Plymouth City CouncilLicensing Office

Next Retail Ltd

Unit 26 Drake Circus Shopping Mall, 1 Charles Street, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 1EA

Completed application 083231 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 15/10/2021 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS - OFF SALES

   

  No supply of alcohol may be made under this Premises Licence when there is no Designated Premises Supervisor in respect of the Premises Licence.

   

  No supply of alcohol may be made when the Designated Premises Supervisor does not hold a Personal Licence or his Personal Licence is suspended.

   

  Every supply of alcohol under this Premises Licence must be made or authorised by a Personal Licence holder.

   

  (1) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder must ensure that an age verification policy is adopted in respect of the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

   

  (2) The designated premises supervisor in relation to the premises licence must ensure that the supply of alcohol at the premises is carried on in accordance with the age verification policy.

   

  (3) 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 either -

   

  (a)               a holographic mark, or

  (b)               an ultraviolet feature.

   

  A relevant person 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 -

   

  (a) “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;

   

  (b) “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula P = D + (DxV) where:

   

                (i)   P is the permitted price

  (ii)  D is the amount 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;

   

         (c) “relevant person” means, in relation to a premises licence -

   

                (i)   the holder of the premises licence,

                (ii)  the designated premises supervisor (if any)

                (iii) the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of alcohol;

   

  (d) “relevant person” means, in relation to a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question; and

   

  (e) “Value Added Tax” means Value Added Tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994.

   

   

  3. Where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) would (apart from this paragraph) not be a whole number of pennies, the price given by that sub-paragraph shall be taken to be the price actually given by that sub-paragraph rounded up to the nearest penny.

   

  4. (1) Sub-paragraph (b) below applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) on a day (―the first day‖) would be different from the permitted price on the next day (―the second day‖) as a result of a change to the rate of duty or value added tax.

   

  (2) The permitted price which would apply on the first day applies to sales or supplies of alcohol which take place before the expiry of the period of 14 days beginning on the second day.

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  a) General - all four licensing objectives (b,c,d,e)

   

  This Company operates a retail business from the aforementioned premises, providing a range of goods and services, including the sale of alcohol (in the form of alcoholic gifts) for consumption off the premises.

  Sales of the alcoholic gifts are primarily concentrated during seasonal events such as Christmas & Mothers/Fathers Day but will also occur at other times throughout the year as appropriate.

  We operate a robust and well established training policy for all our staff, which includes information in relation to age related sales stock.

  Alcohol will never amount to more than 1% of the entire store’s stock.

  This information is provided to support the Application made by the Company and to demonstrate the Company’s commitment to supporting the licensing objectives.

   

   

  b) The prevention of crime and disorder

   

  This Company has adopted the following steps to ensure the prevention of crime and disorder and these measures are in place prior to this application being submitted.

  Staff training emphasises vigilance in monitoring customer activity to minimise general theft and public disorder. 

  The store operates a CCTV system which is used to monitor general activity within the store.  Store security is the responsibility of the Manager or delegated to a designated member of staff in the Manager’s absence.  All recordings are retained and kept for a minimum of 28 days and are accessible to a Police Officer upon request.

  Notices are displayed at the point of sale advising customers of the Company’s Policy in relation to age-related sales.

  Stocks of alcohol are stored in a section of the locked storeroom as shown on the plan submitted in support of this application.

   

  c) Public safety

   

  All stores have fire and smoke detection equipment.

  General staff training includes steps to ensure the safety of customers in and around the premises including evacuation in the event of a fire.

  Store design aims to ensure safe ingress and egress of customers.

   

  d) The prevention of public nuisance

   

  All staff are required to be diligent in monitoring activities in and around the premises and are instructed to report incidents to the designated member of staff responsible for security or the Store Manager.

  All staff are trained in respect of the requirement to refuse the sale of alcohol to an intoxicated customer. 

   

  e) The protection of children from harm

   

  The Company has a Policy in relation to underage sales in respect of alcohol and other age-restricted goods.  In relation to alcohol, this requires staff to challenge any person attempting to purchase alcohol who appears to be under the age of 25 and request proof of age where necessary.

  Employees are briefed on current recognised proof of age schemes and other forms of identification deemed to be acceptable as proof of age.

  The Company’s till system utilises an “electronic flag” on all age restricted products which triggers a prompt on the till reminding the operator to check the age of the purchaser when such products are scanned.

   

   

   

• ANNEX 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY

   

  Conditions yet to be entered.

   

• ANNEX 4

   

  Plans as attached

Premises Plans

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