ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS:
The following conditions in Annex 1 are mandatory under the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003:
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
2. Every sale or supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
3. 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.
4. 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).
5. The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
6. (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.
7. 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.
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:
1. Children under the age of 16, that are unaccompanied by a parent/guardian, shall not be permitted on the premises.
2. The premises licence holder shall ensure that there are adequate levels of supervision and monitoring at the licensed premises, which may be satisfied by the provision of waiter/waitress service and a maitre d’ or equivalent.
3. The car park at the licensed premises shall be illuminated, during the hours of darkness, whilst the premises are being used for licensable activities. External lighting in the car park shall be adequate to facilitate safe exit.
4. The premises licence holder shall take all reasonable measures to prevent any noise from the licensed premises from causing a nuisance or disturbance to persons living or working in the vicinity of the premises.
5. The premises licence holder shall ensure that staff request that parents/guardians adequately supervise their children whilst they are on the licensed premises.
6. Smokers shall not be permitted to gather in any outside marquee which may from time to time be erected within the grounds of the licensed premises.
7. All windows and doors shall remain closed (save for access or egress) during any potentially noisy activities and when entertainment is being provided.
8. The volume control of recorded music or amplification equipment shall be kept under the direct control of the designated premises supervisor (DPS), or their nominated representative, with provision made for the sound level to be decreased upon the direct request of an authorised officer of the Local Authority or Police.
9. Notices shall be displayed and maintained on the licensed premises requiring patrons to leave the area quietly, with advisory announcements made to customers requesting that they leave the premises with consideration to the needs of those persons residing or working in the vicinity.
10. There shall be no functions or marquees in the outdoor areas of the licensed premises involving activities under the authorisations of premises licence BPL0354. (For the avoidance of doubt this condition does not apply to or override entitlements for permitted temporary events under the Licensing Act 2003).
11. There shall be no adult entertainment or services, activities, other entertainment or matters ancillary to the use of the premises that may give rise to concern in respect of children.
12. The external and internal doors to the front entrance lobby and the external doors on the south-facing elevation of the bar/restaurant area shall be fitted with self-closing devices.
13. In the event that the Licensing Authority receives complaints about noise from music, which an Environmental Health Officer of that authority considers to be valid, then the Premises Licence Holder shall install an electronic noise limiter of a type to be agreed with the Environmental Health Officer.
The main control unit of the noise limiter (or a remote indicator and remote sound pickup microphone) shall be located at a location within the room where the live music is performed at a location to be agreed with the Environmental Health Officer. The noise limiter shall be wired to the Mains electricity supply to the amplifier(s) that is/are to be used in the licensed activity with the object and intent that the amplifier(s) shall be disabled in the event that the relevant noise levels are exceeded.
The trigger level for the noise limiter shall be set at a level to be agreed in writing with the Environmental Health Officer *. The noise limiter shall be retained thereafter and used at all times during a licensed live music activity. Once the limit has been set, the noise limiter shall be secured with a tamper-proof seal with a unique identification reference number. The Premises Licence Holder shall maintain a log book to record the date and time of all occasions when the tamper-proof seal is broken, by whom, the reason, and the unique reference number of the replacement seal(s).
The log book records shall be retained on the licensed premises for a minimum of 2 years and shall be made available for inspection immediately upon the request of an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority.
* the trigger level shall be set at a level such that noise emitted from the premises during the playing of live music does not exceed the following criteria: the 5-minute LAeq (EN) shall not exceed the LA90 (WEN) and the L10 (EN) shall not exceed the L90 (WEN) in any 1/3 octave band between 40 and 160Hz; where: EN = Entertainment noise level; WEN = Representative background noise level without the entertainment noise; both measured 1m from the façade of the nearest noise sensitive premises.
ANNEX 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY:
None applicable.