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15 - 17 Friars Gate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2RR

Completed application 037703 which is a Minor Variation of Premises Licence (With Alcohol) for Premises Licence from 15/11/2013 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• an indoor sporting event
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• provision of late night refreshment
• an exhibition of a film
• the supply of alcohol
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  Alcohol

  1.  That no supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence:-

  ()       at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises  licence, or

  ()       at a time when the designated premise supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended.

  That every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

   

  2. (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.

   

  3. 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).

   

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

   

  5. (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.

   

  6. 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.

   

  Door Supervision

  Only individuals licensed by the Security Industry Authority shall be used at the premises to guard against:

   

  ()       unauthorised access or occupation (e.g. through door supervision), or

  ()       outbreaks of disorder, or

  ()       damage

   

  Exhibition of films

  The admission of children under the age of 18 to film exhibitions permitted under the terms of this licence shall be restricted in accordance with any recommendations made by the British Board of Film Classification, where the film has been classified by that Board.

   

   

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  PREVENTION OF CRIME & DISORDER

   

  Door Supervisors

  Any person exercising a security activity (as defined by paragraph 2(1)(a) of schedule 2 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001) shall be licensed by the Security Industry Authority.

   

  Such a person will be employed at the premises at the discretion of the Designated Premise Supervisor/holder of the Premise Licence.

   

  Any person as defined in condition (1) will clearly display his name badge at all times whilst on duty.

   

  Where any person is employed on or about the Premises as a Door Supervisor the Premises Licence holder shall maintain a register in a form approved by the Licensing Authority showing in respect of each period of duty of that person:-

   

           the name, date of birth, badge or licence number and residential address of that person;

           the time at which he commenced the period of duty, with a signed acknowledgement by that person;

           the time at which he finished the period of duty, with a signed acknowledgement by that person;

           any time during the period of duty when he was not on duty; and

           if that person is not an employee of the Premises Licence Holder, the name of the person by whom that person is employed, or through whom the services of that person were engaged.

   

  The register shall be of hardback construction with consecutive numbered pages.

   

  The register shall be kept on the Premises at all times and shall be available for inspection by an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority or a Police Officer.

   

  The Premises Licence holder shall keep a log of all incidents that occur on the Premises.

   

   

  Door Supervisors

  Door supervisor staff are required to wear high visibility vests or jackets in yellow or orange with a SECURITY logo/marking at all times when operational to ensure that they are easily distinguished from the public.
  When staff are working inside the premises they may as an alternative wear a high visibility 'polo' shirt (i.e. with hi-vis stripes) or hi-vis vest in a colour other than black with the same logo/marking as the vests/jackets worn externally.

   

  Occupancy

  Permitted numbers shall be no more than 900 on ground floor and 400 on first floor, there shall be an approved method agreed to ensure that capacities between the two floors is monitored and the duty manager is capable of providing those figures on request.

   

  CCTV

  There shall be a CCTV system that complies with the Cheshire Constabulary CCTV Operational Requirements document (attached) and the images shall be made available on request to the police for crime prevention and detection purposes.

   

  Digital Recording CCTV systems record images onto a computer hard-drive. If such a system is installed it must incorporate a means of transferring images from the hard-drive to a format that can be used as evidence in Court. This can be achieved by transferring images to a Compact Recordable Disk or Digital Versatile Disk (CD-R or DVD-R).  CD-R and DVD-R are often referred to as a WORM medium (Write Once Read Many).

   

  The software required for viewing proprietary recorded formats must also be made available to the investigating officer, together with the recorded images so that the images can be replayed on a standard windows operating system.  It is therefore advisable that any replay software required is automatically copied onto the WORM recording to enable the correct viewing of the file.

   

  Where CCTV equipment is fitted, it shall be maintained in good working order in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and shall be operational at all times when a licensable activity takes place on the premises.

   

  A written record shall be kept of images that are recorded by CCTV and shall include details of the recording medium used, the time and date recording commenced and finished.  The record shall identify the person responsible for the recording and shall be signed by him/her.  Where the recording is on a removable medium (i.e. videotape, compact disc, flash card etc), a secure storage system to store those recording mediums shall be provided.

   

  The images recorded by the CCTV system shall be retained in unedited form for a period of not less than 31 days.

   

  Search Policy

  The Premise Licence Holder shall put in place a search policy to cover both drugs and weapons for the premises, which shall be to the satisfaction of Cheshire Constabulary.  The Premises Licence Holder or Designated Premises Supervisor shall then ensure that this search policy is complied with at all times when the premises are open for licensable activities.  Conspicuous notices advising customers of the search policy shall be displayed at all entrances to the premises.

   

  Dispersal Policy

  The Premises Licence Holder shall put in place a dispersal policy to deal with the dispersal of customers, which shall be to the satisfaction of Cheshire Constabulary. The Premises Licence Holder or the Designated Premises Supervisor shall then ensure that this policy is complied with at all times when the premises are open for licensable activities.

   

  Drink Promotions

  No sales promotions that encourage illegal, irresponsible or immoderate consumption shall be offered to customers.

   

  Pubwatch

  The Premises Licence Holder or Designated Premises Supervisor shall be an active member of the local pubwatch and radio scheme.

   

  Entry/Re-Entry

  A last entry/re-entry time of 03.30 shall be implemented.

   

  Terminal Hour

  The terminal hour for the sale/supply of alcohol shall be 4am.

   

  Striptease, Table Dancing and Similar Performances

  No persons under the age of 18 shall be allowed on the premises whilst theses types of performance are taking place.

  Performers shall be aged not less than 18 years and shall perform only on the stage area or to seated customers. No audience participation in a performance shall be permitted. During the performance, performers shall not (A) touch customers, (B) climb onto furniture, (C) simulate sex acts.  Notices setting out these restrictions shall be displayed at the premises.  Performers not currently performing shall not be in any public part of the premises in a state of undress.  There should be arrangements for restricted access to the dressing rooms used by the performers and such restricted access shall be maintained at all times until all performers using the dressing rooms have vacated the room.  Performers should at all times wear at least a G-string covering the genitalia, which shall not be removed during the performance.  The Premises Licence holder shall not permit a display outside the premise, photographs or other images, which indicate or suggest that striptease, table dancing or other similar performances take place at the premises. There shall be no physical contact between the performers and customers before, during or after the performance other than the placing of notes by the customers in a garter worn by the performer for that purpose.

   

   

  PUBLIC SAFETY

   

  Bottlebins

  The Premises Licence holder or Designated Premises Supervisor shall install within the public areas of the premises, a sufficient number of receptacles for the safe disposal of glass bottles by customers and staff.  These receptacles shall be maintained in good order and emptied on a regular basis.

   

  Containers

  With the exception only of drinks which are available solely in glass bottles, the Premise Licence holder or Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure that no drinks shall be sold from a bar or by staff service or otherwise to be consumed in or on the premises other than in a container made from non-splintering plastic, paper or shatterproof glass.

   

  No customers apparently carrying open bottles upon entry shall be admitted to the premises at any times the premises are open to the public.

   

  Alcoholic and other drinks may not be removed from the premises in open containers save for consumption in any external area provided for that purpose.

   

   

  PREVENTION OF PUBLIC NUISANCE

   

  Notices

  Where appropriate, prominent, clear and legible notices shall be displayed at all exits requesting the public to respect the needs of local residents and to leave the premises and area quietly.

   

  Noise

  Noise or vibration shall not emanate from the premises so as to cause nuisance to nearby properties.

   

   

  PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM HARM

   

  Films

  No films or videos of any description will be shown so that they can be viewed by persons under the age of applicable BBFC/Local Authority certification.

   

  Proof of Age Schemes - Challenge 21

  There shall be in place for the premises a written policy that employees challenge all persons purchasing alcohol who appear to be under 21 years of age.  That policy shall require any person who appears to be under the age of 21 years to produce a recognised proof of age card accredited under the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) or if a proof of age card is not available a photo driving licence, passport or accredited student card.

   

  Persons who appear to be under the age of 21 years shall be required to produce proof of age by way of a recognised proof of age card accredited under the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) or if a proof of age card is not available a photo driving licence, passport or accredited student card.

   

  The Premises Licence Holder Shall Install and maintain a membership marketing, identification and age verification system such as ID scan or similar.

   

  The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that all staff in a position to sell, serve or deliver alcohol shall attend a training course to a standard that satisfies Police and Local Authority Officers.

  The training shall be commenced within 21 days of an individuals employment start date.

  All staff, before being put in a position to sell or serve alcohol, shall receive interim training (whilst awaiting the commencement of formal training).

   

  The Premises Licence Holder shall improve training on Age Verification and deliver it to all staff (including Door Staff, Bar Staff and Glass Collectors) in order to reinforce the policy and make staff aware that the only forms of acceptable ID are a valid photo driving licence, a valid passport, a PASS approved card, H M Forces warrant card or other ID that has been authorised by the Police or other relevant authority at the time of use. This training is necessary to minimise the potential for under age individuals to gain entry and to be served.

   

  There shall be a personal licence holder on each bar throughout the premises, (with the exception of the small cocktail bar on the first floor), at all times when alcohol is being sold from the venue.

   

  Under 18's will be permitted on the premises to attend pre-booked private functions (with the exception of 18th birthday parties where all persons attending must have attained the age of 18) in the Balcony Bar on any day and the ground floor bar only on days when the premises are closed to the general public and must vacate the premises by midnight.

   

  Under 18's will also be permitted on the premises to attend organised bona-fide under-age events on any Sunday, Monday or Wednesday and must vacate the premises by 22.30.

   

   

   

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

   

  N/A

   

   

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