Plymouth City CouncilLicensing Office

Meze Grill

Sutton Wharf, Barbican, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 0DW

Completed application 054747 which is a Suspension Lifted for Premises Licence from 13/06/2012 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

   

  Variation of this licence on 14 May 2012 to:

   

                       Supply alcohol to the external seating area and will be by waiter/waitress service only and ancillary to the consumption of substantial food at the tables by the majority of the party.

                       Patrons consuming alcohol in the external area must be seated at the tables and seats provided, subject to being part of a party consuming a substantial meal.

                       Number of tables in the outside area restricted to a maximum of 5 tables each with 4 chairs. (external capacity of 20 covers)

                       No tables to be allocated to customers as of 20.30 hours in the outside seating area, and the outside area to be cleared no later than 22.00hrs.

   

   

  Steps taken to promote the four licensing objectives

   

  General

  1.              Staff banned from drinking on duty

  2.              Participation in Pubs against Drugs Scheme

  3.              Drugs warning notices on display

  4.              Zero tolerance to drugs use and dealing

  5.              Support for Exclusion Orders imposed by courts

  6.              Dress code for staff

  7.              Availability of soft drinks, non-alcoholic and/or low alcohol beverages at all times

  8.              Food available

   

  Prevention of Crime and Disorder

  1.              Pro- active policy against ‘binge’ drinking

  2.              Zero tolerance to offensive conduct

  3.              Regular glass collection

   

  Public Safety

  1.              Air conditioning

  2.              Adequate toilet facilities to at least minimum hygiene standards

  3.              Facilities for disabled

  4.              Staff assistance for disabled

  5.              Occupancy 150

   

  The Prevention of Public Nuisance

  1.              Overriding control of level of sound from

  a)              amplified music

  b)              live music

  2.              Sound containment measures

  3.              Nominated staff to deal with complaints from neighbours

  4.              ‘Open door’ policy towards neighbours

  5.              The outside area will be actively monitored by a designated member of staff

  6.              Awareness of ‘sensitive’ and local residential properties

   

  Protection of Children from Harm

   

  1.              No entry to anyone under 16 yrs of age unless accompanied by an adult

  2.              No consumption of alcohol by anyone under18yrs of age permitted

   

   

  Conditions agreed with the Police Licensing Authority

   

  1.              No open bottles or other drinking vessels to be taken from the premises unless by waitress service to seated customers in a designated external seating area

  2.              All staff and managers will be made aware of the conditions attached to the licence

  3.              At all times the premises is trading a personal licence holder will be present and responsible for managing the premises

  4.              CCTV to be installed to comply with the ‘UK Police requirements for Digital CCTV systems’

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

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

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

  8.              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

  9.              During trading hours, there will be members of staff present who are trained to view and download images from CCTV at request of the police

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

  11.              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 Police or any other responsible authority for inspection if required.  All relevant incidents will be reported to the police at the earliest opportunity.

  12.              No irresponsible drinks promotions or all inclusives

  13.              Any person who looks or appears to be under the age of 21 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

                PASS accredited cards

   

  14.              Notices publicising the Challenge 21 initiative shall be clearly displayed at the entrance to the premises and behind the bar area at all times

  15.              All staff to receive documented training on induction and at least every six months in the prevention of under aged sales, drug awareness, assessment of customers alcohol consumption and consumption and the prevention of alcohol sales to drunks

  16. Details including name or description of all persons banned for misbehaviour within or in vicinity of premises to be kept in a register that is available to responsible authorities upon request

  17.              Any glass drinking vessels will be made from toughened or safety glass

   

• ANNEX 3 Conditions attached after a REVIEW hearing by the licensing authority

   

  Licensing Sub Committee Hearing of 24th November 2009 as agreed with The Environmental Health Department

   

  1.              Suitable signage will be displayed at the exit to request the cooperation of patrons, in particular to make as little noise as possible when leaving the premises

  2.              Patrons will be asked not to stand around talking in the street outside the premises or any car park and asked to drive away as quickly and as quietly as possible.  This is to include patrons who go outside to smoke.

  3.              Management will maintain control of the outside area and will take full responsibility for the noise caused by their patrons whilst outside the premises, whether this be for the purposes of smoking or any other activity

  4.              If chairs and tables are to be provided outside the premises any alcohol served to them is to be as part of a meal only

  5.              The deliveries of goods are restricted to after 08.00hrs and before 20.00hrs

  6.              The movement of bins and rubbish outside the premises will not take place after 23.00hrs

  7.              All rubbish produced by the premises will be stored securely in a designated area or in a bin with a tight fitting/lockable lid

  8.              All commercial waste collection will be arranged for after 08.00hrs

  9.              Where plant and machinery such as ventilation systems or air conditioning is installed it will be positioned in such a way that the building structure provides as much screening as possible for nearby noise sensitive properties.  Additionally, any new system to be installed will be approved by the public protection services prior to installation and control measures such as acoustic enclosures, acoustic louvers, silencers or additional acoustic screening will be considered

  10.              Patrons will not take drinks outside after 20.00hrs whilst smoking outside the premises

  11.              Regular maintenance will be carried out on all plant and machinery to ensure that noise disturbance from such sources does not cause a nuisance

  12.              All staff receive suitable training as to what to do in an emergency and in general safety precautions

  13.              Ventilation equipment will be regularly cleaned and maintained to control levels of odour generated by the premises

  14.              A specific taxi operator be nominated for staff and customers use.  The company’s telephone number is advertised to customers.  The operator and all drivers are aware that they should arrive and depart as quietly as possible, should not sound vehicle horns as a signal of their arrival or leave engines idling unnecessarily.  In addition, staff are required to leave as quietly as possible, particularly at night and early in the morning

  15.              The handling of beer kegs, bottles and other similar items will not take place in the late evening, at night and during the early morning outside buildings

   

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  As Attached