Occasional and temporary use notices

Temporary use notices

A Temporary Use Notice (TUN) allows a person or organisation to temporarily provide facilities for gambling at a premises that does not hold a full gambling licence.

Only a holder of an operating licence granted by the Gambling Commission may submit a TUN.

A temporary use notice:

• can only be submitted by a holder of an operating licence granted by the Gambling Commission
• can only be used to offer gambling in the forms authorised by the operating licence.
• may only be made available on a maximum of 21 days in any 12 month period for any or all of a named set of premises.

Gaming machines may not be made available under a Temporary Use Notice.

Apply

Please contact our Licensing team for a Notice form at [email protected]

Notices must be submitted to us at least 3 months and one day in advance of an event.

Next steps

We will send you an acknowledgement of your notice as soon as is reasonably practicable.

You must ensure that copies of your notice are sent to the Gambling Commission, the police and HM Commissioners for Revenue and Customs within seven days of the date of the notice. If these requirements are not met, then the event will be unlawful. 

If a valid objection is made you will be notified and the application will be heard by our licensing committee. If all the participants agree that a hearing is unnecessary, it may be dispensed with.

Last updated 20 April 2026