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.