Agenda item

6.         Decision of the Sub-Committee

            The application is granted on the following terms and conditions.

            Licensable activities and times permitted:

            J: Supply of Alcohol – On the premises

            Monday 11:00 to 23:00

            Tuesday 11:00 to 23:00

            Wednesday 11:00 to 23:00

            Thursday 11:00 to 23:00

            Friday 11:00 to 23:00

            Saturday 11:00 to 23:00

            Sunday 11:00 to 23:00

L: Hours premises are open to the public

            Monday 07:00 to 23:20

            Tuesday 07:00 to 23:20

            Wednesday 07:00 to 23:20

            Thursday 07:00 to 23:20

            Friday 07:00 to 23:20

            Saturday 07:00 to 23:20

            Sunday 07:00 to 23:20

Mandatory conditions:

As provided in the Licensing Act 2003 and Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2010.

Subject to the alternative licence condition as contained in section 25A (2) of the Licensing Act 2003.

Conditions consistent with the operating schedule accompanying the application (M):

General – all four licensing objectives

1.    A bank of staff will be used for the purposes of serving alcohol in the bar. Staff will be trained regrading appropriate precautions to prevent the sale of alcohol to persons under the age of 18, the signs and symptoms of drunk persons and the refusal of sale due to intoxication. Records will be kept of such training which must be signed and dated by the member of staff who has received that training.

2.    All staff will receive refresher training every six months as a minimum and records are to be kept of this refresher training which should be signed and dated by the member of staff who received that training.

3.    In addition to their training a written test related to the training given will be conducted before the staff member is permitted to sell or authorise alcohol. The test will consist of a minimum of ten questions of which the pass rate is 80%. Anyone who fails to reach the prescribed pass rate will be retrained and re-tested. Anyone not attaining the pass rate will not be permitted to sell or authorise the sale of alcohol until the pass rate is attained.  There will be a minimum of two sets of questions to be used in the training which will be rotated upon each subsequent six month training session. All community bookings will be required to use trained staff from the bank and will not be permitted to sell alcohol on the premises on their own account.

4.    All training records will be made immediately available for inspection by Hampshire Constabulary and any responsible authority upon request. Training records will be kept for a minimum period of two years. Training records will be kept on the licensed premises to which they relate to.

The prevention of crime and disorder

5.    Continually engaging in an inappropriate fashion will lead to ejection from the premises and the right of access withdrawn. An incident book will be provided and maintained at the premises. It will remain on the premises at all times and will be available to Police or any responsible authority for inspection upon request. Any incidents that include physical altercation or disorder, physical ejection, injury, ID seizure of drug misuse will be recorded in the incident book. The entry is to include an account of the incident and the identity of all person(s) involved (or descriptions of those involved if identity is not known).  Should there be any physical interaction by members of staff and the public the entry will include what physical action occurred between each party. The entry shall be timed, dated and signed by the author. If the member of staff creating the entry has difficulties reading or writing then the entry may be written by another staff member. This should however be read back to the person creating the entry and counter signed by the person who wrote the entry.

6.    At the close of business on each day the incident book will be checked by the manager on duty where any entries will be reviewed and signed. If incidents have occurred the duty manager will de-brief door staff at the close of business. Should there be no incidents then this will also be recorded at the close of business. Should there be no incidents then this will also be recorded at the close of business in the incident book.

7.    The premises shall have sufficient cameras located within the premises to cover all public areas including outside of the premises covering the entrance and exit.  The system will be able to cope with strobe lighting (where used) and all levels of illumination throughout the premises as well as outside areas. CCTV warning signs to be fitted in public places. The CCTV system must be operating at all times whilst the premises are open for licensable activity. All equipment shall have a constant and accurate time and date generation. The recording system will be able to capture a minimum of 4 frames per second and all recorded footage must be securely retained for a minimum of 28 days. Records must be made on a weekly basis and kept for inspection to show that the system is functioning correctly and that data is being securely retained.

8.    The licence holder must be able to demonstrate that the CCTV system has measures to prevent recordings being tampered with, e.g. password protected. There shall be sufficient members of trained staff at the premises during operating hours to be able to provide viewable copies immediately to Police or any responsible authority on request when investigating allegations of offences or criminal activity.  Any images recovered must be in a viewable format on a disc. Footage supplied in a digital format on CD or DVD will also have a copy of the CCTV system software enable don the disc to allow playback. In the event of technical failure of the CCTV equipment the Premises Licence holder must report the failure to the Hampshire Western Police Licensing Unit within 24 hours.

9.    A written log shall be kept of all refusals including refusals to sell alcohol. The Premise Licence Holder shall ensure that the refusals log is checked, signed and dated on a weekly basis by the store manager/manageress.

10.  The refusals log will be kept and maintained at the premises and will be available for inspection immediately upon request by Hampshire Constabulary and any responsible authority.

11.  The record of refusals will be retained for 12 months.

Public Safety

12.  The premises must be subject to an ongoing maintenance schedule with regular checks of fire extinguishers, wiring and appliances.

The prevention of public nuisance

13.  Patrons will be excluded if found to be acting in an anti-social manner.

The protection of children from harm

14.  There will be a Challenge 25 policy operating at the premises. Challenge 25 means that the holder of the premises licence shall ensure that every individual, who visually appears to be under 25 years of age and is seeking to purchase or be supplied with alcohol at the premises, shall produce identification proving they are 18 years of age or older. Acceptable identification for the purpose of age verification will include a photo car driving licence, HM Forces ID card or photographic identification bearing the ‘PASS’ logo (Proof of Age Standard Scheme) and persons date of birth. If no acceptable means of identification is produced, no alcohol, sale or supply, can take place to or for that person and it shall be recorded in the refusals log. Signage will be prominently placed around the area advertising that it operates the ‘Challenge 25’ initiative.

Other conditions:

15.  Signage shall be displayed in prominent positions both within and outside the premises and in the two car parks located in Woodside Park to remind patrons of the need to respect local residents and to keep quiet when leaving the premises and in the immediate vicinity.

16.  Alcohol will not be permitted for consumption outside the licensable area which was highlighted in red on the plan attached to the application. The licensable area shall be clearly marked to patrons.