Plymouth City CouncilLicensing Office

Stopford Arms

172 Devonport Road, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5RE

Premises Licence PA0344 from from 22/12/2011 to 21/05/2013

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• an exhibition of a film
• an indoor sporting event
• provision of late night refreshment
• sale and supply 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.

   

  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

   

  A              Conditions imposed by the Environmental Health Representative

   

  The Prevention of Public Nuisance

   

  1.              Live music, Karaoke, DJ and other similar entertainment using amplified voice will cease at; 23.00hrs Monday to Sunday,

  after which time ancillary recorded music only will be played until closing

   

  2.              The door leading to the beer garden directly from the bar area will not be used during live music, karaoke, DJ and other similar entertainment using amplification.  Patrons will use the alternative door through the corridor (except in an emergency)

  3.              Doors and windows will be kept shut during entertainment

  4.              Staff will check prior to entertainment, and periodically during the entertainment, that all windows and doors are shut

  5.              A senior member of staff (manager) will assess the impact of any noisy activities on neighbouring residential premises at the start of the activity/entertainment and periodically throughout the activity/entertainment

  6.              Management will control the sound levels of the music/entertainment

  7.              Between 23.00hrs and midnight

  To prevent entertainment being intrusive, noise emanating from the premises will not be clearly distinguishable above other noise one metre from the façade of the nearest residential property

  8.              Between midnight and Closing Time

  Noise emanating from the premises will not be distinguishable above background levels one metre from the façade of the nearest residential property.

  9.              Provision of mechanical ventilation and extraction equipment will not allow noise breakout from then premises or cause a nuisance by its operation

   

  Public Safety

   

  1.              During live music, karaoke, DJ and other similar entertainment using amplification, when windows and doors will be kept closed to prevent noise outbreak, the air quality will be regularly monitored.  Where problems are noted, entertainment will be paused, and remedial action will be taken to ventilate the area.

   

   

  B              Steps taken to promote the four licensing objectives

   

  1.              Staff will be trained on the requirements of the Licensing Act 2003 when they are recruited and given training in “drugs awareness” as part of their induction.

  2.              The Designated Premises Supervisor will be a member of a local Pubwatch scheme so long as it exists.

  3.              Live music will be staged in the bar only

  4.              All windows will be kept closed after 23.00

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

  6.              Photographic proof of age will be required to be shown by anyone seeking to purchase alcohol that appears to be under 18 years of age.

   

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

   

                Conditions added at the Licensing Sub Committee meeting held on 16 August 2005

   

  1.  All live music or similar entertainment using amplified voice will cease at 23.00hrs every day other than New Years Eve when it will cease at 00.30hrs New Years Day

  2.  All activity will cease in all garden areas at 23.00hrs every day

   

   

  Conditions added at the Licensing Sub Committee meeting for a Review of the licence held on 6 September 2011

   

  The resolution was to exclude the following licensable activities:

   

  1. (E) Performance of live music (indoors)

      (F) Playing of recorded music (indoors)

      (H) Entertainment of a similar description of that falling within (E) or (F) (indoors)

      (I) Provision of facilities for making music (indoors)

   

  2.              Remove the DPS

   

  3.              Modify the conditions of the licence with the addition of the following condition:

   

  There is to be regular monitoring of noise levels in the smoking area to prevent noise from patrons disturbing local residents

   

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  As Attached