Warrington Borough CouncilLicensing Section

Warrington Fir Grove Hotel

Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2LD

Completed application 029635 which is a Vary Premises Licence (With Alcohol) for Premises Licence from 21/01/2009 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• 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
• provision of late night refreshment
• the sale by retail of alcohol
• 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

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  A)                CONDITIONS REPRODUCING THE EFFECT OF RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON THE USE OF THE PREMISES FOR THE EXISTING LICENSABLE ACTIVITIES (PARAGRAPH 6(8) OF SCHEDULE 8 TO THE LICENSING ACT 2003).

   

   

  1        Permitted Hours

  Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during the times the licence authorises the carrying out of licensable activities.

   

  The above restrictions do not prohibit:

   

  ()       consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the premises;

  ()       the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;

  ()       the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;

  ()       the sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of Members of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces;

  ()       the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or

  ()       the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by him at his own expense, or the consumption of alcohol by persons so supplied; or

  ()       the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to persons employed there for the purposes of the business carried on by the holder of the licence, or the consumption of alcohol so supplied, if the alcohol is supplied at the expense of their employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises.

   

  2.    Children in Bars

  No person under fourteen shall be in the bar of the premises during the permitted hours (set out in condition 1 above) unless one of the following applies:

   

  (1)   He is the child of the holder of the premises licence

  (2)   He resides in the premises, but is not employed there

  (3)   He is in the bar solely for the purpose of passing to or from some part of the premises, which is not a bar and to or from which there is no other convenient means of access or egress

  (4)   The bar is in railway refreshment rooms or other premises constructed, fitted and intended to be used bona fide for any purpose to which the holding of the licence is ancillary.

   

  In the condition “bar” includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the consumption of alcohol.  But an area is not a bar when it is usual for it to be, and it is, set apart for the service of table meals and alcohol is only sold or supplied to persons as an ancillary to their table meals.

   

   

  B)              CONDITIONS REPRODUCING THE EFFECT OF CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH THE RELEVANT EXISTING LICENCE HAD EFFECT (PARAGRAPH 6(6) OF SCHEDULE 8 TO THE LICENSING ACT 2003).

   

  PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE

   

  Permitted numbers

  The maximum number of persons permitted to use the Premises at any one time shall not exceed for all purposes 300 persons (100 Brindley Lounge and 200 Grappenhall Suite) or such lesser number of persons as the Premises can with ample safety, accommodate having regard to the nature of the entertainment provided.

   

  Permitted numbers for all purposes:-

  Brindley Lounge Suite  100

  Grappenhall Suite         200

   

  Additional conditions:

  Windows

  The Designated Premises supervisor shall ensure that all windows in the Grappenhall and Brindley Lounges are kept closed at all times whilst entertainment is taking place, except in the case of emergencies.

   

  JUSTICES' LICENCE

   

  Members of the public shall not be served or admitted to that part of the premises known as the cocktail lounge and dining room after normal permitted hours unless taking a substatial meal or attending a function in that part of the premises.

   

   

  C)    MANDATORY CONDITIONS UNDER THE LICENSING ACT 2003

   

  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.

   

   

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC NUISANCE

   

  Noise

  Any live or recorded music outside the building shall cease after 18.00 at all times; this will include any beer gardens or outside drinking area or car park.

   

  Any outside area that is used for the consumption of alcohol shall cease to be used after 22.00hrs at all times.

   

  All windows and doors to be kept closed when any amplified or unamplified music or voices are being played within the premises.

   

  The Premises License holder or their representative shall conduct regular assessments of the noise coming from the premises and shall take steps to reduce the level of noise where it is likely to cause disturbance to local residents.  A written record of those assessments and the remedial action taken shall be kept and will include the date, time of the checks and the name of the person carrying out the checks.  Details of the remedial action will also be recorded.

   

  There shall be placed at all exits of the premises in a place where they can be seen and easily read by the public [or members and their guests] notices requiring customers to leave the premises quickly and quietly.  This condition also extends to car parks where car radios and members of the public may cause disturbance to local residents.

   

   

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

   

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