Statement of gambling principles

Consultation on Statement of Gambling Principles 2025-2028

The Gambling Act 2005 states that the Council must produce a Statement of Gambling Principles in relation to how it will deal with licensing functions within its role as the Licensing Authority for Slough Borough Council. The next statement after this 2025 edition will be in 2028.

This document includes information on how the Council will carry out its functions and deal with applications under the Gambling Act 2005

This draft revision only reflects updated population data and reformatting for clearer reference.

The Council is obliged to consult on the adoption of the revised Statement of Gambling Principles. This consultation ran until 5pm on 12 December 2024. Responsible Authorities such as the police; premises licence holders or their representatives and members of the public were welcome to send in their views regarding the:

You can also check out the current policy - Gambling Act 2005 - Statement of Principles 2022-2025 – Slough Borough Council.

When teh consultation was open you were able to forward any views or comments to licensing@slough.gov.uk or to the council in writing to the Licensing Manager, Observatory House, 25 Windsor Road, Slough, SL1 2EL.