Contact details for general and technical gambling licence enquiries and a list of useful websites.
General licensing enquiries
If you have an enquiry about the Gambling Act 2005 or about licensing in general, please contact us using the contact details on the right of this page.
Technical licensing enquiries
If you have a technical enquiry about the Gambling Act 2005, you should refer to one or more of the 'responsible authorities' listed below.
For 'premises based' applications
Crime and disorder
Hampshire Constabulary
Licensing and Alcohol Harm Reduction Team, Bishops Waltham Police Station, Hoe Road, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire, SO32 1DS.
Telephone: 02380 479578
Email: force.licensing@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
Fire safety
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service HQ
Business Fire Safety, Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 9SJ
Telephone: 023 9285 5180,
Email: csprotection.admin@hantsfire.gov.uk
Public nuisance (noise, smell, etc)
Environmental Health, Rushmoor Borough Council
The Environmental Health Manager (pollution control),
Council Offices, Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7JU
Telephone: 01252 398399
Email: pollutionteam@rushmoor.gov.uk
Planning
Planning, Rushmoor Borough Council
Council Offices, Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7JU
Telephone: 01252 398399
Email: customerservices@rushmoor.gov.uk
Protection of children
The Safeguarding Unit
Falcon House, Monarch Way, Winchester SO22 5PL
Telephone: 01962 876222
Email: child.protection@hants.gov.uk
Licensing
Rushmoor Borough Council's Licensing Team
The Licensing Team
Rushmoor Borough Council, Council Offices, Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 7JU
Telephone: 01252 398855
Email: licensing@rushmoor.gov.uk
Gambling
Gambling Commission
Victoria Square House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B2 4BP
Telephone: 0121 230 6666
Email: info@gamblingcommission.gov.uk
Financial
HM Revenue & Customs
National Registration Unit, Portcullis House, 21 India Street, Glasgow, G2 4PZ
Email: nrubetting&gaming@hmrc.gov.uk
For applications about vessels, such as boats, the responsible authorities also include:
- Hampshire County Council
- The Environment Agency
- British Waterways Board
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Other useful contacts
Government and other regulators
UK trade associations
- The Lotteries Council
- Remote Gambling Association
- The Bingo Association
- BACTA (gaming machines)
- Greyhound Board of Great Britain
- British Horse racing Authority
- Horse racing Betting Levy Board (Levy Board)
- Independent Betting Arbitration Service (IBAS)
- The Jockey Club
Gambling support
International bodies
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