Licence Conditions
A fully working and maintained CCTV system capable of recording and storing images must be installed on the premises. The system must record at all times the premises is open to the public and images must be stored for a minimum of 28 days with date & time stamping. As a minimum this must cover the public entry and exit points as well as the internal entrances to the licensable areas. A person conversant with the retrieval & downloading CCTV footage must be present on the premises at all times it is open to the public. Recordings must be made available to an officer from a responsible authority upon reasonable request and in line with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.
A minimum of two licensed door supervisors must be employed and on duty at the premises at all times when events involving 100 or more people (not including staff members) are taking place after 23:00hrs on a Friday and Saturday. At all other times, door supervisors will be employed at the premises based upon a threat & risk assessment performed by the premises management and a decision as to whether to employ door supervisors or not will documented in the venues written risk assessment including any rationale as to why this decision was reached. A copy of this risk assessment document should remain at the premises and be made available to an officer from a local authority upon reasonable request.
All security staff must sign a register at the commencement of every duty. This register will contain the name, date of birth and SIA badge number of each security staff member on duty. The register must be fully maintained and kept on the premises at all times and must be made available to an officer from a responsible authority upon reasonable request. Records must be retained for at least 6 months. Door supervisors employed at the venue will wear hi-visibility outer garments at all times both when working inside and outside the venue.
Customers must not take open vessels of alcohol from the premises at any time
The premises licence holder must keep and maintain an up to date list of all members of the management team including contact numbers. This list must be kept on the premises at all times and made available to an officer from a responsible upon reasonable request.
A member of the management team must be on duty and present on the premises at all times when licensable activity is taking place after 22:00hrs.
Every person employed at the premises must prove their Right to Work in the UK. Copies of documentation must be maintained and records kept on the premises that must be produced on demand to an officer of a responsible authority.
Risk assessments required under separate legislation must be maintained and regularly updated.
The premises will have a dispersal plan in place which involves staff/door staff encouraging and monitoring the safe and peaceful exit of customers from the venue and the immediate area outside.
A sign will be displayed at the exit point of the venue requesting that customers respect local residents by leaving and dispersing from the premises and immediate area quietly.
There are no opening windows and doors
No children under the age of 16 will be allowed to enter or remain on the premises after 00.00 unless for the purposes of attendance at a pre-booked private function and in which case under the supervision of a person aged over 18years old and in this case no later than 02:00hrs.
The premises must have a written dispersal policy that is actively followed at all times when the premises is open to the public after 23:00hrs. This policy must be agreed with Northamptonshire Police and any amendments to it must also be agreed. A copy of this policy must be kept on the premises at all times and made available for inspection to an officer from a responsible authority upon reasonable request.
Environmental Health Agreed Conditions
Function Room 2
No Licensable Activites permitted in Function Room 2
Function Room 1
Sunday-Thursday
All music (live/recorded) to terminate by 02:00
Premises to close by 02:30
Friday/Saturday & Sunday prior to a bank holiday and Christmas/New Years Eve
Live music to terminate by 02:00
Recorded Music to terminate by 03:00
Premises will close to members of the public by 03:30
Environmental Health Agreed Conditions
Sunday - Thursday maximum of 6 events per calendar month.
Except for entrance and exit all doors are to be kept closed at all times licensable activities are taking place.
(lnformative note: there are no opening windows at the premises and both function rooms are air conditioned)
The outside yard area to the rear and side of the premises must not be used at any time that licensable activities are taking place (except in case of emergency).
On regular occasions after 23:00 and when the premises is open for the conduct of one or more licensable activities, a member of staff shall survey the area around the premises from time to time to ascertain if any noise from the premises is likely to be heard in any adjacent residential property, The member of staff will report back to the manager on duty and where a need for corrective action is required, this will be logged along with the corrective action taken in a log book. The log book shall be retained at the premises, unless removed for the purpose of duplication, for a period of at least six months from the date of the last entry. This record shall remain available for inspection upon reasonable request by an authorised officer of a responsible authority.
The practice of “bottling out” shall not take place between the hours of 22:00 and 08:00. (Note, Bottling out is the tipping of empty bottles or cans into refuse bins).
A contact telephone number shall be provided for the use of local residents and enforcement officers to call in the case of emergency. This number shall be conspicuously displayed at the exterior of the premises.
A log book shall be maintained that shall record details of any calls made to this contact telephone number by a local resident or enforcement officer where that call is in relation to one or more of the licensing objectives. The log shall record the date and time of the call, the identity of the caller if known, te issue reported and the corrective action taken. The log book shall be retained at the premises, unless removed for the purpose of duplication, for a period of at least six months from the date of the last entry. This record shall remain available for inspection upon reasonable request by an authorised officer of a responsible authority.
(lnformative note: there are no opening windows
at the premises and both function rooms are air conditioned)