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Highland Licensing Board is to hold a six-week public consultation on proposals to restrict numbers of off-licenses.
The Scottish government has asked that all local authorities have a policy on the overprovision of alcohol.
The Highland consultation asks whether the board should refuse certain applications for new off-sales.
It has been suggested this could apply to the whole of the Highlands, or to specific council wards.
NHS Highland has recommended that the wards be Caol and Mallaig, Cromarty Firth, Dingwall and Seaforth, Eilean a'Cheo (Skye) and Fort William and Archnamurchan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23866336
The Scottish government has asked that all local authorities have a policy on the overprovision of alcohol.
The Highland consultation asks whether the board should refuse certain applications for new off-sales.
It has been suggested this could apply to the whole of the Highlands, or to specific council wards.
NHS Highland has recommended that the wards be Caol and Mallaig, Cromarty Firth, Dingwall and Seaforth, Eilean a'Cheo (Skye) and Fort William and Archnamurchan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23866336