Plymouth City CouncilLicensing Office

Western Crown Ltd

429a Crownhill Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 2LJ

Completed application 062457 which is a Suspension Lifted for Premises Licence from 22/06/2017 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• provision of late night refreshment
• 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

   

  The Prevention of Crime and Disorder

   

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

  2.              A digital CCTV system will be installed that covers all the areas both inside and outside to which the public have access within the boundaries of the premises.

  3.              CCTV will be maintained in good working order at all times and will include facial recognition at the entrance and exit points.

  4.              The CCTV images recorded will comply with Home Office guidance regarding quality of images and will be retained for 28days.

  5.              The CCTV system will be capable of being downloaded into a recognised viewable format.

  6.              At all times the premises are open for trade there will be a member of staff present who will immediately show images and download them in the viewable format upon request of any member of a responsible authority.

  7.              A written record shall be held of all requests for CCTV images and will include the time, date and requesting authority together with the time date and nature of the incident.  This record shall be produced on request to members of a responsible authority for a period of six months from the date of the incident.

  8.              A notice will be displayed at the entrance to the premises advising that CCTV system is not working properly.

   

  Public Safety

   

  1.              An incident book will be maintained containing details of the date, time, type of incident, brief circumstances, and the reporting person.  The log book will be available for inspection on request of the Police or any other responsible authority.

  2.              No open bottles, glasses or other vessels will be taken from the premises.

  3.              There will be a regular glass collection made in all areas of the premises with particular attention paid to the outside table area.

  4.              A good selection of soft drinks will also be sold at the premises.

  5.              Signs will be displayed requesting customers to leave the premises quietly and not to congregate outside the premises.

   

  The Prevention of Public Nuisance

   

  1.              The Designated Premises Supervisor or other nominated person shall ensure that exits will be manned at closing time to ensure that customers leave the area quickly and as quietly as possible.

  2.              Suitable signage will be positioned at exits to request the co-operation of customers, in particular to make as little noise as possible when leaving the premises.

  3.              A specific taxi operator has been nominated for staff and customers’ use.  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 will leave as quietly as possible, particularly at night and early in the morning.

   

  The Protection of Children from Harm

   

  1.              The premises will operate a Challenge 25 Policy

  2.              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

  PASS accredited cards

   

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

  4.              Regular training of staff will take place in relation to the prevention of underage sales, responsibility of staff in monitoring customers consumption of alcohol, selling alcohol to drunks and drugs awareness.

  5.              Documentation recording the time, subject and duration of training.  This will include the persons attending and the person delivering the training.  This documentation will be retained for a period of two years and produced for Police inspection on demand.

   

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

   

  Condition added at the Licensing Sub Committee meeting held on the 31st May 2011

   

  Between 9.00hrs and 22.30hrs patrons consuming alcohol in the external area must be seated at the tables and chairs provided by the premises licence holder.

   

  Conditions agreed with Environmental Health Authority

   

  Public Nuisance

  1.              No tables to be allocated to customers after 21.00hrs in the outside area, and the outside area must be cleared by 22.30hrs.

  2.              The outside area may be used as a designated smoking area only after 22.30hrs.

  3.              No outdoor furniture shall be used after 22.30hrs.

  4.              Management will control levels of noise in the outside area and advise customers of the need to respect local residents where appropriate.  Any patrons continuing to cause any disturbance or disorder will be asked to leave the premises.

  5.              After 22.30hrs the outside area must be supervised by staff to ensure patrons do not congregate.  Staff must ensure that patrons disperse back into the venue after smoking to prevent disturbance to neighbouring residential accommodation.

   

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  As Attached

   

Premises Plans

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