Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule
The Prevention of Crime & Disorder
The following potential issues have been identified:
Location
External Factors
Door Supervisors
Internal Factors
Glass Control
Location
1) The location of the premises away from the town centre reduces the potential for Crime & Disorder. The premises are not part of a drinking circuit but are a local destination venue. Customers in the premises are local to the area and their habit is to leave the premises in order to return home rather than to other licensed premises.
2) There will be sufficient lighting internally and externally to discourage illegal activity.
External Factors
1) There will be an installation of strategically located CCTV cameras inside and outside to deter and monitor any illegal activity. Recorded images will be retained for 31 days and will be available to the Police upon request.
2) Effective monitoring of car park area
3) Keeping Car parks well lit
4) Customers leaving the premises will be unlikely to cause disorder or nuisance to residents with a gradual dispersal over time.
5) The Premises are renowned for their restaurant facilities. It is not solely a drinking establishment. Because of which the probability of nuisance and disorder is lessened.
Door Supervisions
1) Due to the location of the premises and the scarcity of disorder at or around the premises no door supervisors are employed at the premises. In the unlikely event that disorder within the area increases the Designated Premises Supervisor will bear in mind the benefits of hiring door supervision.
Internal Factors
1) With regards to drugs: any person found using drugs will be removed from the premises. Any person found to be dealing drugs will be detained and the police informed immediately. Drugs seized will be handed over to the police.
2) There will be an installation of strategically located CCTV cameras inside and outside to deter and monitor any illegal activity. . Recorded images will be retained for 31 days and will be available to the Police upon request.
3) Implementing strategy for, and staff training on, dealing with incidents of disorder.
4) Training staff to identify suspicious behaviour and take appropriate action.
5) Encouraging vigilance among staff to supervise customers in all parts of the premises.
Glass Control
1) The general environment and level of supervision and regular glass collections is considered sufficient to prevent dangers arising from the use of bottles or glasses as weapons.
2) Keeping premises and surrounding areas tidy
3) No customers carrying open or sealed bottles shall be admitted to the premises at any time that the premises are open to the public.
4) Ensuring that glasses are collected on an ongoing basis making regular inspections for broken glass and clear up as necessary.
Public Safety
The following potential issues have been identified:
Risk Assessment
Fire
Emergency Lighting
Curtains & Upholstery
Electrical Installation
Food Provision
Risk Assessment
1) Consultation with local Fire Authority and other responsible authorities
2) Ensuring that Public Liability Insurance is in place.
3) Incorporating safety plan covering fire safety inspections and maintenance. Development and implementation of evacuation procedures that take account of disabled customers.
4) Investigate the risks associated with the activity in question and take appropriate action to manage them.
Fire
1) Introduction of comprehensive fire safety features as depicted on the plan deposited with the application.
2) Development and implementation of evacuation procedures that take account of disabled customers.
3) Maintaining emergency exits unlocked and clear at all times.
4) An adequate number of fire exits are provided and clearly marked and maintained to readily afford ample means of safe escape.
5) Means of escape and passageways and gangways will be kept clear and unobstructed during the whole time the premises are used for licensable activities.
6) No fire door shall be held open other than by approved devices.
7) Emergency doors are of an approved type.
8) In the event of an outbreak of fire, irrespective of the severity, the fire brigade shall be immediately called to the premises.
9) At all times there shall be adequate access for emergency vehicles. The access route shall be kept clear and free from obstruction, whether fixed or otherwise, at all times during which the premises is open for trade.
10) Provision of adequate first aid equipment and materials
Emergency Lighting
1) In the absence of adequate daylight, the electrical lighting in any area accessible to the public, members or guests shall be fully operational when they are at the premises.
2) All fire safety signs shall be illuminated to allow them to be visible in the absence of light, natural or otherwise.
Electrical Installation
1) Adhere to fire regulations.
2) Temporary electrical wiring installations shall only be undertaken by competent qualified persons. Where this is not practicable all temporary electrical lighting shall be inspected and certified by a competent qualified person before it is put to use.
3) Investigate the risks associated with the activity in question and take appropriate action to manage them.
Food Provision
1) All staff involved in the processing and cooking of food has been properly trained in food hygiene requirements. All surfaces and equipment are maintained in a clean and hygienic condition.
2) Supply of adequate prominently positioned and regularly emptied litter bins with clear signage.
3) Provision of secure facilities for empty glass containers.
4) Cleaning area around the premises on a regular basis.
5) Ensuring that sufficient extraction and ventilation systems are in place and are well maintained.
The Prevention of Public Nuisance
The following potential issues have been identified:
Nuisance from outside.
Nuisance for persons dispersing.
Other nuisance.
Nuisance from outside
1) Permitting outdoor drinking and eating only in defined areas.
Nuisance from persons dispersing
1) The company are mindful of the concerns of residents and will take all reasonable steps to prevent nuisance.
2) Display of telephone numbers for taxi firms in a prominent location and provide other facilities for customers to order cabs.
Other nuisance
1) Removal of glassware and regularly cleaning and clearing tables where outside drinking takes place.
2) Provision of secure facilities for empty glass containers
3) Cleaning area around the premises on a regular basis.
4) Ensuring refuse is removed regularly and in a manner sensitive to needs of local residents.
For premises where entertainment frequently takes place, music and associated sources (including DJs, and amplified voices) should generally not be audible inside noise sensitive property at any time. Where entertainment takes place less frequently, such noise should not be audible inside noise sensitive property between 23.00 and 07.00 hours.
There shall be placed at all exits from the premises in a place where they can be seen and easily read by the public, (or member and their guests) notices requiring customers to leave the premises and the area quietly. (Note, this may also include a reference to vehicles).
The Protection of Children from Harm
The following potential issues have been identified:
Sale to under 18’s.
Under 18’s in the premises.
Sale to under 18’s
1) Displaying prominent signage about the laws relating to children and alcohol.
2) Making customers aware of the law involving sales and purchases of alcohol on behalf of children.
3) Insisting that anyone who appears to be under 18 must produce ID or a proof of age card.
4) Stating clearly what forms of ID are acceptable and ensuring that all staff are aware of this requirement
5) Suitable ID includes: passport, photo card driving licence, citizen card.
Under 18’s in the premises
1) No children under 18 are to enter the premises (expect accessing toilet facilities) unless accompanied by an adult.
2) Encouraging vigilance amongst staff to supervise customers in all parts of the premises
3) We support the Portman Group code of practice which aims to ensure that drinks are package and promoted to over 18’s only, and in a socially responsible way.
4) Training staff to deal with and be vigilant about potentially harmful situations e.g. children in the presence of adults who are excessively intoxicated.
5) A children’s certificate is currently attached to the premises. It covers the whole of the licensed area, except the vault.
Embedded Conditions
On-licences
Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours.
In this condition, permitted hours means:
g. On New Year’s Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day (or, if there are no permitted hours on the following day, midnight on 31st December).
The existing restrictions do not prohibit:
(d) consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;
(e) the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;
(f) the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;
(g) 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;
(h) the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or
(i) 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
(j) 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 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.
S.166 LA 1964
Licensed premises
Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied unless it is paid for before or at the time when it is sold or supplied, except alcohol sold or supplied:
(a) with and for consumption at a meal supplied at the same time, consumed with the meal and paid for together with the meal;
(b) for consumption by a person residing in the premises or his guest and paid for together with his accommodation;
(c) to a canteen or mess.
S.168, 168A, 171, 201,
Sch 12A LA 1964
On-licensed premises with
children’s certificates
No person under fourteen shall be in the bar of the canteen during the permitted hours 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 premises constructed, fitted and intended to be used bona fide for any purpose to which the holding of the licence is ancillary.
(5) (a) He is in an area shown on the plan attached to the licence.
(b) Meals and non-alcoholic beverages are available for sale for consumption in that area.
(c) He is in the company of a person aged 18 or over.
(d) He is there prior to 9 p.m.
In this condition “bar” includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the consumption of intoxicating liquor. 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.