West Northamptonshire Council

Delapre Abbey

London Road, Northampton, NN4 8AW

Completed application 083635 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 11/04/2023 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of a play
• an exhibition of a film
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• the sale by retail of alcohol
• provision of late night refreshment

Additional Conditions

• MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

   

  19              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.”

   

   

   

                             

• ANNEX 3 - 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 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) “valued 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 prie 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.

   

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  Mandatory condition: exhibition of films

   

  (1)              Where a premises licence authorises the exhibition of films, the licence must include a condition requiring the admission of children to the exhibition of any film to be restricted in accordance with this section.

   

  (2)              Where the film classification body is specified in the licence, unless subsection (3)(b) applies, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that body.

   

  (3)              Where -

   

  (a)              the film classification body is not specified in the licence, or

  (b)              the relevant licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this subsection applies to the film in question,

   

  admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any                  recommendation made by that licensing authority.

   

  (4)              In this section -

   

                “children” means persons aged under 18; and

  “film classification body” means the person or persons designated as the authority under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 (c.39)

  (authority to determine suitability of video works for classification).

• Conditions as per Operating Schedule

   

  These documents include our Event Safety Management Plan and Appendix documents:

  APP A1 - CAD - Delapré Abbey We Pop

  Events 7500 cap V1

  APP A2 - CAD - Delapré Abbey We Pop

  Events 9,999 cap V1

  APP B - Risk Assessment

  APP C - Emergency & Evacuation Procedures

  APP D - Security Plan

  APP E - Premises Licence

  APP F - TMP and Contingency Parking Map

  APP G - RED LINE Premises Licence

   

  These plans conprehensively cover how the Promoter, Event Team and Manager will discharge their responsibilities under the premioses licence when granted.

   

  The formal documentation will be available to the public and therefore any provision relating to a matter which, if in the public domain would negate their effect will be contained in one of the separate appendix documents.

   

  The separate appendix documents will not be published with the exception of the Site Plan. The documentation must be revised prior to any event each year, with effect after the first event.

   

  A draft version of that document will be circulated to the responsible authorities (West Northampton Council and SAG), not later than 60 days before any future events after the initial application.

   

  The maximum capacity for events covered by this licence is 9,999 persons.

   

  The Event Management Plan (EMP) will cover all of the following matters:

  1. Introduction

  2. Requirements of the 2003 Licensing Act.

  3. Venue & Event Evaluation

  4. Organisation Chart & Management Structure

  5. Risk Assessment

  6. Event Health, Safety and Welfare

  7. Stage, Temporary Structures and

  Infrastructure

  8. Electrical Systems

  9. Food, Refreshments and Traders

  10. Waste Disposal

  11. Security/Stewarding - Crowd Control

  12. Build and Breakdown Controls/Traffic

  Management

  13. Organisation and Contractors

  14. Communication

  15. Medical/First Aid Provision

  16. Fire Precautions and Equipment

  17. Sanitary Accommodation

  18. Emergency Procedures & ELT

  19. Sale of Alcohol Policy

  20. Accident Reporting & Investigation

  21. Provisions for Persons with Special Needs

  22. Controlling Noise at Work

  23. Contingencies

   

  Appendix Documents will cover the following:

  Site Plans

  Risk assessments

  Emergency Evacuation Procedures

  Security Plan

  Premises Licence

  TMP and Contingency Parking Map

  Red Line of licensable area.

   

   

• Agreed Environmental Health Conditions

   

  General Noise Conditions

  The provision of any regulated entertainment events for audiences of 5000 persons or more shall be limited to 1 per year. Live music events shall not take place on more than 3 consecutive days including bank holiday weekends.

  Live Music shall be played for no longer than a total duration of 9 hours per day.

  Musical entertainment shall finish by no later than 22:00 hours on Sunday, 22:00 hours Monday to Thursday and, 22:30 hours Friday and Saturday.

  A period of up to 15 minutes grace shall be permitted following the finish time to allow for unforeseen delays and allow the final performance to finish at an appropriate juncture. The Licensee shall make every effort to ensure the extension is kept to a minimum.

  In relation to large scale concert events, an event noise management plan (ENMP) must be submitted to the local authority at least 60 days prior to such events. The ENMP should include as a minimum, details of measure to control the impact of the following; the sound system testing, music noise levels during the event, any recorded music ancillary to the main event and noise from the buildup and break down of the stage and event infrastructure and noise of services associated with the event such as deliveries, bottling out and refuse collection. A copy of that plan must be available at the premises for inspection and reference by an officer form the local authority, or a responsible authority.

  Noise Control

  The Licensee shall appoint a suitably qualified Acoustic Consultant whose duties will include:

  (a) Liaison with the Licensing Authority, the Licensee, the Promoter of the Licensed Event, the sound system supplier(s) and the sound engineer(s) prior to, during and after each day of the Licensed Event;

  (b) Advising on techniques to be used to reduce noise disturbance outside the Licensed Event and to reduce the risk of hearing damage to persons inside the Licensed Event;

  (c) Informing the Licensee of any breaches in the prescribed limits and advising on the action necessary for compliance.

  On-Site Noise

  In order to minimise the environmental impact of the Licensed Event the Licensee shall ensure that:

  (a) The control limits set at the mixer position shall be adequate to ensure that the Music Noise Level shall not at any noise sensitive premises exceed 65dB(A) over a fifteen-minute period throughout the duration of the concert or event.

  (b) Monitoring at the points required to satisfy the foregoing conditions shall be carried out continuously and the results of that monitoring shall be made available to the appropriate Licensing Authority representative on demand.

  (c) Agreement on the monitoring equipment, methodology and onsite locations must be reached between the Licensing Authority and the Licensee not later than 1 week before the Licensed Event, and the Licensing Authority's approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

  (d) The Event Organiser shall effect full control over traders or other organisations on site where there is amplified music being played. At the request of the Responsible Authority for Environmental Health (Environmental Protection) the Event Organiser shall arrange for the volume to be reduced or the playing to cease, or if necessary the equipment to be confiscated.

  In order to minimise the risk of hearing damage to members of the audience the Licensee shall ensure that:

  (a) The Equivalent Continuous Sound Pressure Level of the Licensed Event shall not exceed 107 dBLAeq in any part of any audience area, measured from the start of the first act until the end of the last act, on any of the Licensed Event's days.

  (b) The peak sound pressure level shall not exceed 140dB at any part of the Licensed Area, at any time.

  Off-Site Noise

  In order to minimise the environmental impact of the Licensed Event on residential and other noise-sensitive premises likely to be affected, the Licensee shall ensure that:

  (a) The music noise level measured over a 15 minute period (LAeq,l5min) at the facade of any noise sensitive premises shall not exceed 65dB(A) throughout the duration of the event.

  (b) Authorised Officers working on behalf of the Responsible Authority for Environmental Health (Environmental Protection) may adjust the noise limits if necessary for the avoidance of public nuisance.

  (c) The noise limits be confirmed with the Responsible Authority for Environmental Health (Environmental Protection) by e-mail prior to the festival each year.

  (d) All complaints about noise received by the site office / event organiser shall be logged, and shall be notified to the Responsible Authority for Environmental Health (Environmental Protection) within 7 days of an event.

  Community Engagement

  The Licensee shall make residents residing within a 500 metre radius of the event space aware that the festival is taking place no later than one month prior to the event taking place by letter, and provide a 24 hour residents phone number for the duration of the event.