Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 - Overprovision Policies - North Board

The North Board currently has its draft overprovision policy out to consultation. The consultation period runs from 15th June 2009 until 21st July 2009. You can make responses to the document by e-mailing them to -

fiona.stewart@aberdeenshire.gov.uk.

If you do not have access to e-mail, written responses can be sent to:-

The Clerk
Aberdeenshire Council
St. Leonards
Sandyhill Road
Banff, AB45 1BH.

The Board will review the draft document, together with any consultation responses made, at their meeting on Wednesday 29th July 2009. The Board will approve the final policy at that meeting. The policy will thereafter be published on the main licensing page of the Council's website under the heading Policy Statements 2007 - 2010

You can access the Board's draft policy by opening the following document -

• North Board Draft Policy (pdf 30 kb)

Before drafting the above policy statement, the Board asked the North Licensing Forum to pull together statistical evidence for the Board on overprovision within the Board's Area. The report was very detailed and can be accessed by opening the following documents -

• North Board Overprovision Report (pdf 698 kb)
• North Board Appendix 1 - Documentation (pdf 9.76 mb)
• North Board Appendix 2 - Documentation (pdf 530 kb)

The Board also took into consideration the Scottish Government's Guidance on Overprovision, which can be accessed in the following document

• Guidance on Overprovision (pdf 761kb)