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Firearms & Shotgun Application Pack

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DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION WITHOUT FIRST HAVING A GP/DOCTOR* COMPLETE THE MEDICAL INFORMATION PRO-FORMA WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON PAGES 18 TO 21

 

Lancashire Constabulary WILL NOT contact your GP to obtain these records on your behalf. It is your responsibility to arrange for your GP or another suitably qualified GMC-registered doctor* (including where a doctor is providing this service for a private company) to provide medical information to the police concerning your suitability to possess a firearm and/or shotgun. Please use the doctor's letter and medical information proforma which is part of this document, detach and pass to the doctor for completion. You are expected to meet the cost if a fee is charged for this. When the medical information is being provided to the police by a doctor from a private company, the doctor must receive the applicant's medical information directly from the GP practice and not via the applicant.

*A doctor with a full, specialist or GP (rather than provisional) GMC registration and a licence to practice.

Grant Applications-Full life medical history required. Firearm/Shotgun renewals- a minimum of 10 years medical history.

 

To avoid delays processing your application please download and complete BOTH forms listed below including the ‘other occupants’ form. If you live alone please state so on this form.

Checklist:

Please ensure that you have enclosed the following with your Firearms/Shotgun application:
  • Completed Firearm/Shotgun Form.
  • Completed Medical Pro Forma.
  • Completed Other Occupants Form.
  • Correct Fee made payable to “PCC LANCASHIRE”.
  • One RECENT passport approved Photograph. 

 

Current Fees

Please note that all incomplete applications will be returned to you in full and may delay your application.

Relevant form(s) should be downloaded/printed. Once completed, please post to the following address:

Firearms & Explosives Licensing Unit
P.O. Box 77
Hutton
Preston
PR4 5SB

Email address for queries: [email protected]