Walrus

Athenaeum Street, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2RH

Completed application 071389 which is a Change of Supervisor for Premises Licence from 15/02/2019 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the sale by retail of alcohol
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• provision of late night refreshment

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS (PREMISES LICENCE - ON & 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.

   

  The responsible person must 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 -

   

  (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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

   

  (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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

   

  (d)               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;

   

  (e)               dispensing alcohol directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of disability).

   

  2.               The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

   

  3.              (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.

   

  4.               The responsible person must 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;

   

  (b)              these measures are displayed in a menu, price list or other printed material which is available to customers on the premises; and

   

  (c)              where a customer does not in relation to a sale of alcohol specify the quantity of alcohol to be sold, the customer is made aware that these measures are available.

   

  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 -

   

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

   

  (c)              “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.

   

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  Steps that have been taken to promote the Four Licensing Objectives

   

  General

   

  1.              Staff training - all bar staff to complete National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders qualification

  2.              Incident book and refusals register available

   

  The Prevention of Crime and Disorder

   

  1.              Staff supervision and surveillance of premises, including regular checks of all public areas including toilets

  2.              Staff training on responsible retailing including refusal of service to intoxicated people

   

   

  Public Safety

   

  1.              Promotion of sensible drinking through use of BII responsible retailing of alcohol policy

  2.              Zero tolerance policy on drugs - posters to be on display

  3.              Regular glass and bottle collections by staff

   

  The Prevention of Public Nuisance

   

  1.              Regular removal of litter including cigarette ends from outside areas

  2.              Regular checks by staff of outside areas

   

  The Protection of Children from Harm

   

  1.              Promotion of ‘Challenge 21’ scheme

  2.              Robust proof of age provisions including acceptable ID to include photo drivers licence, passport or accredited photo ID card bearing the PASS hologram

  3.              No under 18’s allowed on premises after 09.30pm

   

   

  Conditions that have been agreed with The Police Licensing Authority

   

  The Prevention of Crime and Disorder

   

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

  2.              CCTV cameras to be kept clean and maintained at all time

  3.              Images will be retained for a minimum of 31 days

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

  5.              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

  6.              During trading hours, members of staff trained to view and download images from CCTV at request of police

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

   

   

  Conditions that have been agreed with The Environmental Health Authority

   

  1.              Signage requesting patrons to make as little noise as possible while using external areas shall be placed at the entrances and exits to the premises

  2.              Internal doors providing access to the premises shall be fitted with self-closures, and shall be maintained in good working order

  3.              Doors and windows to be kept shut during entertainment

  4.              To prevent entertainment being intrusive, noise emanating from the premises will not be clearly audible 1 metre from the facade of the nearest residential property

  5.              The Premises Licence Holder or nominated person will assess the impact of any noisy activities on neighbouring premises at the start of the activity/entertainment and periodically throughout the activity/entertainment and take any action to ensure compliance with existing licensing conditions

  6.              The Premises Licence Holder or nominated person shall ensure that exits will be manned at closing time to ensure that patrons leave the area quickly and quietly as possible

  7.              A written log will be kept of all noise complaints received and reference to any remedial action taken to control noise and other disturbance.  The written log will be kept on the premies at all times and be available for inspection by any responsible authority on request

  8.              The Premises Licence Holder or nominated person will be available at all times during regulated entertainment and who is responsible for the management, supervision and control of regulated entertainment or similar events, this person will be responsible for instructing performers on the restrictions and controls to be applied to ensure compliance with existing licensing conditions

   

   

• Annex 3 - Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority

   

  None

   

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  As Attached

   

Premises Plans

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