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

The last hours of sale for food and alcohol will be 0130 to allow for a drinking up time.

1. Any persons who appears to be intoxicated or who is behaving in a disorderly manner shall not be allowed entry into the premises.
2. A documented incident log and refusals book 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. All staff shall be trained on ‘Challenge 25’, conflict management, and the laws relating to underage sales, training will be documented and repeated at 6 monthly intervals.

4. Staff shall monitor customers smoking outside the premises on a regular basis and ensure patrons do not cause a public nuisance. A dispersal and smoking policy will be implemented and adhered to.

5. No noise shall emanate from the premises nor vibration be transmitted through the structure of the premises that gives rise to a nuisance.

6. Patrons permitted to leave and re-enter the premises shall not be permitted to take drinks with them.

7. Regular safety checks shall be carried out by staff.

8. The exterior of the building shall be cleared of litter at regular intervals.

9. Notices will be positioned at the exits to the buildings requesting customers to leave in a quiet manner.

10. The emptying of bins into skips, and refuse collections will not take place between 2300 and 0700.

11. 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 28 days 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.

12. An incident log (which may be electronically recorded) shall be kept at the premises for at least six months, and made available on request to the Police or an authorised officer of the licensing authority, which will record the following incidents including pertinent details:
    1. all crimes reported to the venue, or by the venue to the Police
    2. all ejections of patrons
    3. any incidents of disorder
    4. any faults in the CCTV system
    5. any visit by a relevant authority or emergency service

13. The Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure that a written notice of authority is kept at the premises for all staff who sell alcohol. The notice shall be made available for inspection upon request of the police or an authorised officer of the licensing authority and all staff selling alcohol must be in possession of formal identification to enable to verify their identity against the notice.

14. The premises shall display prominent signage indicating at any point of sale, the entrance to the premises and in all areas where alcohol is located that it is an offence to buy, or attempt to buy, alcohol for a person under the age of 18.

15. In addition to any other training, the premises licence holder shall ensure all staff are trained to prevent underage sales, to be aware of and prevent proxy sales, to maintain the refusals log and monitor staff to ensure their training is put into practice. Documented records of training completed shall be kept for each member of staff. Training shall be regularly refreshed and at no greater than 6 monthly intervals.