Aldi and Home Bargains have been granted licenses to sell alcohol in two new stores in Dundee after a court ruling saw a controversial council policy binned.
The board’s most recent overprovision policy on alcohol sales, in place since January 2018, has now been scrapped after a sheriff ruled it was unlawful in March this year. After initially being refused an off-sales licence, Aldi took the case to the courts and Sheriff Lindsay Foulis upheld the supermarket’s appeal.
The case was remitted back to Dundee City Council’s licensing committee but board members conceded the ruling meant they were left with no option but to approve the licences. The policy had stated there was an excess of alcohol sales in Dundee stores and opposed granting additional alcohol licensing unless cases submitted warranted approval.
