BlackpoolLicensing Service

Abingdon Street Market

16-20 Abingdon Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 1DE

Premises Licence PL2313 from from 31/05/2023 to indefinite

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• an exhibition of a film
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• 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
• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions

   

  1              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.

   

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

   

  3              (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).

   

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

   

  5               (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.

   

  6               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.

   

  7              (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.

   

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  Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule

   

  1              All staff working at the premises and making sales of alcohol, will receive training on the Licensing Act 2023 including input on preventing underage sales, preventing sales of alcohol to people who are drunk and any other relevant matters.

   

  2              Training shall be regularly refreshed at no less than annual intervals.  The training must be recorded and be accessible on the premises and made available for inspection upon request of a Police Officer or an authorised officer of the licensing authority or (in the case of online training) within                 48 hours.

   

  3              A CCTV system will be in operation at the premises and recorded images shall be retained for a period of 31 days.  CCTV images will be provided to the police and other responsible authorities as soon as practicable and in any case within 48 hours of a request for such images, subject of               the provisions of the DPA.

   

  4              The public safety objective has been risk assessed and no measures have been deemed necessary, due to the existence of other legislation.

   

  5              An incident and refusals register will be maintained at the premises and made available to the authorities on request.

   

  6              The premises will adopt a 'Challenge 25' policy.  This means that if a customer purchasing alcohol appears to be under the age of 25, they will be asked for proof of their age, to prove that they are 18 years or older.

   

  7              The only forms of identification that will be accepted will bear their photograph, date of birth and a holographic mark and/or ultraviolet feature.  Examples of appropriate identification include a passport, photo card driving licence, military ID, and home office approved proof of age ID card               bearing the PASS hologram.

   

  8              Any outside area used for the consumption of alcohol will cease to be so used by 9pm. In the outside area, all customers consuming alcohol shall be seated.

   

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

   

  10              Appropriate measures will be taken to ensure no drink is to be removed from the grounds or curtilage of the licensed premises in an unsealed container.

   

  11              An authorisation of sales, signed and dated by the DPS, shall be kept at the premises showing all persons authorised by them to make sales of alcohol at the premises.

   

  12              CCTV must be installed internally and externally at the premises and must comply with the following:

  a) The CCTV system shall be installed, maintained and operated to the reasonable satisfaction of Lancashire Constabulary. The entrance and bar 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) Digital recording shall be held for a minimum of 21 days respectively, after the recording is made and will be made available to the Police or any authorised persons acting for Responsible Authority for inspection upon request.

   

  13              At all times there will be adequate door staff at the premises as appropriate to any risk assessment. There will be at least 2 SIA registered door staff on duty at the premises from 10pm until closing every Friday and Saturday and Sunday preceding a Bank Holiday, and on Christmas Eve,                 Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve.  

   

  14              Security/staff arrangements will be sufficient to discourage the sale and consumption of drugs and shall ensure such arrangements include regular documented checks of toilets.

   

  15              All furniture in the outside area is to be either fixed or, if not fixed, to be removed from the outside no later than 21:30hrs.

   

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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 - PL2313/1/1