Response 4120217

Response to request for information

Reference

4120217

Response date

20 October 2026

Request

I am researching how licensing authorities have determined gambling premises licence applications over the last five years, for an analysis of process and outcomes using recorded information. I would like the following information, if held, for the calendar years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Please provide the figures separately for:

• adult gaming centre (AGC) premises licences.

• betting premises licences (excluding tracks).

For each year and each premises type:

• Number of new premises licence applications received.

• Number granted.

• Number refused.

• Number withdrawn.

• Number still pending at the date of your response.

• Number determined under delegated authority.

• Number determined at a hearing.

• Median working days from a valid application to decision (or the mean, if that is the only figure you hold).

• Number of applications that attracted representations.

I do not need applicant names, addresses, or copies of application files. Counts and timescales in a spreadsheet or table are sufficient. If providing all of the above would exceed the appropriate limit, please provide advice and assistance on the largest subset you can supply within the limit, starting with calendar years 2023 to 2025 inclusive, for adult gaming centre applications.

Response

Our response for years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 on adult gaming centre (AGC) premises licences is zero.  In 2025 our response for adult gaming centre (AGC) premises licences is as follows:

• Number of new premises licence applications received. One.

• Number granted. One.

• Number refused. Zero.

• Number withdrawn. Zero.

• Number still pending at the date of your response. Zero.

• Number determined under delegated authority. One.

• Number determined at a hearing. Zero.

• Median working days from a valid application to decision (or the mean, if that is the only figure you hold). Two.

• Number of applications that attracted representations. Zero.

Our response for all years on betting licences is zero.

We confirm that, to the extent that you are using authority-generated data where no third party has any intellectual property rights, you may re-use the public sector data under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.

You must use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.