1,200 | £950 | £950 | £1,200 |
Transition (fast track) | £300 | £300 | £300 | £300 | £300 |
Transition (non fast track) | £1,750 | £1,000 | £1,250 | £1,000 | £1,500 |
Vary | £1,750 | £1,000 | £1,250 | £1,000 | £1,500 |
Transfer | £1,200 | £1,200 | £950 | £950 | £1,200 |
Reinstatement | £1,200 | £1,200 | £950 | £950 | £1,200 |
Provisional statement | £2,510 (£3,500) | £2,000 | £2,500 | £2,000 | £2,410 (£3,000) |
Copy of licence | £25 | £25 | £25 | £25 | £25 |
Notification of change | £50 | £50 | £50 | £50 | £50 |
Annual | £1,000 (£1,000) | £1,000 | £1,000 | £750 | £600 |
AGG: Automated gaming centre
FEC: Family entertainment centre
- Gambling Act 2005 Licensing Policy:
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- Vale of White Horse District Council, Abbey House, Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email the Council
Tel: 01235 520202