West Northamptonshire Council

Duston Mill and Land Adjoining (Festival)

Duston Mill Lane, Sixfields, Northampton, NN5 5QA

Completed application 088356 which is a Transfer Application for Premises Licence from 27/10/2023 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• 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

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.”

   

   

   

                             

• 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

   

  An event will take place on no more than 4 occasions in a calendar year.

   

  Each event will be a maximum of 2 days either Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday, but more than likely will be of one days duration - either Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

   

  The date(s) of the event will be notified to the Licensing Authority and police at least 2 months prior to the event.

   

  A draft event management plan (EMP) will be prepared and supplied to the licensing Authority, Police and fire service and to any other responsible authority upon request, at least 2 months prior to the event.

   

  The final EMP shall be supplied to the Licensing Authority no later than 14 days prior to each event. No alteration to the EMP shall be made after this date by the Premises Licence Holder except with the written consent of the Licensing Authority.

   

  The premise licence holder will support and attend any Safety Advisory Group if deemed necessary and abide by any decisions such group makes with regards to the running of this event.

   

  The Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure that all existing staff, new staff, supervisors and managers, receive an induction in the legality and procedure of alcohol sales, prior to undertaking the sale of alcohol. This training will include the lawful selling of age restricted products, refusing the sale of alcohol to a person who is drunk or appears to be intoxicated, the contents of the premises licence; times of operation, licensable activities and all conditions. Verbal refresher training will be undertaken at intervals not to exceed 6 months. Training documents shall be signed and dated, and training records be made available to an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority or the Police upon reasonable request. The records will be retained for at least 6 months.

   

  An incident log will be maintained by the premises showing a detailed note of incidents that occur in the premises. The log will be inspected and signed off by the DPS (or a person with delegated authority) at the conclusion of each event. The log book should be retained and be available for inspection at all times the premises are open, and post event by appointment with the Premises Licence holder, by authorised officers of the licensing authority or the police.

   

  An incident will be defined as being one which involves an allegation of a criminal offence and/or is relevant to the licensing objectives.

   

  Entry to the event will be by ticket only

   

  The perimeter of the event will be bounded by crowd barrier/fencing/hedging

   

  Entrances will be monitored by Stewards supported by SIA security personnel

   

  There will be no glass vessels permitted within the event area

   

  All drinks will either be sold in plastic/polycarbonate drinking vessels or decanted into the same.

   

  Alcohol storage areas at beer tents etc will be secured with Herras fencing (or similar)

   

  The premises will have a documented searching policy which has been agreed between the management and Northamptonshire Police. This document will be retained upon the premises and made available to an officer from a responsible authority for inspection upon reasonable request.

   

  Security staff shall carry out random searching at all entrances to the event for drugs, offensive weapons and other prohibited items. Ticket conditions shall indicate that searching will be undertaken. Signage shall be displayed at all entrances indicating searches will take place.

   

  Each outlet retailing alcohol, will have a Personal Licence holder allocated to work on that outlet at all times it is open.

   

  The premises will have a written policy in relation to dealing with vulnerable people associated with the venue. A copy of this policy will remain on the premises and be made available to all staff and to any officer from a responsible authority at all times upon reasonable request.

   

  The Premises Licence Holder shall produce a Traffic Management Plan (TMP). The final TMP shall be shall be submitted to the Licensing Authority no later than 28 days before the start of the event. No alteration to the TMP shall be made after this date by the Premises Licence Holder except with the written consent of the Licensing Authority.

   

  The Premises Licence Holder shall produce an initial Noise Management and Community Liaison Plan (NMP) at least 56 days prior to the commencement of the event. The final NMP shall be submitted to the Licensing Authority for agreement no later than 28 days prior to the commencement of the event. No alteration to the NMP after this date shall be made by the Premises Licence Holder except with the written consent of the Licensing Authority.

   

  The final NMP shall contain the methodology which shall be employed to control sound produced on the premises, in order to comply with the premises licence. The NMP must include all of the arrangements for preventing public nuisance and consultation with the local community and shall include:

   

                a) An inventory of all sound systems to be used on the site

                b) A schedule of contact details for those who are responsible for the sound                                  systems

                c)  A list of stages and cinemas together with sound power output details, a                                       schedule of their location, orientation,and shut down times and their                                   maximum audience capacity

                d) Maximum permitted sound power output details for traders

                e) Management command and communication structure /methods for                                  ensuring that permitted sound system output and finish times are not                                    exceeded

                f)   Publication and dissemination of information to the public and                                                    arrangements for provision and staffing of a hotline number for dealing                                      with complaints

                g)  Action to be taken by the Event Organiser following complaints.

   

  At least 7 days prior to an event the Premises Licence Holder shall provide to the licensing authority a telephone number for contacting the licence holder or a nominated representative during the course of an event.

   

  The Challenge 21 proof of age scheme shall be operated at the premises where the only acceptable forms of identification are as detailed in current Home Office guidance

   

  Challenge 21 signage will be displayed.

   

  A log shall be kept detailing all refused sales of alcohol. The log should include the date and time of the refused sale and the name of the member of staff who refused the sale. The log shall be available for inspection at the premises by the police or an authorised officer of the authority at all times the premises is open, upon request. The Designated Premises Supervisor shall regularly check the register to ensure it is being consistently used by all staff.

   

  The Challenge 21 principles will be used for all people entering the festival, who may have to produce photographic ID as per the current Home Office guidance.

   

  Any person under the age of 18yrs old 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.

   

  No person under the age of 18 shall be permitted on the premises unless accompanied by an adult.

   

  The EMP shall include a plan to deal with all lost / found children.