West Northamptonshire Council

Beckets Park Public Open Space

Bedford Road, Northampton

Premises Licence PL1085 from from 13/05/2016 to 16/05/2016

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  Mandatory conditions where licence authorises supply of alcohol

   

  (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 premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

• ADDITIONAL MANDATORY CONDITIONS.

   

  The following mandatory conditions are to be applied to the licence stated above in accordance with The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2010 as amended by the The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions)(Amendment) Order 2014.

   

  The following conditions shall come into force on 1st October 2014

   

  1.  (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).

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

  3.  (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)a holographic mark, or

  (b)an ultraviolet feature.

  4.  The responsible person must ensure that-

  (a)where any of the following alcoholic drinks is 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.”

   

   

   

                             

• The following mandatory conditions are to be applied to the licence stated above in accordance with The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2014.

  The following conditions shall come into force on 28th May 2014

  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. For the purposes of the condition set out in paragraph 1-

                (a) “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic
                    Liquor Duties Act 1979
                (b) “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula-

                                             P = D + (DxV)

  Where -

       (i)   P is the permitted price,

        (ii)  D is the rate 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;

  (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 given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph 2 would (apart from this paragraph) not be a whole number of pennies, the price given by that sub-paragraph shall be taken to be the price actually given by that sub-paragraph rounded up to the nearest penny.

  4.  (1)  Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph 2 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.

       (2) 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.

   

• Licence Conditions

   

  Challenge 21 will operate throughout the site (ID - Pass card (proof of age standards scheme), Driving Licence or Passport) will be the only forms of identification used.

   

  During events where alcohol is being sold for consumption, a Personal Licence Holder shall be present at each individual segregated stall, bar or other area where this activity is taking place.  In addtion, any staff members involved in the retail of alcohol shall have training on alcohol sales and the law prior to the commencement of work in this area.  A record shall be kept of all staff members for each individual stall, bar or other area as well as the details of the personal licence holder.  Each person shall sign to accept that they are aware of the main offences when it comes to alcohol sales.

   

  Bar staff and exhibitors will all have a personal licence holder present at all times to ensure compliance with the law in relation to the consumption of alcohol bypersons under 18 years of age, including prevention of adults buying alcohol for children.

   

  Any persons who appears to be drunk or aggressive will not be permitted in to the event.

   

  A suitable embergency evacuation plan is in place.

   

  No open alcohol containers will be allowed to leave the event.

   

  All alcohol purchased for consumption wihtin the licensable area will be dispensed into plastic glasses at all times.  Where alcohol is purchased for consumption at a place other than inside the licenced area, it shall not be opened and the seller shall ensure that the customer is aware of their obligation not to drink it on site.

   

  A fully functioning CCTV system is maintained and in operation at all times when a licensed event is taking place.  As a minimum, cameras will be deployed in such a way as to provide full coverage of all public entry/exit points.  Footage will be kept for a minimum of 28 days and will be made available to any Police Officer, or Authorised Officer upon reasonable request.  A staff member who is fully conversant with the system will be on duty at all times where the CCTV is required to be recording.

   

  SIA registered security officers will be present at all times during events where licensable activity is taking place.  The numbers that are used will be based on a risk assessment that is completed by the management prior to any event being held.  This risk assessment should be fully documented and made available to any Police Officer or other authorised officer upon reasonable request.  All SIA registerd staff shall be immediatel identificable through the use of high-visibility outer layers.

   

  The Licensable area shall be clearly defined during the course of any event where licensable activities are taking place.  This definition shall be made by fencing that is suitable to prevent unsupervised access and egress to the area.  Any access/egress points for the general public are monitored at all times by suitably trained SIA registered staff.

   

  An incident book and refusals register as well as a register containing the name and SIA badge number of all staff on duty shall be kept together and maintained for all licensed events.  At times other than these events, the registers shall be kept securely and in any case they shall be made available to Police Officers or Authorised Officers upon reasonable request.

   

  SIA registered security gurards will on all entrace and roaming within the event to prevent crime and disorder.

   

  Manned first aid station on site.

   

  All hot food concessions will have a 4/5 star food hygiene rating.

   

  All concessions using gas with have all the relevant certifciation from a Gas Safe Engineer.

   

  Litter pickers will operate within the event all day long.

   

  Anyone acting inappropirately will be removed from thepremises and could in certain circumstance be reported to the police.

   

  All children will be issued with a wristband with their guardian's telephone number on it in case of separation.

   

  Whenever live music is provided, the staging area shall be positioned so that it remains at least 100 metres from the façade of any residential housing. The premises licence holder and/or the designated premises supervisor shall also ensure that the stage is orientated to ensure that if it is directed towards any housing this shall be housing which is located the furthest from the site. The premises licence holder and/or the designated premises supervisor shall also ensure that the levels for live music do not exceed LAEQ, 5MIN 98 dB at a distance of 2 metres from any speaker.

   

  Whenever recorded music is provided the premises licence holder and/or the designated premises supervisor shall also ensure that the levels for recorded music does not exceed LAEQ, 5MIN 80 dB at a distance of 2 metres from any speaker. Noise monitoring to take place at the even by our onsite sound engineer.