Allows some gaming and gaming machines in members' clubs, commercial clubs and miners' welfare institutes.
Allows certain gaming in clubs plus up to 3 B4 gaming machines in clubs
Allows more restricted gaming plus up to 3 B4 gaming machines in clubs
Club gaming permits and club gaming machine permits
New application £200
Fast track application ( if hold a club registration certificate under the Licensing Act 2003) £100
Renewal Fees (every 10 years for non fast track only) £200
Annual Fee £50
Variation £100
Gambling Commission Guidance on club gaming and club gaming machine permits
As well as sending your form, fee and documents to us licensing@stroud.gov.uk , you will also need to send a copy of your application to the following:
The Gambling Commission,
Victoria Square House,
Victoria Square,
Birmingham,
B2 4BP
Tel: 0121 230 6666
Fax: 0121 233 1096
E-mail: info@gamblingcommission.gov.uk
and to:
Gloucestershire Constabulary
Licensing Unit,
Community Engagement Dept,
Police Headquarters,
No 1 Waterwells,
Quedgeley,
Gloucester,
GL2 2AN
Phone: 01452 754482
Email: licensing@gloucestershire.pnn.police.uk
You will be required to pay an annual fee in respect of your permit. Where a permit comes into effect on the date it is issued then the first annual fee for the permit has to be paid within 30 days after that date.
If you have a business that has a licence for on-sales of alcohol and it has a bar, for example a pub, you are permitted to have category C and D gaming machines provided you have the relevant notification or permit.
Licensed premises have an automatic entitlement of up to 2 gaming machines however you must submit a Notification and pay the fee of £50. The Notification is of unlimited duration unless the circumstances change. You cannot transfer a Notification, if the pub licence holder changes the new licence holder must submit a new Notification.
To apply use the application form for Gaming Machines in Licensed Premises below and email to licensing@stroud.gov.uk
Link to pay fee for notification of up to 2 gaming machines in licensed premises £50
If you want to have more than 2 gaming machines in your pub you must apply for a Licensed Premises Gaming Machine permit. A new application is £150 and there is an annual fee of £50. You can transfer a permit if the pub licence holder changes, the fee for transfer is £25.
Use the application form for Gaming Machines in Licensed Premises below and email to licensing@stroud.gov.uk
Payments can only be made by card over the phone. Please contact the licensing team on licensing@stroud.gov.uk and request an Officer to call back, or call O1453 754440 to make payment. We cannot accept cheques.
| Category of machine | Maximum stake |
Maximum prize |
| C | £1 | £100 |
| D non-money prize (other than crane grab machine) | 30p | £8 |
| D non-money prize (crane grab machine) | £1 | £50 |
| D money prize | 10p | £5 |
| D combined money and non-money prize (other than coin pusher or penny falls machines) | 10p | £8 (of which no more than £5 may be a money prize) |
| D combined money and non-money prize (coin pusher or penny falls machine) | 20p | £20 (of which no more than £10 may be a money prize) |
Unlicensed Family Entertainment Centre (FECs) will be allowed to offer an unlimited number of category D gaming machines only (see below for stakes and prizes on these machines).
Unlicensed FECs do not require operating and personal licences. Tey only require a permit issued by the licensing section at Stroud District Council.
Category D machines only
Guidance on machine categories
| Category | Max stake | Max prize |
| D | 10p money prize | £5 money prize |
| D | 30p non-money prize | £8 non-money prize |
Application: £300
Renewal: £300
Application for a Family Entertainment Permit (PDF)
Occasional use notices are used to permit licensed betting operators - with the appropriate permission from the Gambling Commission - to use tracks for short periods of betting at events which are temporary or infrequent.
The notices can only be used for eight days or less in a calendar year.
You can serve this kind of notice to us if you are the person responsible for the organisation of events on the track or an occupier of the track.
The notice, which should specify which day it relates to, must be served on us and copied to the chief officer of police for the area in which the track is located. Consecutive days can be specified on the notice but the overall limit of eight days per calendar year should not be exceeded.
If the criteria is met for the occasional use notice, there is then no need for a betting premises licence for the track and when the notice is served there is no opportunity for counter-notices or objections to be submitted.
The Gambling Act 2005 does not prescribe an application form for this but applicants may wish to use our application form below.