The City Council's Licensing Team issues licences for gambling, lotteries and amusements.

 

Contact the Licensing Team for details.

 

The Licensing section deals with applications under the Gambling Act 2005, which came into full effect on 1 September 2007. The Act transferred responsibility for the licensing of gambling premises from Licensing Justices to Local Authorities. The Gambling Commission issues Operating Licences and Personal Licences under the 2005 Act. As the Local Authority for Leicester City, we issue Premises Licences for the following activities:

 

 

We are also responsible for issuing the following permits and registrations:

 

 

Our Gambling Policy was approved by full Council on the 30 November 2006. The Policy can be viewed or downloaded below.

 

Application forms can be downloaded from the Application Forms page of this website.