BlackpoolLicensing Service

Guards Club

37e Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 9DG

Completed application 007153 which is a Variation Alongside Conversion for Premises Licence from 17/10/2005

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
• 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
• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions

   

  1              Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours.  Permitted hours means:

   

  a)              On Monday to Sunday 10.30 to 00.00 hours

  b)              At New Year, from 10.30 on New Year’s Eve to 00.00 hours on New Year's Day.

   

  The above restrictions do not prohibit:

   

  a)              During the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises;

  b)              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 ancillary to the meals;

  c)              Consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;

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

  e)              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;

  f)              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

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

   

  2              There shall be rules of the club for the election of members and a copy of such rules and any other rules shall be deposited with the Licensing Authority. Notices of any alterations in any of the rules shall be given to the Licensing Authority within 14 days.

   

  3              A list of the names and addresses of all members shall be kept on the premises and produced on demand for inspection by a constable in uniform.

   

  4              No person under fourteen shall be in the bar of the licensed premises during the permitted hours unless one of the following applies:

   

  a)              He is the child of the holder of the premises licence.

  b)              He resides in the premises, but is not employed there.

  c)              He is in the bar solely for the purpose of passing to or from some part of the premises that is not a bar and to or from some part of the premises where there is no other convenient means of access or egress.

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

   

                In this condition “bar” includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the consumption of intoxicating liquor.  However, 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.

   

  5              No supply of alcohol may be made under the 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.

   

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

   

  7              Any individual employed on the premises to carry out a security activity must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority.

   

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  Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule

   

  1              At New Year, the Premises Opening Hours and the Provision of Regulated Entertainment 'J' and 'K' are permitted from 10.30 on New Year’s Eve to 00.00 hours on New Year's Day.

   

  2              The Licence holder and the Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure that only toughened glass vessels are used to dispense beer to customers.

   

  3              The Licence holder and the Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure that the arrangement for the storage of empty bottles prevents unauthorised access to those bottles.

   

  4              The Licence holder and Designated Premises Supervisor shall nominate another person who will deputise for the Designated Premises Supervisor in that persons absence and shall ensure that the identity of the deputy is known by all other staff when such absence occurs.

   

  5              The Licence holder and the Designated Premises Supervisor shall erect and maintain signage (in a form approved by the licensing authority) on or adjacent to all staffed exits advising patrons of the street Drinking Order and the intention of door staff to enforce a 'no exit with a bottle' policy.

   

  6              The Licence holder and the Designated Premises Supervisor shall maintain a drinks pricing policy which complies with any Local Authority resolution made in accordance with approval from the Licensees Forum or any successor liaison body recognised by the Licensing Authority.

   

  7              Admission shall be restricted to members, members of their families and their guests and members of similar ex servicemen's clubs and  their families and guests.

   

  8              The Licence holder and the Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure that the maximum number of persons allowed onto the premises shall not exceed the capacity determined by the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service.

   

  9              The Licence holder and the Designated Premises Supervisor shall nominate another person who will deputise for the Designated Premises Supervisor in that persons absence and shall ensure that the identity of the deputy is known by all other staff when such absence occurs.

   

  10              Frequent collection of glasses and bottles will be undertaken to ensure that empty containers do not accumulate in or around the licensed premises.

   

  11              The Licensee shall ensure that the ventilation to the premises is maintained to satisfy the appropriate Building Regulations.

   

  12              The Licensee shall ensure free cold drinking water is available on request and shall have adequate supplies of chilled soft drinks and bottled water available for sale at the bar(s).

   

  13              The Licence holder shall erect and maintain in a prominent position at every exit a clear and conspicuous notice requesting patrons to avoid causing noise, nuisance or disturbance to local residents.

   

  14              The Licensee shall ensure that staff arriving before 09.00 hours or departing late at night when the business has ceased trading conduct themselves in such a manner to avoid disturbances to nearby residents.

   

  15              The Licensee shall submit to the Council an acoustic report prepared by a reputable noise consultant, which demonstrates how music and other amplified sound generated at the premises will be contained within the said premises, therby not causing a disturbance to neighboring premises.  The report shall have regard to any noise caused by any ventilation system and any likely escape of noise from the system, the opening of doors for patrons, acoustic characteristics of fire doors, windows, any flat roofs and the general fabric of the building.  Where sound transmission is likely through the structure of the building to one attached the report must show in detail how this will be eradicated.

   

  16              The Licensee shall ensure that cooking, noxious or persistant smells generated at the premises do not cause nuisance to nearby properties, and that the premises shall be adequately ventilated to the satisfaction of the Head of Environmental Services.

   

  17              Unaccompanied children will not be allowed upon the premises.

   

  18              Accompanied children will only be allowed to remain on the premises between the hours of 10.30 and 21.00 hours.

   

  19              No entertainment of an 'adult' or 'sexual' nature will take place upon the licensed premises.

   

  20              The Licence holder shall erect anmd maintain a sufficient number of signs at each bar or alcohol sales point informing customers that sales will not be made to persons under 18 years of age.

   

  21              Any restrictions imposed by the Licence holder, Designated Premises Supervisor and / or the terms of this licence will be prominently and clearly displayed at the entrance(s) to the licensed premises.

   

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

   

  Not applicable

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  Annex 4 - Plans

   

  See attached reference PL1203/1