Edinburgh's Licensing Board is responsible for regulating the sale of alcohol to the public and certain gambling activities, by issuing alcohol licences and betting and gambling permits.
Statement of Licensing Policy 2023
The Board agreed the terms of its new Statement of Licensing Policy at its meeting on 27 November 2023. . The final version of the policy confirms changes to extended hours policy, occasional licensing, expectations on safe travel arrangements and a number of other adjustments.
Overprovision
On 23 June 2025 the Board agreed a supplementary statement of licensing policy with regard to its overprovision assessment. This followed a statutory consultation process and detailed consideration by the Board. Details of the following information considered by the Board on this topic are available:
- Download the report to the Licensing Board 26 May 2025
- Download the details of numbers and capacity of premises
- Download the consultation responses
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Licensing Board members
- 黑料社lor Louise Young (Convener)
- 黑料社lor Jason Rust (Vice Convener)
- 黑料社lor Pauline Flannery
- 黑料社lor Margaret Graham
- 黑料社lor James Dalgleish
- 黑料社lor Chas Booth
- 黑料社lor Norman Work
- 黑料社lor Catherine Fullerton
- 黑料社lor David Key
View recent Licensing Board meeting papers
Download details of what to expect at a Licensing Board meeting (PDF, 285KB)
Financial statements
Download the Edinburgh Licensing Board's annual financial statements (PDF, 297KB)
Alcohol and gambling policies
Download the gambling policy and related documents (PDFs)
Download the alcohol licensing policy (PDF, 8MB)
Equalities policy and outcomes
Download the equalities policy outcomes (PDF, 161KB)
Download the equalities policy 2018 (PDF, 282KB)
Freedom of information
Download freedom of Information publication scheme 2018 (PDF, 208 KB)
Annual functions reports
Download annual reports on the board's functions (PDF, 108KB)