BlackpoolLicensing Service

Washington

Topping Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 3AF

Completed application 083864 which is a Minor Variation for Premises Licence from 30/10/2020 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• any playing of recorded music
• the supply of alcohol
• a performance of live 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
• provision of late night refreshment

Additional Conditions

• Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions

   

  1              Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours as stated. Non standard hours are as follows:

   

  a)              On the Friday to Monday of the Easter, May, Spring and August Bank Holidays an additional hour is permitted

  b)              On Christmas Eve to Boxing Day an additional hour is permitted

  c)              On New Year's Day an additional hour is permitted

  d)              On New Year’s Eve permitted hours extend from the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day.

   

                The above restrictions do not prohibit:

   

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

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

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

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

  e)              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

  f)              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 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.

   

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

   

  4              (1) The responsible person must 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 -

   

  (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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

   

  (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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

   

  (d) 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;

   

  (e) dispensing alcohol directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of disability).

   

  5              The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  6               (1) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder must ensure that an age verification policy is adopted in respect of the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

  (2) The designated premises supervisor in relation to the premises licence must ensure that the supply of alcohol at the premises is carried on in accordance with the age verification policy.

  (3) 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 either a holographic mark, or an ultraviolet feature.

   

  7               The responsible person must ensure that -

   

  (a) where any of the following alcoholic drinks are 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;

   

  (b) these measures are displayed in a menu, price list or other printed material which is available to customers on the premises; and

   

  (c) where a customer does not in relation to a sale of alcohol specify the quantity of alcohol to be sold, the customer is made aware that these measures are available.

   

  8              (1) A relevant person shall ensure that no alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on or off the premises for a price which is less than the permitted price.

   

                (2) In this condition:-

  a.              “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula P = D + (D x V), where-

  i.              P is the permitted price,

  ii.              D is the amount of duty chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the duty were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol, and

  iii.              V is the rate of value added tax chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the value added tax were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol;

  b.              “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;

  c.              “relevant person” means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a premises licence-

  i.              the holder of the premises licence,

  ii.              the designated premises supervisor (if any) in respect of such a licence, or

  iii.              the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of alcohol under such a licence;

  d.              “relevant person” means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question; and

  e.              “value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994.

   

                (3) Where the permitted price would not be a whole number of pennies, the permitted price shall be taken to be the price rounded up to the nearest penny.

   

                (4) Where the permitted price on a day (“the first day”) would be different from the permitted price on the next day (“the second day”) as a result of a change to the rate of duty or value added tax, the permitted price which would apply on the first day applies to sales or supplies of alcohol which take place before the expiry of the period of 14 days beginning on the second day.

   

  9              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              The non-standard timings permitted for the provision of Late Night Refreshment, Regulated Entertainment and Opening Hours are:

   

  a)              On the Friday to Monday of the Easter, May, Spring and August Bank Holidays an additional hour is permitted

  b)              On Christmas Eve to Boxing Day an additional hour is permitted

  c)              On New Year's Day an additional hour is permitted

   

  2              Additional training will be given to all house managers on dealing with illegal activities and aggressive customers.

   

  3              The premises will join the Pubwatch scheme.

   

  4              A sensible drinking policy and training is in place, relating to restrictions on discounting and promotions, sale to under 18's and drunks.

   

  5              Additional training is provided on communicating with customers when service is refused for no proof of ID and when service is refused for drunkenness.

   

  6              External lighting of car parks and walkways.

   

  7              Noise attenuation measures to be used.

   

  8              No external drinking after 23.00 hours.

   

  9              Delivery and collection times not to be changed.

   

  10              Regulated entertainment (excluding recorded music) to end at 23.00 hours.

   

  11              No external regulated entertainment permitted.

   

  12              External background music to be turned off at 21.00 hours.

   

  13              Signs requesting patrons to leave quietly to be displayed on the premises.

   

  14              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.

   

  15              All externally opening doors and windows are to remain in a closed position during performances of regulated entertainment save for customer access and egress.

   

  16              Mechanical ventilation systems should be fitted to ensure that sufficient ventilation exists, which will prevent the need for doors / windows to be opened.

   

  17              Noise from any Regulated Entertainment shall be inaudible within the nearest sensitive properties.

   

  18              Additional patrols will take place by members of staff, internally and externally, to limit any noise pollution when entertainment is offered within the premises.

   

  19              No under 18's to be allowed on site after 21.00 hours.

   

  20              Audited proof of age scheme to be in place.

   

  21              All training documents and notices must be consistent in their reference to Challenge 25.

   

  22              All staff to have received suitable training in relation to the Proof of Age scheme to be applied upon the premises.  Records to evidence this will be made available to an authorised officer upon request.

   

  23              Daily sheets relating to underage sales must be signed by all staff before starting work.

   

  24              All training documents must refer to the licensing objective 'The Prevention of Children from Harm' and to harm arising to children. An annual training event must take place on the premises relating to the Protection of Children From Harm.

   

  25              A minimum of 1 door staff must be employed on Fridays and Saturdays from 8pm (and at other times by Risk Assessment) until closing time and the southern door (on Topping Street) must be used for entry only.

   

  26              Representatives from the door staff company used by the premises must be invited to attend staff meetings.

   

  27              All instances of Crime and Disorder will be reported to the police and will be kept in an incident log book.

   

  28              Appropriate measures will be taken to ensure staff prevent the removal of bottles or glasses from the curtilage of the licensed premises.

   

  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              Security arrangements are sufficient to discourage the sale and consumption of drugs and shall ensure arrangements include regular checks in the toilet areas for evidence of drugs use.

   

  31              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 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 will be made available to the Police or any authorised person acting for a 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.

   

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

   

  1              The Deansgate entrance to be an emergency exit secured by a smash glass alarmed door (or other system approved by Lancashire Fire and Rescue).

   

  2              Challenge 25 posters to be displayed in prominent positions throughout the premises.

   

  3              Door staff to be employed on a Friday and Saturday evening from 2000 until closing time.

   

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  Annex 4 - Plans

   

  See attached reference PL1361 / 1 / 2