Here you can find the archived information previously published in the What's New section of this website. The information is presented in order of date (most recently archived at the top of the page).

2006

13 October
Panel announces finalised casino shortlists
Casino Advisory Panel announces finalised casino shortlists

21 September
Canterbury elects not to proceed with Casino Bid
Canterbury Council has written to the Casino Advisory Panel to inform it that it no longer wishes to proceed with its bid for a casino licence.

20 September
Thurrock elects not to proceed with Casino Bid
Thurrock Council and Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation have written to the Casino Advisory Panel to inform it that they no longer wish to proceed with their bid for a casino licence.

18 September 2006
21 Day Period for Additional Proposal Information - Additional information received from local authorities following the Casino Advisory Panel's press notice of 24 July 2006.

29 August 2006
Casino Advisory Panel Questions for Large and Small Shortlistees

24 August 2006

• Tuesday's Examination in Public Cancelled
  In the light of Brent's decision not to proceed with their proposal, the EiP scheduled for Tuesday 29 August has been cancelled.

• Brent Decides not to Procede with Proposal
  The Panel understands that Brent have chosen not to proceed with their proposal. As willingness to licence is a key criterion for the Panel, as set by Government, the shortlist has duly been reduced to seven.

• The Panel is still considering recent supplementary submissions and will consider whether any more proposals should be added to the shortlist in the light of these. It wants, however, to make clear that any decision to expand the shortlist – should the Panel choose to go down that line – will not be influenced by Brent’s decision in any way, and will be dependent solely on the additional material provided

• Timetable for Announcements
  The Panel is grateful to those authorities who have supplied additional proposal information in accordance with the Panel's Press Release of 24 July. The Panel is currently considering all the additional evidence received carefully, and will announce any changes to be made to the shortlists as a result as soon as possible. Interested parties are advised however that, given the large amount of information that has been submitted to the Panel for consideration, and given the Panel will be largely occupied with evidence gathering at a Examinations in Public over the two weeks beginning 28th August, it will not be in a position to make an announcement on the outcome in the immediate future.

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21 August 2006
Information about the 'Examinations in Public' events which are being held for the eight shortlisted local authorities selected for further examination for a regional casino is now available to view online.

8 August 2006

• Dartford elects not to proceed with Casino Bid
  Dartford Borough Council has written to the Casino Advisory Panel to inform it that they no longer wish to proceed with their bid for a casino licence.
• Casino Advisory Panel Questions for Regional Shortlistees

3 August 2006
Notification of change to examination-in-public process and issue of revised guidance (PDF 23kb)
Guidance Notes for Participants in the Examination in Public of certain proposals for a Regional Casino (Revised 2nd August 2006) (PDF 74kb)

31 July 2006
Casino Advisory Panel publishes date for the Examination in Public in the following regions - Sheffield, Greenwich, Brent, Cardiff, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester and Blackpool.

24 July 2006
Press Notice: Decision of the Casino Advisory Panel regarding the shortlists of successful proposals (PDF 41kb)

• Announcement: Decision of the Casino Advisory Panel regarding the shortlists of successful proposals (PDF 27kb)
• Table of moderated scores from initial sifting process - Regional (PDF 38kb)
• Table of moderated scores from initial sifting process – Large & Small (PDF 52kb)
• The First-stage Sifting Process (PDF 14kb)
• Ranking following initial evaluation (PDF 17kb)

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21 June 2006

• Statement by the Panel regarding the success/failure of individual bids to make the shortlist
• Individual comments regarding reasons why proposing authorities did not make the shortlist (PDF 32kb)

24 May 2006
The Casino Advisory Panel today announced a provisional shortlist of successful proposals which will be taken forward for further evaluation.

• Provisional shortlist of successful proposals (PDF 53kb)

31 January 2006
The Casino Advisory Panel published the following documents on Guidance and Invitation for proposals of new casions:

• Guidance and Invitation on proposals for new casinos. (PDF 84kb)
• Call for Proposals (PDF 68kb)
• Project Outline (PDF 50kb)
• ANNEX A Project Outline (PDF 23kb)
• Formal Proposal Cover Sheet MS Word (25k)
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30 January 2006

• Initial Expressions of Interest (PDF 25kb)

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2005

15 December 2005

• Casino Advisory Panel Framework Document

14 November 2005
As part of our research and scoping exercise we have just written to all Local Authorities to ask if they can give us an indication of of the number of formal proposals we will receive and for which category of Casino.

• Letter to Local Authorities (177kb Read only word document)
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We have also contacted other interested bodies (such as Regional Development Agencies) to ask if, as part of our ongoing consultation, they could share any relevant information with us.

• Letter to interested bodies (167kb Read only word document)
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The following publication(s) are available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format: