Warrington Borough CouncilLicensing Section

Hop Pole

49 Horsemarket Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1TS

Completed application 024625 which is a Premises Licence (With Alcohol) Annual Fee Paid for Premises Licence from 19/12/2005 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• an exhibition of a film
• an indoor sporting event
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• entertainment facilities for making music
• entertainment facilities for dancing
• provision of late night refreshment
• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

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•   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.

  In this condition, permitted hours mean:

   

  The above restrictions do not prohibit:

   

  ()       during the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises;

  ()       during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises unless the alcohol is supplied or taken away in an open vessel;

  ()       during the first thirty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption as an ancillary to their meals;

  ()       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.

   

  1        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)    MANDATORY CONDITIONS

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

  ()       at a time when there is no designed 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

• Door Supervisors

   

  Where any Door Supervisors are used at the premises they shall be registered with the Security Industry Authority.

   

  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.

   

• CCTV

   

  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.

• No Customers apparently carrying open bottles upon entry will 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 externalarea provided for that purpose

• Noise

   

  There shall be placed at all exits from the premises prominent, clear and legible notices that can be easily read by the public requiring customers to leave the premises and the area quietly.

• conditions after hearing

   

  PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE

   

  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).

   

  1        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 100 persons

   

  Or such lesser number of persons as the Premises can with ample safety, accommodate having regard to the nature of the entertainment provided.

   

  2.  Public Entertainment Licence - Standard Conditions

  The Premises Licence is subject to all the standard conditions contained in the previous Public Entertainment Licence issued under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 as amended.

   

• Pubwatch

   

  The premises licence holder or their representative shall be an active member of the local pubwatch scheme.

Premises Plans

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