The Committee considered all representations at the hearing. The Committee also considered the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy, the Licensing Act 2003, the Regulations made there under, the Guidance issued by the Secretary of State under Section 182 of that Act and the Licensing Objectives.

The Committee noted that agreement had been reached between the applicant and all parties who made a representation, so treated the matter as a determination. 

Decision

To grant the application subject to the following conditions.

Conditions

1.    A risk assessment shall be undertaken to assess the need for an SIA licensed door Supervisor. A log of this risk assessment shall be kept for 6 months and be made available to the Police and or an authorised officer of the licensing authority.

2.    An incident log shall be kept at the premises for at least 6 months, and made available on request to GMP or an authorised officer of the licensing authority.

3.    A prompt shall be on the till asking if the person appears to be under the age of 21, and if ID has been seen.

4.    All staff shall be trained in recognising signs of drunkenness, how to refuse service, prevention of underage sales, are aware of and prevent proxy sales, maintain the refusals log, enter sales correctly on the tills so the prompts show as appropriate. The DPS monitor staff to ensure their training is put into practice. A record of training shall be kept for each member of staff, and updated every 6 months.

5.    A refusals log shall be kept by the premises for at least 6 months, and made available on request to GMP or an authorised officer of the licensing authority.

6.    The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive digital colour CCTV system. All public areas of the licensed premises, including all public entry and exit points. The CCTV cameras shall continually record whilst the premises are open to the public and recording shall be kept available and unedited for a minimum of 14 days in relation to the interior of the premises (18 days at till points) with the date and time stamping. A staff member who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be present on the premises at all times when they are open to the public and must be able to produce / download / burn CCTV images upon request by a police officer or an authorised officer of the licensing authority. Any footage must be in a format so it can be played back on a standard personal computer or standard DVD player. Where the recording is on a removable medium (i.e. compact disc, flash card etc.), a secure storage system to store those recording mediums shall be provided.

7.    The Challenge 21 scheme must be operated to ensure that any person who appears to be under the age of 21 shall provide documented proof that he/she is over 18 years of age. proof of age shall only comprise a passport, photocard driving licence or a card bearing the PASS hologram.

8.    The premises shall display prominent signage indicating that it operates the Challenge 21 scheme and that it is an offence to buy, or attempt to buy, alcohol for a person under the age of 18.