BlackpoolLicensing Service

Scrooges Wine Bar

4 Milbourne Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 3ER

Completed application 062875 which is a Suspension Lifted (non-payment of ARF) for Premises Licence from 15/10/2015 to indefinite

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
• the sale by retail of alcohol
• an exhibition of a film

Additional Conditions

• Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions

   

  Alcohol

   

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

   

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

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

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

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

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

  g)              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

  h)              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              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.

   

                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.

   

  3              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.

   

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

   

  5              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.

   

  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 by 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 dependant on -

  i.              The outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or

  ii.              The likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;

   

  6              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).

   

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

   

  8              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. The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be under 18 year 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.

   

  9              The responsible person shall ensure that -

  a.              Where any of the following alcoholic drink 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: 25ml or 35ml; and

  iii. Still wine in a glass: 125ml; and

  b.              Customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.

   

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

   

  Exhibition of films

   

  11              Where the film classification body is specified in the licence, unless the following applies, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendations made by that body

   

  12              Where  -

   

  a)              The film classification body is not specified in the licence,

   

  or

   

  b)              The relevant licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this condition is applied to the film in question,

   

                Admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that licensing authority.

   

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  Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule

   

  1              The capacity of the premises is as follows:

               

                -              150 persons on the First Floor

                -              60 persons on the Second Floor

   

  2              Children are only allowed to attend the premises for private functions if accompanied by an adult up to 20.00 hours. Children will not be permitted in the bar area whilst the premises are open.

   

  3              A Challenge 21 policy is in place at the premises:

   

  Any person who looks or appears to be under the age of 21 shall be asked to provide identification that they are over the age of 18. The following are the only forms of identification acceptable:

   

  i.              UK photo driving licence

  ii.              Passport

  iii.              Proof of Age Standards Scheme Card

   

  4              All staff to have received suitable training in relation to the Challenge 21 proof of age scheme to be applied upon the premises. Records to evidence this will be made available to an authorised officer upon request.

   

  5              All customers will be asked to leave quietly at the end of permitted licensed hours. Signs are placed at the exit to remind customers.

   

  6              Noise from any regulated entertainment or mechanical ventilation shall be inaudible within the nearest sensitive properties or, at the discretion of the Local Authority, shall not exceed some other pre-agreed limit, which does not cause unreasonable disturbance to the residents of these properties or their guests.

   

  7              The volume of amplified sound used in connection with any regulated entertainment shall, at all times, be under the control of the licensee or management and the controlling mechanism shall be operated from a part of the premises inaccessible to the public.

   

  8              Vibration produced as a result of any regulated entertainment shall not be perceptible in any adjoining or nearby sensitive properties.

   

  9              All internal lobbied doors to any entrance / exit point, fire exit doors and external windows should be closed during hours of any regulated entertainment except in the case of an emergency, save for the purposes of access and egress.

   

  10              CCTV will monitor the premises 24 hours a day.

   

  11                            CCTV will be installed internally and externally at the premises and will comply with the following:

   

  a)              The CCTV system shall be installed, maintained and operated to the reasonable satisfaction of Lancashire Constabulary. All public areas of the premises are to be covered by the system. The system will incorporate a camera covering each of the entrance doors and will be capable of providing an image which is regarded as identification standard.

  b)              The system will display on any recording the correct time and date of the recording.

  c)              The system will make recordings during all hours the premises are open to the public.

  d)              VCR tapes or digital recording shall be held for a minimum of 31 days and 28 days respectively, after the recording is made and ill be made available to the Police or any authorised persons acting for Responsible Authority for inspection upon request.

  e)              The system will, as a minimum, record images of the head and shoulders of all persons entering the premises.

   

  12                            A staff member who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system will be on the premises at all times that the premises is open to the public. This staff member will be able to show police recent data or footage with the absolute minimum of delay when requested. This data or footage reproduction should be almost instantaneous.

   

  13                            Appropriate signage alerting customers to CCTV recording shall be displayed in conspicuous positions on the premises.

   

  14                            Bi-annual documented maintenance checks of the CCTV system, including the recording system will be undertaken by the Designated Premises Supervisor to ensure that the system is in good working order and fit for purpose.

   

  15              The local authority CCTV control room will be notified:

                a. On any occasion when the premises CCTV or radio system is inoperative, and

                b. When the CCTV or radio system has been brought back into use

   

  16              The Police licensing unit shall be notified on any occasion when the CCTV or radio system is to be inoperative for a period in excess of one working day and shall provide a certificate from a competent person stating the reason for the system being inoperative and the measures which have been taken to satisfy the licence conditions.

   

  17              A drugs prevention strategy for the venue shall be developed and applied. This strategy shall include arrangements for the location of posters and the distribution of other information relating to drugs risks, the dangers associated with drugs and the legal provisions relating to drug use.

   

  18              Security arrangements are sufficient to discourage the sale and consumption of drugs and shall ensure such arrangements include regular checks of toilet areas.

   

  19              Records of incidents involving the use and / or detection of drugs shall be maintained and those records shall be available for inspection.

   

  20              Confiscated and found drugs shall be stored, disposed, transferred in accordance with procedures agreed with the Lancashire Constabulary.

   

  21              The premises 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.

   

  22              There shall be no drinks promotions which would contravene the British Beer and Pub Association Standards for the Management of Responsible Drinks Promotions, including Happy Hours, or the Social Responsibility for the Production and Sale of Alcoholic Drinks in the UK.

   

  23              Another member of staff shall be nominated to act for the Designated Premises Supervisor, in their absence, whose identity is known by all other staff when such absence occurs.

   

  24              The Licence holder and DPS 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 doorstaff to enforce a 'no exit with a bottle' policy. No glasses are permitted to be taken outside.

   

  25              Exhibition of films will take place on the First Floor only.

   

  26              Staff are to be trained to deal with security matters and crowd control.

   

  27                            At least one personal licence holder will be available while the supply or sale of alcohol is being undertaken (whose identity will be known to all other staff engaged in the supply or sale of alcohol) except in the case of emergency.

   

  28                            Risk assessments carried out by or on behalf of the Licence holder which relate to a licensing objective will be available for inspection by an officer or a Responsible Authority.

   

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

   

  30              Functions which specifically target young people aged 17-18 years (for example birthday parties) will not be allowed to take place on the premises.

   

  31                            An incident book will be maintained, in which shall be recorded:
  
  (a) All incidents of crime and disorder
  (b) Refused sales to suspected under age / drunken persons
  (c) A record of any person refused admission or asked to leave the premises
  (d) Details of occasions upon which the Police are called to the premises
  (e) The use or discovery of drugs
  
  That book shall be available for inspection by a Police Officer or authorised person.

   

  32                            An adequate number of licensed door supervisors will be on duty as appropriate to any risk assessment, however on the following occasions at least one SIA registered member of door staff will be on duty from 22:00hrs until close:

   

  ·              Friday, Saturday and Sunday of every bank holiday weekend

  ·              Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve

  ·              When a private function takes place on the premises.

   

  33              No entertainment of an adult or sexual nature, no nudity or semi-nudity will be permitted in the 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 PL1334 / 1 / 3