STANDARD ACTIVITY TIMINGS
(a) All licensed entertainment and supply of alcohol ON the premises
Hours authorised: 10:00hrs until 03:00hrs (Monday to Thursday)
10:00hrs until 03:30hrs (Friday and Saturday)
11:00hrs until 01:00hrs (Sunday)
(b) Late night refreshment
Hours authorised: 23:00hrs until 03:00hrs (Monday to Thursday)
23:00hrs until 03:30hrs (Friday and Saturday)
23:00hrs until 01:00hrs (Sunday)
SEASONAL VARIATIONS / NON-STANDARD TIMINGS
Any day immediately preceding a bank holiday, Thursday immediately preceding Good Friday,
St. Patrick’s Day, St. George’s Day, St. Andrew’s Day, Halloween (31 October), Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and the trading day on which British Summer Time (BST) commences:
All licensed activities may extend for one hour beyond the standard timing for the relevant day of the week specified in standard timings (above).
New Years Eve (31 December):
All licensed activities may extend from the end of authorised hours on 31 December to the start of authorised hours on the following day.
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STANDARD OPENING TIMINGS
Monday to Thursday 10:00hrs until 03:15hrs
Friday and Saturday 10:00hrs until 03:45hrs
Sunday 11:00hrs until 01:15hrs
SEASONAL VARIATIONS / NON-STANDARD TIMINGS
Any day immediately preceding a bank holiday, Thursday immediately preceding Good Friday,
St. Patrick’s Day, St. George’s Day, St. Andrew’s Day, Halloween (31 October), Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and the trading day on which British Summer Time (BST) commences:
Opening hours may extend for one hour beyond the standard timing for the relevant day of the week specified in standard timings (above). See condition of licence Annex 2.4.
New Years Eve (31 December):
Opening hours may extend from the end of authorised hours on 31 December to the start of authorised hours on the following day.
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ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS
The following conditions in Annex 1 are mandatory under the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003:
1.1 Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied:
(a) At any time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the
premises licence, or
(b) At any time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his/her personal licence is suspended
1.2 Every sale or supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
1.3 The admission of children to the exhibition of any film shall be restricted in accordance with the film classification awarded by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), or any successor person or persons designated as the authority under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984.
1.4 Where one or more individuals are being used at the licensed premises to carry out a security activity, each such individual must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority.
1.5 The responsible person shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that staff on relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises.
In this paragraph, an irresponsible promotion means any one or more of the following activities, or substantially similar activities, carried on for the purpose of encouraging the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises in a manner which carries a significant risk of leading or contributing to crime and disorder, prejudice to public safety, public nuisance, or harm to children -
(a) games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require or
encourage, individuals to -
(i) drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit (other than to drink alcohol sold or
supplied on the premises before the cessation of the period in which the responsible person is authorised to sell or supply alcohol), or
(ii) drink as much alcohol as possible (whether within a time limit or otherwise);
(b) provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or
discounted fee to the public or to a group defined by a particular characteristic (other than
any promotion or discount available to an individual in respect of alcohol for
consumption at a table meal, as defined in section 159 of the Act);
(c) provision of free or discounted alcohol or any other thing as a prize to encourage or
reward the purchase and consumption of alcohol over a period of 24 hours or less;
(d) provision of free or discounted alcohol in relation to the viewing on the premises of a
sporting event, where that provision is dependent on -
(i) the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or
(ii) the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;
(e) selling or supplying alcohol in association with promotional posters or flyers on, or in the
vicinity of, the premises which can reasonably be considered to condone, encourage or
glamorise anti-social behaviour or to refer to the effects of drunkenness in any favourable
manner.
1.6 The responsible person shall ensure that no alcohol is dispensed directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of a disability).
1.7 The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
1.8 (a) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder shall ensure that an age verification policy applies to the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.
(b) The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be under 18 years of age (or such older age as may be specified in the policy) to produce on request, before being served alcohol, identification bearing their photograph, date of birth and a holographic mark.
1.9 The responsible person shall ensure that -
(a) where any of the following alcoholic drinks is sold or supplied for consumption on the premises (other than alcoholic drinks sold or supplied having been made up in advance ready for sale or supply in a securely closed container) it is available to customers in the following measures -
(i) beer or cider: ½ pint;
(ii) gin, rum, vodka or whisky: 25 ml or 35 ml; and
(iii) still wine in a glass: 125 ml; and
(b) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.
1.10 The relevant person (the holder of the premises licence, the designated premises supervisor (if any) in respect of such a licence, the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of alcohol under such a licence, or any member or officer of a club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question) shall ensure that no alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on or off the premises for a price which is less than the permitted price.
For the purposes of this condition “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979, “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula -
P = D + (D x V)
where - (i) P is the permitted price, (ii) D is the rate of duty chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the duty were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol, and (iii) V is the rate of value added tax chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the value added tax were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol;
[“value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994]
ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE
The following conditions in Annex 2 are conditions consistent with the operating schedule submitted by the applicant within the application:
2.1 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that the licensed premises shall not be exclusively or primarily used for the supply of alcohol. The sale and supply of alcohol at the premises shall be ancillary to the use of the licensed premises for music, dance and similar activities. This condition shall apply to any hirings of the premises for licensable activities.
2.2 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that no person under the age of 18 shall be permitted on the licensed premises at any time whilst it is being used as a nightclub or bar. Persons under the age of 18 shall only be permitted on the licensed premises:
o Whilst attending a pre-booked function and accompanied by a responsible person aged 18 or over.
o For sixth-form or similar pre-booked school functions for 16-18 year olds, alcohol shall only be sold or supplied to persons aged 18 or over in an area of the premises which is suitably and sufficiently separated and supervised to ensure that persons under the age of 18 are not able to purchase or consume alcohol.
o All pre-booked functions intending to involve 16 to 18 year olds shall be subject to a risk assessment and in consultation with the police giving at least 7 days notice.
2.3 The Premises Licence holder shall ensure that the maximum number of persons permitted on the premises at any one time, as risk assessed by the responsible person (or alternatively as set by the fire officer) under the Legislative Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, is monitored and enforced. The premises licence holder shall ensure that suitable and sufficient measures are taken for monitoring and recording the number of persons on site at any one time. Capacity checks shall be promptly recorded in a log book maintained on the premises for that purpose, and provided to an authorised officer of a responsible authority upon request.
2.4 The Premises Licence Holder shall suitably and sufficiently risk-assess events and other licensable activities and, in consultation with his door security provider, deploy commensurable levels, timings and locations of door supervision and ensure that there shall be:
o A minimum of two SIA registered door supervisors on duty on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays between 21:00hrs and 30 minutes after the closure of the premises to the public; and
o A minimum of one additional SIA door staff (making a total of three) used where the capacity is expected to be between 201 and 300 persons, and a minimum of an additional two SIA door staff (making a total of four) where the capacity is expected to be between 301 and the maximum permitted capacity.
The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that the same shall apply to non-standard timings (but need not for private functions).
Where the Premises Licence Holder’s risk-assessment in consultation with the door security provider identifies that it is appropriate for searches to be conducted on females then a minimum of one female SIA door staff shall be on duty. For the avoidance of any doubt, customers seeking re-admittance to the venue who are unable to be appropriately searched, in compliance with condition 2.23, shall be refused re-admittance.
All proposed extended use of the licensed premises for licensable activity, referred to under Non-Standard timings (and with the exception of New Year’s Eve), shall be subject to seven days prior notice and agreement with the police.
2.5 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that any individual known to be banned under any active local PubWatch scheme, or court banning order, shall be refused entry to the licensed premises. The police shall be notified promptly, and in any event within 36 hours, of any attempt by a banned individual to gain access to the licensed premises.
2.6 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that any individual found in possession of any illegal substance or weapon shall be excluded or ejected from the licensed premises. The police shall be notified promptly, and in any event within 36 hours, of any attempt by an individual to gain access to the licensed premises whilst in possession of an illegal substance or weapon.
2.7 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that all instances of drunkenness, disorder, drug use or violence shall be challenged, resulting in the refusal of admission, ejection or retention of the individual(s) concerned. Under serious circumstances, consideration shall be given to their permanent exclusion from the premises in the future.
2.8 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that door supervisors, where so employed, shall ensure that if there is a queue outside of the licensed premises, that an orderly queue is maintained. Door supervisors shall monitor the full length of the queue for signs of drunkenness and ‘pre- loading’, anti-social behaviour or use/possession of illegal substances or weapons.
2.9 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that the maximum capacity of persons using smoking areas shall be determined in a written risk-assessment which is approved by the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS). Staff shall be tasked to monitor and enforce this capacity.
2.10 The Premises Licence Holder shall implement a suitable and sufficient drugs policy, a suitable and sufficient dispersal policy, and a suitable and sufficient admission, search and ejection policy; the contents of which shall be agreed with the police and notified to the Licensing Authority.
2.11 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that consumption of alcohol is restricted to the areas identified on the plan of the premises attached to the premises licence as Annex 4.
2.12 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that waste receptacles used at the licensed premises shall be lidded and maintained in a clean condition and that litter and waste, including smoking related litter, shall be regularly cleared from the immediate vicinity of the licensed premises.
2.13 The Premises Licence Holder shall provide on the licensed premises a secure deposit box for the retention of any confiscated items, and shall promptly notify the police of any items requiring safe disposal.
2.14 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that signage shall be prominently displayed and maintained on the licensed premises advising customers and staff of any relevant crime and disorder issues, age restrictions and conditions of entry to the licensed premises. Signage shall also be prominently displayed and maintained on the licensed premises advising customers to leave the premises quietly and to respect the needs of neighbouring properties.
2.15 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that external lighting shall be provided to the premises during the hours of darkness whilst the premises are open to the public for licensable activities. The premises licence holder shall take all reasonable steps and precautions to ensure that any flashing lights or bright lights in use inside or outside the licensed premises do not cause nuisance to nearby properties.
2.16 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that, with the exception of the main front entrance doors, all doors and windows at the licensed premises, including internal lobby doors, shall be kept closed (save for access or egress) whilst the premises are open to the public for licensable activities - in order to minimise any noise escape. Self-closing devices shall be fitted to all entrance and exit doors, and internal lobby doors. Gates or doors from the designated smoking areas to the street shall be maintained so as operational and unobstructed in the event of an emergency.
2.17 All ventilation systems in use at the licensed premises shall have suitable sound attenuation.
2.18 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that any special effects or any mechanical installation are stored and operated so as to minimise any risk to the safety of the audience, staff or performers. Staff on duty shall monitor patrons and be vigilant to persons attempting to climb poles, balconies, speakers and other fixtures and fittings.
2.19 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that guidance is sought from the relevant responsible authority prior to the use of any explosives, pyrotechnics, fireworks, smoke, foam or devices of a similar nature so as to promote the public safety objective.
2.20 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that there shall be no new customers admitted to the licensed premises from one hour prior to the closure of the premises.
2.21 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that the toilets are checked at least once every 30 minutes whilst the premises are open to the public, with checks to be legibly and accurately recorded in a log book for that purpose. Staff shall check for public safety issues as well as indications of drug use.
2.22 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that any spillages or breakages in public areas are promptly cleared and this shall include checking of the designated smoking area.
2.23 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that all persons requesting re-entry to the licensed premises, without exception, shall be searched by an SIA registered door supervisor with records of such searches to be legibly recorded in a log book for that purpose. The log book shall be provided to an authorised officer of the Police or Licensing Authority upon request. Customers shall not be permitted entry or exit whilst carrying glass or alcohol.
2.24 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that all drinks shall be made available, or decanted at the bar into, plastic or polycarbonate drinking vessels. Customers shall not be permitted to drink from glasses or glass bottles. This condition shall not apply to 1oz shot glasses which may be semi-toughened (moulded glass). In addition, this condition shall not apply to higher cost premium drinks in 70cl or larger bottles (such as Grey Goose, champagne) as these will still be permitted, but there is to be no removal of these items from the premises by customers; they will be provided with polycarbonate drinking vessels at the point of purchase.
2.25 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that where an exceptional event or activity (for example wedding reception or similar function, but not boxing or wrestling entertainments) merits the consideration of use of glass or bottles, for example champagne, then a suitable and sufficient risk assessment shall be undertaken by the premises licence holder with the risk assessment to be made available to an authorised officer of the Police or Licensing Authority on request.
2.26 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that CCTV shall be installed and maintained at the licensed premises provided in the form of a recordable system, capable of providing pictures of evidential quality in all lighting conditions (particularly facial recognition). Cameras shall encompass all entrance and exit points to the premises, fire exits, outside areas (including designated smoking areas) and all recordings shall also be made a minimum of 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after the times when the public are on the premises. CCTV equipment shall be maintained in good working order and be correctly time and date stamped. Recordings shall be kept in date order, numbered sequentially and kept for a minimum period of 28 days and made available to an authorised officer of the Police or the Licensing Authority upon reasonable request and in any event within 24 hours.
2.27 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that at all times an appointed member of staff is capable of and competent at downloading CCTV footage in a viewable format onto disc or storage device, which shall be made available to the Police/Local Authority within 36 hours of a request. The recording equipment and media shall be kept in a secure environment under the control of a responsible named individual. In the event of any system failings, actions taken are to be recorded. In the event of technical failure of the CCTV equipment the Premises Licence Holder/DPS shall report the failure to the Police and Licensing Authority immediately. It should be noted that any retention, use or disclosure of personal information captured on CCTV must be carried out in line with data protection principles which shall override any conflicting element of this condition or condition 2.26.
2.28 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that non-alcoholic drinks shall be made available whilst the premises are open for licensable activities. The availability of non-alcoholic drinks shall be made aware to customers.
2.29 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that a ‘Challenge 21’ proof of age scheme is adopted. The Premises Licence Holder shall operate a requirement for the production of a passport, driving licence or other bona fide form of identity carrying a photographic image, where the individual requesting the supply of alcohol appears to be under the age of 21.
2.30 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that the DPS or other reasonable competent individual is nominated to regularly survey noise breakout from the premises during the performance of amplified music. Where the noise/vibration level is such that it is likely to cause disturbance to nearby premises, he/she shall decrease the volume level accordingly. A log shall be kept of such monitoring checks and any remedial action taken.
2.31 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that the volume control of any recorded music or amplification equipment shall be under the direct control of the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS), or another responsible individual nominated by the DPS, with provision made for the sound to be turned down at the direct request of an authorised officer of the Local Authority or Police.
2.32 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that at all times whilst the public are present there is at least on competent person able to administer first aid, and that an adequate and appropriate supply of first aid equipment and materials is available on the premises. Adequate records shall be maintained in relation to the supply of any first aid treatment.
2.33 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that all persons authorised to sell alcohol at the licensed premises have received instruction from the DPS on relevant licensing requirements/offences and have been authorised in writing by the DPS to supply alcohol under his/her authority.
2.34 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that all bar staff engaged in the sale of alcohol shall be trained in responsible alcohol retailing to a minimum standard of BIIAB Level1, or equivalent, within three months of commencing employment at the premises. Training records shall be kept on the premises and produced to the police or authorised officer of the Licensing Authority upon request. For the avoidance of doubt this training may be administered in-house in accordance with the relevant criteria. Training shall be reviewed at six-monthly intervals to ensure that staff are up to date with the latest legislation.
2.35 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that an incident and refusals register shall be kept and maintained on the premises at all times. The register shall detail all incidents of injury/ejection/refusal/drug misuse/seizure/age challenge. Such matters shall be timed, dated and signed by the author and produced to the police or authorised officer of the Licensing Authority upon demand.
2.36 The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that the incident register shall be kept at the premises for a minimum period of six months, and shall record the following matters:
o All crimes reported to the venue, or by the venue to the police;
o All ejections of patrons;
o Any complaints received;
o Any incidents of disorder;
o Seizures of drugs, offensive weapons, fraudulent ID or other items;
o Any faults in the CCTV system or searching equipment or scanning equipment;
o Any refusal of the sale of alcohol;
o Any visit by a relevant authority or emergency service; and
o The times on duty, and the licence number, of all SIA registered door supervisors employed by the premises.
2.37 The taking out of glass bottles may only be carried out on one occasion, between 23:00hrs and 03:00hrs Monday to Saturday and evenings preceding a Bank Holiday, and between 23:00hrs and 01:00hrs on Sundays. After these times, no further refuse including glass bottles may be carried out until 07:00hrs.
2.38 The premises licence holder shall ensure that a suitable and sufficient risk assessment is conducted for any proposed boxing or wrestling entertainment taking place at the venue, and this shall be completed prior to the commencement of the relevant entertainment. Where appropriate the relevant sport’s governing body regulations or recommendations shall be considered within the risk assessment and implemented, where appropriate, for the event or activity.
2.39 An appropriate level of competent, and appropriately qualified, first aid and/or medical practitioners shall be present throughout a sports entertainment involving boxing, wrestling, judo, karate, mixed-martial arts or similar activity - whether it is the main entertainment or ancillary.
2.40 Any ring for the purposes of boxing or wrestling entertainment shall be constructed by a competent person and/or inspected by a competent authority.
2.41 At any boxing or wrestling or other entertainments of a similar nature members of the public shall not occupy any seat within 2.5 metres of the ring. Audience members shall not be permitted to stand on any stairwell or balcony area which directly overlooks the ring or exhibition area whilst an event is in progress.
2.42 Plastic or polycarbonate drinking vessels shall be used during all boxing and wrestling or similar entertainment events at the licensed premises, without exception, with drinks which are only available in bottles/glassware to be decanted to plastic or polycarbonate vessels. No bottles/glassware shall be left accessible in the vicinity of the boxing or similar entertainment activity.
2.43 Entry to any boxing, wrestling or similar entertainment activity shall be by prior ticket arrangement only.
ANNEX 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY
None applicable to premises licence BPL0073-010547.