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Scotland - Edinburgh consultation on ban on further off licences

Edinburgh City Licensing Board is considering limiting the adoption of an over-provision policy thereby seeking to limit the number of off-licences in the capital, in a bid to reduce the availability of alcohol.

It is said that there are currently 412 off licensed premises in the City and it is estimated that 79 per cent of the population above the age of 18 live within 400 metres of a shop where they can purchase alcohol.

Licensing officials are of the opinion that a limit on new licences could be imposed across the city, rather than in specific locations, as “a substantial number of individuals are travelling within the city to purchase alcohol”.

A copy of the consultation, which was launched last month, is avaliable here. The consultation seeks responses by 17 February 2012.

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