Hawkins Meeting House

Buckwell Street, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2DA

Completed application 047405 which is a Suspension Lifted for Premises Licence from 05/01/2015 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• an exhibition of a film
• an indoor sporting event
• a performance of live 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
• entertainment facilities for making music
• entertainment facilities for dancing
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within entertainment facilities for making music or dancing
• the sale by retail of alcohol
• a performance of dance
• provision of late night refreshment
• any playing of recorded music

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.

   

  The Following Mandatory Conditions came into force on the 6th April 2010

  1.(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.

   

  2. 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).

   

  3. The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  The Following Mandatory Conditions shall come into force on the 01st October 2010

   

  4.(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.

   

  5. 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.

   

  Exhibition of films
   

  (1) Where a premises licence authorises the exhibition of films, the licence must include a condition requiring the admission of children to the exhibition of any film to be restricted in accordance with this section.
  

  (2) Where the film classification body is specified in the licence, unless subsection (3)(b) applies, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that body.
  

  (3) Where-
  

                (a) the film classification body is not specified in the licence, or

  (b) the relevant licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this subsection applies to the film in question,

  admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that licensing authority.
  

  (4) In this section-
  

                "children" means persons aged under 18; and

  "film classification body" means the person or persons designated as the authority under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 (c.39) (authority to determine suitability of video works for classification).

   

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  Steps that have been taken to promote the Four Licencing Objectives

   

  1.              A notice informing persons that they are entering a gay venue.

  2.              To discourage customers from congregating on the street as a smoking area is provided at the rear of building.

  3.              Staff training and monitoring.

  4.              Off sales only to be taken outside the premise.

  5.              All internal doors to be kept closed to contain the noise from the venue.

  6.              A decibel counter to be used to ensure amplified music is played at an acceptable level

  7.              A notice will be placed prominently at the exits asking customers to leave the area quietly.

   

  Conditions Agreed with the Police Licensing Department

  1.              Whenever the Designated Premises Supervisor is not at the premises another responsible person will be nominated by the Designated Premises 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 cameras to be kept clean and maintained at all times.

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

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

  6.              The premises shall be equipped with closed circuit television installed so as to cover all areas where approved adult entertainment will take place and will continually record during these performances

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

  11.              Police Officers will be afforded all possible assistance in the course of their investigations that relate directly to the premise.

  12.              Door Supervisors will be employed any day of the week that the premises remain open after midnight until close of business.

  13.              No open bottles or other vessels to be taken from the premises.

   

  Protection of Children from Harm

  14.              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]

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

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

  17.              On evenings where adult entertainment is taking place no person under the age of 18 years to be admitted to the premises during the entertainment or be present on the premises for a period of 2 hours prior to the start of the entertainment.

  18.              Definition of Adult Entertainment: - all references to striptease, nudity, lap dancing, pole dancing and entertainment of a similar nature shall be referred to in these conditions as approved adult entertainment.

  19.              The approved adult entertainment shall only be performed by the performers/entertainers and the audience shall not be permitted to participate.

  20.              There shall be no form of physical contact between customers and the performers during approved adult entertainment other than at when the performer introduces him/herself at the start of the performance and again at the conclusion of the performance.

  21.              A register of performers will be maintained on the premises, which will identify the responsible manager and the performers along with their days and hours of duty.

  22.              The proprietor/director of the company is to ensure that, prior to engagement, all performers for approved adult entertainment shall provide documents of proof that they are over 18 years of age.  Copies of such documents shall be retained on the performers file held at the premises.

  23.              Performers will wear a G-String or similar piece of clothing on the appropriate part of the body so that at no time they will reveal any part of their genitalia or anus.  Clothing shall be neither transparent nor removed.

  24.              The management of the premises shall be responsible for any prior advertising of performances held at the premises

  25.              No entertainment involving nudity or entertainment involving any sexual content will be visible from outside the premises.

  26.              There will be no external advertising or leafleting of the premises or any adult entertainment

  27.              Performers will stop immediately and move away from any customer who is offensive or attempts to touch them, and shall report such behaviour and any other inappropriate behaviour or breach of house rules to the management.

  28.              Performers will be required to read all the conditions of this licence and confirm by written record that they have understood and agreed the contents.

   

   

   

• Annex 3 - Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority(26TH MAY 2009)

   

  Special Condition 1

  A specific taxi operator is 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

   

  Special Condition 2.

  A telephone number is made available to residents upon request to enable residents to report any issues of concern to a nominated representative of the premises.

   

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  As Attached