One year of Auckland Council's Local Alcohol Policy (LAP)
Submitted to Auckland Council via email, 13 March 2026
Heart of the City (HOTC) represents the interests of businesses and property owners in Auckland's city centre. We advocate for a vibrant, accessible, safe, and welcoming city centre that is a great place to do business. Our members are diverse and include hundreds of hospitality venues, and a number of off-license operators.
In this submission, we are responding to Auckland Council’s request for feedback on the first year of Auckland’s Local Alcohol Policy (LAP), effective since December 2024. We structure our response to largely follow the question structure of the Survey where possible and also layering in other relevant information including on-license and off-license perspectives. We focus our feedback on the city centre changes and impacts.
