Green’s of Fraserburgh will extend its alcohol offering despite fears the town already has too much booze on sale.

Bosses asked Aberdeenshire Council for permission to increase the capacity of its drinks display area at the Buchan Road store.

But according to licensing policy, Fraserburgh was found to have an “overprovision” of off-sale premises.

This means there is a “higher-than-average” availability of alcohol to buy, which council chiefs believe puts residents at a “high level of harm”.

The application recently went before the Aberdeenshire Licensing Board for consideration.

Members were told that overprovision could result in requests for premises, provisional premises or variation of premises licences to be instantly thrown out.

Join Aberdeen Live’s WhatsApp community

See Full Page