Apply to renew personal licence to sell alcohol

Please use this form to renew a personal licence. You will be able save it and resume later at any stage before submitting your application.

Details will be pre-populated from your myAberdeenshire account and your previous application, please check these are still correct and amend where required.

View licence privacy notice (pdf 34KB).

All fields on this form are mandatory unless marked as optional.

To start the form you need to confirm the following statements are true and sign in with myAberdeenshire:

  • You do not currently hold a personal licence to sell alcohol other than this one that you are renewing
  • You are 18 years old or over
  • You hold a licensing qualification/training certificate from an accredited trainer, such as the SQA Scottish Certificate for Personal License Holders - the certificate must have been obtained no earlier than 2013
  • You will provide details of any convictions for a relevant or foreign offence that is not considered spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
  • You will pay a £50.00 application fee at the end of this form
  • You will return your current licence by post
  • If your current licence is lost or stolen you must report this to the police and provide the crime reference number
  • You may apply to renew your licence no more than 180 days, (6 months), prior to expiry but no later than 90 days, (3 months), prior to expiry - expires between 27/06/2024 and 24/09/2024
  • If your licence expires in less than 90 days please apply for a new licence
  • If due to Covid-19 restrictions you have missed the renewal deadline please get in touch with the Licensing team