Plymouth City CouncilLicensing Office

Sams Bar

92 North Hill, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8EX

Completed application 029447 which is a Transfer Application for Premises Licence from 11/08/2011 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  1. The first condition is that no supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence: -

  (a) At a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises licence, or

  (b) At a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended.

   

  2. The second condition is that every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

   

     3.(1) 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.

  (2) 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.(1) 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.

   

  (2) 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

   

  Steps that have been taken to promote the Four Licensing Objectives

   

  General

  1.              Staff training

  2.              Promote drink awareness             

   

  The Prevention of Crime and Disorder

  1.              Measures to prevent binge drinking

  2.              Staff training in crime prevention

  3.              Regular checks by staff to be made of all public areas and toilets

   

  Public Safety

  1.              Promotion of sensible drinking

  2.              Fire safety procedures in place

   

  The Prevention of Pubic Nuisance

  1.              Limit noise emissions from the premises

  2.              Notice requesting customers to respect neighbours

  3.              Contractor to collect waste and bottles

   

  Conditions agreed with the Environmental Health Department

   

  Public Nuisance

  1.              Patrons will not be permitted to drink outdoors

  2.              Patrons will not be permitted to smoke at the front of the premises, and will be asked to move to a designated smoking area ( the rear car park)

   

  Conditions agreed with the Police Licensing Authority

   

  Prevention of Crime and Disorder

  1.              Whenever the Designated Premises Supervisor is not at the premises another responsible person will be nominated by the Designated Premise Supervisor as being the person to manage the premises

  2.              CCTV to be installed to comply with the ‘UK Police Requirements for Digital CCTV Systems’

  3.              CCTV to cover all areas to which the Public have access to and the outside areas of the premises

  4.              CCTV cameras to be kept clean and maintained at all times

  5.              CCTV images will be retained for a minimum of 31 days

  6.              The CCTV system will have the capability of downloading the images to a recognised format

  7.              A register will be kept detailing all requests by police for CCTV images.  This will include time and date of request, time, date and location of incident, time and date of hand on to Police

  8.              During trading hours, members of staff present who are trained to view and download images from CCTV at request of Police

  9.              The Police Licensing Department will be informed if the CCTV system is not working

  10.              A daily incident logbook detailing all incidents of note at the premises or in the immediate vicinity e.g. slips, accidents, entry refusals and incidents of disorder etc. The log will detail the date, time, type of incident, brief circumstances, action taken and person dealing.  The logbook will be made available for up to six months to the Police or any other responsible authority for inspection, if required.  All relevant incidents will be reported to the police at the earliest opportunity.

  11.              No open bottles glasses or other vessels will be permitted to be taken from the premises for consumption outside or elsewhere

  12.              Staff will be fully trained to recognise and refuse sale of alcohol to intoxicated persons.

  13.              A Zero tolerance drug policy will be adopted

  14.              There will be no accumulation of empty bottles and glasses within the public areas.

   

  Protection of Children from Harm

  1.              Any person who looks or appears to be under the age of 25 shall be asked to provide identification that they are over the age of 18.  The following are the only forms of identification acceptable:

  (UK photo driving licence)

  (Passport)

  2.              Notices obtained from Police publicising the Challenge 25 initiative shall be clearly displayed at the entrance to the premises and behind the bar area at all times

  3.              Regular and documented training of staff in relation to the prevention of under age sales

  4.              No person under the age of 18 shall be permitted entry to the premises after 21.00hrs

   

  There will be no adult entertainment at this premise

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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

   

   

  Conditions attached at the Committee Hearing of 29th September 2009

   

  A telephone number be made available to local residents, upon request

   

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  As Attached