West Northamptonshire Council

The Engine Shed

Waterside Campus, University Drive, Northampton, NN1 5PH

Premises Licence PL1325 from from 09/10/2024 to indefinite

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of a play
• an exhibition of a film
• an indoor sporting event
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• provision of late night refreshment
• 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.”

   

   

   

                             

• 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

   

  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 (including Sec 141 selling to drunks and section 146 selling to children), 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 12 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 least once a week. The log book should be kept on the premises and be available for inspection at all times the premises are open 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.

   

  At least one Personal License Holder will be working on the premises at all times it is open for licensable activity after 23.00 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays prior to a bank holiday Monday.

   

  A log shall be kept detailing all occasions where the purchase of alcohol is refused.  The log should include the date and time of the refusal and the name of the member of staff who made the refusal.  The log must be available for inspection at the premises by the Police or an authorised officer of the Authority at all times the premises are open, upon request.  The Designated Premises Supervisor shall regularly check the register to ensure it is being consistently used by all staff.

   

  Documented delegation of authority to sell alcohol will be maintained at the premises and made available for inspection by police or other authorised officer

   

  Promoted Events

  In respect of promoted events, that is, any events involving the conduct of licensable activities at the premises that are organised by persons other than the premises licence holder or those under his direct control, the premises licence holder shall ensure that the police are notified of any such event at least 28 days prior and that a register is maintained and kept for that purpose for at least 3 years.

  The register shall be kept at the premises and shall be produced by the designated premises supervisor (or his nominated deputy in his absence) to an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority or the Police upon request.

  The register shall record the following:

      (i) Date and time of event and brief description of it;

     (ii) Name of the promoter(s), that is, the person(s) responsible for organising the event;

    (iii) Stage name and proper name of any DJs, acts etc

    (iv) Where the promoter is a company, its registered number.

     (v) The proper address of the promoter

    (vi) Contact telephone number for promoter

   

  CCTV will be operative at the premises of a standard satisfactory to the police and licensing authority and shall monitor all areas used by patrons, including the outside and designated smoking areas. All CCTV equipment shall be maintained in good working order and shall continually record during licensable hours and for a minimum period of two hours afterwards.

   

  Recordings will be date & time stamped recordings be retained for a minimum of 31 days and made available to any authorised officer of the police or licensing authority within three days upon reasonable request, subject to the provisions of current Data Protection legislation.

   

  A member of staff technically able to operate the CCTV system shall be available during all hours when the premises are open and shall comply with any reasonable request of an authorised officer of the council or police to view any CCTV footage that has been recorded. The manager shall ensure that a member of staff shall be technically able to reproduce CCTV images into removable format and that such removable format shall be produced within three days following any request from an authorised officer of the council or police.

   

  Door supervisors will be employed at the premises based upon a threat & risk assessment performed by the premises management and a decision as to whether to deploy door supervisors or not will documented in the venues written risk assessment including any rationale as to why this decision was reached.   A copy of this risk assessment document should remain at the premises and be made available to an officer from a local authority upon reasonable request.

   

  All security staff must sign into a register at the commencement of every duty.  This register will contain the name and Full (16 digit) SIA badge number of each security staff member on duty. The register must be fully maintained and kept on the premises at all times and must be made available to an officer from a responsible authority upon reasonable request.  Records must be retained for at least 6 months.

   

  Colour copies of the SIA licenses of all door supervisors employed at the premises are to be kept on the premises and be made available for inspection by Police or Authorised Officer

   

  Door supervisors employed at the venue will wear hi-visibility outer garments at all times both when working inside and outside the venue.

   

  The premises will have a documented search 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. All relevant staff will be made aware of this policy and will actively implement it.

   

  The premises will have a documented drugs 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. All relevant staff will be made aware of this policy and will actively implement it.

   

  The premises will have a written policy in relation to dealing with vulnerable people associated with the venue.  This will include as a minimum -

     a) a means of contacting any scheme that deal with vulnerable people such as Street Pastors;

     b) a direct line of communication with the local area CCTV operators;

     c) documented training for all staff members in dealing with vulnerability and how to spot it within the context of the night-time economy;

     d) an agreement with a local taxi company(ies) to provide a line a of communication facilitating the removal of vulnerable people to a safe location if the need arises (the choice of company(ies) shall be at the discretion of the venue);

     e) identification of a safe area inside the venue where vulnerable people can remain until their safety has been insured;

     f) a nominated member of staff who can be tasked to deal with any vulnerable people within the venue;

     g) a method of recording the rationale for actions taken when dealing with a person who is deemed as vulnerable.

   

  A copy of this policy will remain on the premises and be made available to all staff as they need to refer to it and to an officer from a responsible authority at all times upon reasonable request. All relevant staff will be made aware of this policy and will actively implement it

   

  The music noise level from any event held at the campus shall not exceed 85dB(A) over a 15-minute period 1 metre from the facade of any noise sensitive premises. A written record of monitoring shall be kept and be available for inspection by an authorised officer of the Local authority. The music noise level shall be measured using a UKAS calibrated type II integrating averaging sound level meter or better. All measurements shall be undertaken by a competent person.

   

  The premises licence holder shall advertise and operate an attended complaint telephone number through which noise complaints can be channelled. All complaints received through this shall be dealt with immediately. Should the noise level be found to be excessive, the music noise level shall be reduced so as not to cause annoyance to the complainant. A written record of all complaints shall be kept and be available for inspection by an authorised officer of the Local authority.

   

  The premises licence holder shall ensure that the promoter, sound system supplier and all individual sound engineers are informed of the sound control limits and that they are correctly adhered to.

   

  Notices are placed at the exits of all bars requesting customers to respect the peace of our neighbours and to leave quietly.

   

  The placing of bottles into receptacles outside the premises shall take place at times that will minimise disturbance to nearby properties and will not take place between 23.00 and 07.00hrs

   

  A ‘Challenge 25’ policy will be adopted, Challenge 25 signage will be displayed at the point of sale.

   

  Acceptable Proof of Age Identification will be: Passport, Photo Driving Licence, PASS card, British Military ID, National ID card or any other document/ID  approved by the Home Office

   

  A refusals register shall be maintained and be made available for inspection to Police or authorised officers upon request. The Designated Premises Supervisor shall regularly check the register to ensure it is being consistently used by all staff.