The Dome

Hoe Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2NZ

Completed application 086562 which is a Suspension after Non-Payment of Annual Fee/Levy for Premises Licence from 14/06/2022 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• entertainment facilities for dancing
• provision of late night refreshment
• the sale by retail 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

   

  Steps taken to promote the Four Licensing Objectives

   

  1.              All first floor areas will not allow any entrance to members of the public after 23.00hrs (22.30hrs on a Sunday)

  2.              Final drinks orders for the first floor will be at 23.00hrs (for those dining with us it will be at 00.00hrs)

  3.              The latest possible bookings for first floor areas will be 22.00hrs

  4.              There will be no dance floor facilities on the first floor at all

  5.              Customers will not be allowed to move between the ground floor or first floor (except where an emergency requires)

  6.              Admittance to the ground floor area will not be for members of the general public

  7.              Admittance to the ground floor area will be for ‘Pre-bookings’ only

  8.              Pre-bookings for the ground floor will be made in advance and must be confirmed in advance (no later than 48hrs)

  9.              Pre-bookings will be ‘checked in’ to ensure no members of the general public enter

  10. The entire site will be covered by air conditioning units in the ‘cavern area’ of the property, this will allow all windows/doors to be closed at all times stopping all noise pollution.

  11. ‘Management Walk Arounds’ at 00.00hrs will be made every night live music is being played past 00.00hrs, these ‘Walk Arounds’ will be made from 100m outside the building and will require the on duty manager to decide if there is a likelihood of disturbance.

   

  The Prevention of Crime and Disorder

   

  1. All staff will be fully trained to perform their role. They will also be fully trained in the contents of the operating schedule, the mandatory conditions and all other conditions attached to the premises licence The training will be repeated at least every 4 months

  2. The training will be recorded in documentary form that will be available for inspection on request by a member of a relevant authority. The records will be retained for at least 12 months

  3. All staff shall be trained in the requirements of the Challenge 25 policy, the identification of inebriated people and the correct procedure to be followed when refusing service

  4. The training will be documented and repeated at least every four months. The training register will be retained for at least 12 months and be available for inspection on request of any member of a relevant authority

  5. The premises licence holder will ensure that a CCTV system which is fully compliant with the guidance contained in the Information commissioners regarding installation of CCTV

  6. Images will be retained for a minimum of 31 days

  7. The system will be capable of downloading images in a recognisable viewable format

  8. At all times the premises are open for business a member of staff will be present who is capable of operating the system and downloading images at the request of police or a member of a responsible authority

  9. The CCTV system will be capable of obtaining a clear head and shoulders image of every person entering or leaving the premises

  10. The police licensing department will be informed of any periods when the system is inoperative

   

  Prevention of Public Nuisance

   

  1.              Doors and windows will be kept shut during live or regulated entertainment. 

  2.              The windows and other exit doors will be acoustically glazed or suitably insulated to minimize noise breakout from the premises. 

  3.              The exit door(s) to the Ground Floor and First Floor will be fitted with a suitably constructed lobby to minimize noise breakout.

  4.              The Licence Holder or nominated person will ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable that lobby doors are not open at the same time during live or regulated entertainment.

  5.              The Licence Holder or nominated person will check prior to the commencement of entertainment and periodically during the entertainment that all windows and doors are shut.

  6.              No amplified live music will be permitted before midday and after midnight.

   

  7.              Before 23:00hours

  To prevent entertainment being intrusive, noise emanating from the premises will not be clearly audible 1 metre from the façade of the nearest residential property.

   

  8.              Between 23:00 hours and 00:00hours

                To prevent entertainment being intrusive, noise emanating from the property will not be clearly distinguishable above other noise 1 metre from the façade of the nearest residential property.

   

  9.              Between 00:00 hours and 02:00 hours

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

   

  10.              A senior member of staff will be nominated each day as the person responsible for the management, supervision and control of regulated entertainment or similar events, including live and recorded music.  The person will be responsible for instructing performers on the restrictions and controls to be applied. 

  11.              The Licence Holder or nominated person 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. 

  12.              The handling of kegs, bottles, cleaning equipment, bottle disposal and similar items will not take place beyond 23:00 or before 08:00 hours when the noise generated could cause a nuisance particularly outside the buildings.

  13.              The delivery of goods is restricted to the normal working day.

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

   

  There will be no adult entertainment at this premise.

   

   

   

   

   

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

   

  None.

   

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  As Attached

   

Premises Plans

• - Page 1 of 1