Elysium Nightclub

63 Horseshoe Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1RA

Completed application 049226 which is a Variation Application for Premises Licence from 23/11/2016 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of live music
• a performance of dance
• entertainment facilities for making music
• entertainment facilities for dancing
• provision of late night refreshment
• the sale by retail of alcohol
• any playing of recorded music
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance

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.

• Licensing Act 2003

   

  This licence is granted on the condition that the restrictions contained within the enactments specified under the Licensing Act 2003 Schedule 8 (1 & 6) are adhered to.

   

• ADDITIONAL MANDATORY CONDITIONS.

  The following mandatory conditions are to be applied to the licence stated above in accordance with section 3 (1) of The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2010.

   

  The following conditions shall come into force on 6th April 2010

   

  1. (1) The responsible person shall take all reasonable steps to 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 in a manner which carrries a significant risk of leading or contributing to crime and disorder, prejudice to public safety, public nuisance, or harm to children-

   

                (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 perod 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 (other than any promotion or discount available to an individual in respect of alcohol for consumption at a table meal, as defined in seciton 159 of the Act;

                (c) provision of free or discounted alcohol or any other thing as a prize to encourage or reward the pruchase and consumption of alcohol over a period of 24 hours or less;

                (d) provision of free or discounted alcohol in relation to the viewing on the premises of a sporting event, where that provision is dependent on-

   

                              (i) the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or

                              (ii)the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;

   

                (e) 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.

   

  2. The responsible person shall ensure that no alcohol is dispensed directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of a disability).

   

  3. The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  The following mandatory conditions are to be applied to the licence stated above in accordance with section 3 (1) of The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2010.

   

  The following conditions shall come into force on 1st October 2010

   

  4. (1) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder shall ensure that an age verification policy applies to the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

   

     (2) 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 a holographic mark.

   

  5. The responsible person shall 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 ben 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: 1/2 pint;

                              (ii)  gin, rum, vodka or whisky: 25 ml or 35 ml; and

                              (iii) still wine in a glass: 125 ml; and

               

                (b) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.

   

   

   

• 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) “value 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 price 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.

   

• Police Conditions

   

  1              The operator in order to secure the integrity of the licensing objective the prevention of crime & disorder shall ensure that bottles, glasses and other open containers are not taken from the premise unless the practise is specifically authorised by the premise license.

   

  2              To co-operate fully with any agency to ensure that the promotion of the four licensing objectives is actively supported by the use of crime prevention notices and similar.

   

  3              To prevent incidents of crime and disorder an expectation prevails that the operators of premises and their staff will at all reasonable times co-operate fully with the Police and other enforcement agencies and take steps to ensure that members of their staff understand the importance of the responsibility they hold.

   

   

• Conditions Added following Licensing Sub-Committee 17.04.2014 as amended by Minor Variation 20.08.2014 & 06.02.2015, Variation 24.10.2016

   

   

  1. SIA registered doorstaff be deployed from 23:00 hours on Friday and Saturday or any other night when the premises is open when special events are being hosted or promoters are using the premises in the following numbers:

   

                       2   door staff for first 100 customers

                       1   extra door staff for every 100 thereafter

   

  All members of doorstaff employed anywhere in the premises will wear a high-vis garment (jacket/vest/tabard).

   

  2. A CCTV System which conforms to the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 is installed within the premises. The system will cover all public areas. There will be a camera sighted so that it covers the point of entry and images are of sufficient quality to afford facial identification of persons entering the premises. The CCTV system will record all images from 30 minutes before the public are admitted to 30 minutes after the last customer leaves. Images will be retained for at least 28 days. At all times the premises are open to the Public a suitably trained member of staff will be available to provide copies of the recorded footage on suitable media (compact disc/USB stick - to be supplied by the premises) to a Police Officer or authorised officer, at reasonable request.

   

  3. The designated premises supervisor or duty manager will maintain a register indicating the name of person in charge of the management of the premises, door supervisors working including first and last names and full 16 digit SIA numbers, who are present when the public are admitted. Further the register will contain detail regarding any incident relevant to the four licensing objectives. This register shall be produced immediately on the request of an authorised officer. 

   

  Any register required under this condition will be

   

                       accurate and up to date

                       bound and consecutively numbered

                       retained in a safe place on the premises for a minimum of 12 months after the date of the last entry or such longer period as required

                       readily available for examination by a Police Officer or authorised Officer

   

  4.  The DPS will inform the Police Licensing officer at least 14 days before any promoter is to use the premises. The following details will be supplied:

   

                       The full name, date of birth & home address of the promoter (including any ‘stage names’).

                       The date and times the event is to take place

                       Anticipated numbers attending

                       Details of how and where the event is to be advertised

                       Any additional security measures identified

   

  5.  Notices will be displayed at the exits requesting customers to leave the premises quietly and to respect the neighbours when using the outside areas.

   

  6.  No events at the premises will be advertised upon any street furniture or building (other than the premises itself), unless specifically authorised by the local authority or owner of the building to which the advertisement is attached.

   

  7. No admissions to the premises after 04.30hrs, when the premises is open to the public for licensable activity. (with the exception of staff members who are employed and on duty at the premises). The time of latest entry for customersat 04.30hrs is conditional upon the installation of an ID Scan device (or other similar product) by 1st June 2015 which will be fully functional and used to scan all customers entering the premises after 0300. If this is not in place by that date, or at any time it is not functional thereafter, the latest entry time for customers will be 0400 hrs.

   

  8. In the garden will revert to a music system with multiple speakers as oposed to 2 large speakers.

   

  9. All music in the garden area will be routed via a noise limiter & will be under the sole control of the management of the club and locked in a secure room.

   

  10. The premises will have a written policy document in relation to dealing with vulnerable people associated with the venue. This policy will be actively followed at all times by all staff members and will include:

   

                       A. A means of contacting the members of any scheme such as the street pastors which deal with vulnerable people

                       B. A direct line of communicating with the local authority CCTV operators i.e the Pub-link radio

                       C. Documented training for all staff members in dealing with vulnerability and how to spot it in the context of the night time economy.

                       D. Identification of a “safe area” inside the venue where vulnerable people can remain and be cared for until their safety has been ensured.

                       E. A nominated member of staff who will be responsible for dealing with any vulnerable people associated with the venue.

                       F. A register documenting the incidents where vulnerable people have been identified and the actions taken by the venue to ensure their safety.

                       G. A list of local taxi company details to be provided to customers upon request and when required the facilitate to arrange a taxi on behalf of a customer.

  H. A nominated manager to be present and to remain in the main customer entry area no later than 30 minutes prior to closing time to ensure the safe and quiet exit from the premises by all customers.
  
  The policy document  as detailed at point 10 must remain on the premises and be available for inspection by an officer from a responsible authority upon reasonable request.