West Northamptonshire Council

Racecourse (Northampton Festival)

Kettering Road, Northampton

Completed application 049613 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 17/01/2017 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• 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

• 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) “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.

   

• Licence Conditions

   

  All drinks that are purchased for consumption on the premises will be served in plastic or polycarbonate containers.

   

  Where alcohol is sold for consumption off the premises, they must be placed in a carrier bag prior to being handed over to the customer, informing them that this alcohol is cannot consumed in the licensable area.

   

  All people entering the licensable area shall be ID checked and in accordance with challenge 21, they will then be issued with a colored wrist band. Any person under the age off 18 will be refused entry to the bar area. Any person found to be buying or giving alcohol to a underage person will be asked to leave the event.

   

  Roaming response teams will be deployed to check on the perimeter fencing,.

  All public must come in a designated entrance where bag searches will be in operation.

   

  All staff will have colored high viz vests, (Blue SIA) (Yellow Stewards) ( Orange Supervisors) Blue&Yellow Managers) (Purple Event Manger)

   

  Safety office (Rodger Buckley) will be on the event and myself David Bailey & Kristy Magee will have completed our level 4 safety officer course. First aid will be supplied by NEAT.

   

  Have a zero tolerance to any anti sociable behavior, with perimeter checks.

   

  The stage will be angled across field as not to impacted on the property around the event.

   

  During an event the stage will be located so that the speakers face across field and are pointed in the direction of residential properties which are located the furthest away from the stage.

   

  Between the hours of 10.30 - 18.00 the music levels shall not exceed LAeq,1min 45 dB at any residential property.

   

  Between the hours of 18.00 - 22.30 (21:30 Sunday) the music levels shall not exceed LAeq,1min 55 dB Music.

   

  During the provision of entertainment conformity checks of music levels shall be carried out at a frequency of every 15 minutes. The results of these checks shall be retained for a period 3 months after the event. Upon request these shall be made available to the local authority or other responsible authority for inspection.

   

  Funfair music will be turned down and ceased in accordance with licence.  Conformity checks of music noise leaves shall be retained 3 months after the event, and upon requested be made available to the local authority for inspection.

   

  Lost children unit manned by female staff will be located at the event control and clearly signed.

   

  Both bars will run a challenge 21 policy and will have on site refresher training before the event opens.

   

  The DPS must provide written notice to the police and fire service at least nine months before events involving 5000 or more people, at least six month’s  before events involving 1000 - 4999 people and a minimum of three month’s before all other events.

  A comprehensive risk assessment and event management plan must be submitted to the police and fire service no less than 14 days before any event takes place.

  All SIA licensed staff manning any public entry/exit gate and any entrance to the licensable area must be in possession of a fully functioning body worn video camera device at all times while fulfilling this duty.

  All SIA staff and stewards must sign in on a register prior to the commencement of duty. This register must contain the individual’s name, date of birth and in the case of door staff SIA badge number. The register must be kept on the premises at all times when it is open to the public and at all other times at the head offices of the company providing the security staff for the event. This register must be made available to an officer from a responsible authority upon reasonable request.

  All staff involved in the retail of alcohol must receive refresher training before the event opens to the public. Each individual bar or alcohol concession must keep a training record for all of their staff behind the till area during the event. This record must include the syllabus of the training, the details of the person delivering it, when it was delivered and the details and signature of the person receiving the training. This record must be produced immediately to an officer from a responsible authority following a reasonable request.

  A personal licence holder must be in charge of each area where alcohol is exposed for sale or supply. This person must be on the event site at all times and when not physically present in the alcohol area, they must be readily and easily contactable. All staff for alcohol areas must be aware of who the personal licence holder is and how to contact them.

  The premises will operate and adhere to a drug policy. This policy will be fully documented and be kept with the event management plan. The document will be made available to an officer from a responsible authority following a reasonable request.

  Ticket sales and allocations for all events must remain under the control of Show Time Events Group Limited.

  A copy of the premises licence summary will be on display in all areas where alcohol is exposed for sale or supply.