Melbourne Inn

224 Cecil Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5HP

Completed application 092344 which is a Request for Removal of Premises Supervisor for Premises Licence from 25/09/2023 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• 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
• sale and supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS (PREMISES LICENCE - ON & OFF SALES)

   

  All supplies of alcohol

   

  1. No supply of alcohol may be made under this 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. Every supply of alcohol under the Premises Licence must be made or authorised          by a Person who holds a Personal Licence.

   

  Irresponsible drinks promotions

   

  1.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.

   

  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 -

   

  (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).

   

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

   

  Age verification policy

   

  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.

   

  Alcoholic drink measures

   

  1. 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.

   

  Permitted price

   

  1. 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.

   

  2. For the purposes of this condition -

   

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

   

  (b)              “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.

   

  3. Where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) would (apart from this paragraph) not be a whole number of pennies, the price given by that sub-paragraph shall be taken to be the price actually given by that sub-paragraph rounded up to the nearest penny.

   

  4. (1) Sub-paragraph (b) below applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) on a day (―the first day‖) would be different from the permitted price on the next day (―the second day‖) as a result of a change to the rate of duty or value added tax.

  (2) The permitted price which would apply on the first day applies to sales or supplies of alcohol which take place before the expiry of the period of 14 days beginning on the second day.

   

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  Conditions agreed with The Environmental Authority

   

  1.              A senior member of staff (manager) 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 action to reduce noise levels if they are found to be excessive/distinguishable above background levels at the nearest residential property

  2.              Before 23.00hrs

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

  3.              Between 23.00hrs and 01.00hrs

  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

  4.              To prevent entertainment being intrusive, noise emanating from the premises will not be clearly distinguishable in residential dwellings

   

  Conditions added at Minor Variation of 27.04.2016

   

  General

  ·              All staff shall be fully trained to perform their role. They will also be trained in the contents of the premises licence including times of operation, licensable activities and all conditions

  ·              Training shall be recorded in documentary form that will be available for inspection at the request at all reasonable times by an authorised officer from a relevant responsible authority. The records will be retained for at least 12months.

  ·              Any person managing or supervising staff in the sale of alcohol or other licensable activity in the absence of the DPS shall be the holder of a personal licence obtained from a nationally recognised body

  ·              All staff shall be trained in the requirements of the Challenge  25 policy

  ·              An incident book shall be maintained to record any activity of a violent, criminal or anti-social nature. The record will contain the time and date, the nature of the incident, the people involved, the action taken and details of the person responsible for the management of the premises at the time of the incident.

  ·              An incident book shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times by an authorised officer of relevant responsible authority. The records will be retained for at least 12 months.

  ·              All staff shall be suitably trained in the operating procedures for refusing service to any person who is drunk or is under-age or appears to be under-age.

  CCTV

  ·              The Premises Licence Holder will ensure that a CCTV system is fully compliant with the guidance contained in the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance document (www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk) regarding installation of CCTV is provided at the premises.

  ·              The CCTV equipment shall be maintained in good working order and continually record when licensable activity takes place and for a period of two hours afterwards.

  ·              The CCTV system shall cover all areas of the premises to which the public have access including any outside areas.

  ·              Images shall be retained for a minimum of 28 days

  ·              The CCTV system shall be capable of downloading images to a recognizable viewable format.

  ·              At all times the premises are open for business a member of staff shall be present who is capable of operating the CCTV system and downloading images at the request of police or other authorised officer.

  ·              The CCTV system shall be capable of obtaining clear facial recognition images and a clear head and shoulders image of every person entering or leaving the premises.

  ·              If the CCTV equipment (Including any mobile units in use at the premises) breaks down the Premises Licence Holder shall ensure the Designated Premises Supervisor, or in his/her absence other responsible person, verbally informs the Licensing Authority and the Police as soon as is reasonably practicable. This information shall be contemporaneously recorded in the incident report register and shall include the time, date and means this was done and to whom the information was reported.  Equipment failures shall be repaired or replaced as soon as is reasonably practicable and without undue delay. The Licensing Authority and the Police shall be informed when faults are rectified.

   

  Prevention of Crime and Disorder

  ·              The collection of glasses and bottles shall be undertaken at regular intervals to ensure there is no build-up of empties in and around the premises.

  ·              All drinks shall be served in toughened glass or polycarbonate containers

  ·              No customers carrying open or sealed bottles cans or other receptacles containing alcoholic liquor shall be admitted to the premises at any time that the premises are open to the public

  ·              Bottle bins shall be provided at the exit doors and staff shall not allow any glass or open bottle to be taken outside the licensed area inside the premises.

  ·              The Premises Licence Holder and/or Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure that any outside area in the immediate vicinity of the premises used by patrons for smoking will be controlled in a safe and effective manner to the same standard operated within the premises building and will pay special attention to the impact that the use of the outside area  has on the surrounding community.

  ·              The Premises Licence Holder or nominated person shall provide a written drugs policy detailing the actions to be undertaken to minimize the opportunity to use or supply illegal substances within the premises

  ·              The Premises Licence Holder or nominated person shall ensure that a clearly visible notice is displayed advising those attending, that the Police will be informed if anyone is found in possession of controlled substances or weapons.

  ·              The Premises Licence Holder or nominated person shall ensure that security arrangements are in place where toilet areas and other similar areas are regularly checked for evidence of drugs. The date and times of all checks to be recorded in a bound book kept for that purpose and be available on request from an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority or a police constable.

  ·              Signage shall also be placed in the toilet areas advising patrons that checks are conducted regularly.

  ·              The Premises License Holder or nominated person shall erect and maintain suitable and sufficient conspicuous signage at the entrance to the premises advising patrons that causing any disturbance or disorder will result in admission being refused.

  ·              The Premises License Holder or nominated person shall 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.

  ·              One-off Events

  ·              The Organiser shall appoint a suitably qualified and experienced noise control consultant approved by the Council through an authorised officer of the Public Protection Service no later than 4weeks prior to the event. The noise control consultant shall liaise between all parties including the promoter and sound engineer and the licensing authority etc on all matters relating to noise control prior to and during the event. The consultant must be experienced in noise propagation and control, particularly from music events.

  Protection of Children from harm

  ·              The Premises Licence Holder or Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure that all bar staff, supervisors and managers are trained in the legality and procedure of alcohol sales, using the SWERCOTS on-line training pack or equivalent, prior to undertaking the sale of alcohol and then at least every six months. 

  ·              Training shall be signed and documented and training records will be kept on the premises and be made available to an enforcement officer on request. The documentation relating to training should extend back to a period of three years and should specify the time, date and details of the persons both providing the training and receiving the training.

  ·              The Premises License Holder or Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure a sales refusal register is maintained to include details of all alcohol sales refused and the reason for refusal.  The refusals register should be made available to an authorized enforcement officer on request.

  ·              Unaccompanied children (under 18) will not be allowed upon the premises.

  ·              The Licence Holder or Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure that new, bar staff, supervisors and managers receive induction in the legality and procedure of alcohol sales, prior to undertaking the sale of alcohol.  Training shall be signed and documented and training records be made available to an enforcement officer on request.

   

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

   

  rEVIEW OF LICENCE BY THE POLICE ON 19TH JANUARY 2010

   

  The conditions that were added at this committee have been removed as they have now been superceded by the conditions of the Minor Variation of April 2016 in Annex 2.

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  As Attached

   

Premises Plans

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