Views on Edinburgh's bars, restaurants and booze shops getting extended opening hours during the summer festivals and Christmas period are being sought as a part of a review of the city's alcohol licensing system.
Residents, community groups and license holders will have the chance to contribute to a consultation which will help formulate a new policy setting out how the council will consider applications for licensed premises in the future.
The city council's licensing board is also hoping to gather information on the parts of Edinburgh where there are too many places selling alcohol.
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Board convener, Lib Dem councillor Louise Young, said the survey will go live on the council website "as soon as possible" after the terms of the consultation were agreed at a meeting on Monday (September 26).
The local authority is seeking a wide range of views for the licensing review which takes place every five years.
Cllr Young said the council is particularly keen to hear views about seasonal licensing and the extension of hours for premises during the festival and festive period.
In the initial consultation, which will run for 10 weeks once launched, there will be an emphasis on current licensed hours for bars, restaurants and night clubs, protection of children and young people and temporary licensing.
It will be followed by a formal consultation next year with the whole process set to be wrapped up by August 2023.
In addition, the council's existing policy which allows an unlimited number of occasional licenses for one-off events to be granted will be looked at during the review.
An assessment of over-provision will also be undertaken to consider where off and on sales are in excess in the capital.
Councillor Young said: "It is something the board is particularly interested in whether that be certain streets or communities or areas of the city where any of our audiences may feel there are too many licensed premises or indeed where they feel that that is no longer an issue in terms of the number and capacity of those licensed premises."
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