APPENDIX A
Section 18 of 21
LICENSING OBJECTIVES
Describe the steps you intend to take to promote the four licensing objectives:
a) General – all four licensing objectives (b,c,d,e)
List here steps you will take to promote all four licensing objectives together.
The premises will operate to a high standard, and will do so should this licence be granted in
terms of the sale of alcohol. All staff will be fully trained on induction in their responsibilities with regard to the sale of alcohol, and will be retrained every six months, with recorded training records kept for inspection. Training for non personal licence holders will be to level 1 standard.
b) The prevention of crime and disorder
1. An incident log shall be kept at the premises, and made available on request to an authorised officer of the Council or the Police. It must be completed within 24 hours of the incident and will record the following:
a) all crimes reported to the venue
b) all ejections of patrons
c)any complaints received concerning crime and disorder
d)any incidents of disorder
e) all seizures of drugs or offensive weapons
f) any faults in the CCTV system, searching equipment or scanning equipment
g) any refusal of the sale of alcohol including date, time and name of staff member
h) any visit by a relevant authority or emergency service.
2. A record shall be kept detailing all refused sales of alcohol. The record should include the date and time of the refused sale and the name of the member of staff who refused the sale. The record shall be available for inspection at the premises by the police or an authorised officer of the Council at all times whilst the premises is open.
3. All staff members should be checked to ensure they have the right to work in the UK. These checks should be made
available upon requests to all responsible authorities. All associated ‘entitlement to work’ documents:
a) must be logged and kept on the premises for the duration of the employment; and
b) must be retained for a minimum of 12 months after employment has ceased.
4.Customers shall only consume alcohol which has been purchased from the premises.
5. The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive CCTV system. All entry and exit points must be covered enabling frontal identification of every person entering in a light condition. The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the premises are open. All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 31 days with date and time stamping. Viewing of recordings shall be made available immediately upon the request of Police or authorised officer of the Council.
6. A staff member from the premises who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be in the premises at all times when the premises is open. This staff member must be able to provide a Police or authorised council officer copies of recent CCTV images or data with the absolute minimum of delay when requested and within a maximum of 24 hours of the initial request.
7. Subject to Data Protection guidance and legislation, the management of the premises will ensure that key staff are fully trained in the operation of the CCTV, and will be able to download selected footage onto a disk/USB Stick for the Police or as practicable. Repair records / invoices shall be kept on site for at least 12 months and be readily available to be viewed by all authorised persons upon request.
8. Any CCTV breakdown or system failure will be notified to the Police and Local Authority immediately & remedied as soon as practicable. Repair records / invoices shall be kept on site for at least 12 months and be readily available to be viewed by all authorised persons upon request.
9. Notices shall be prominently displayed within the premises stating that CCTV is in operation.
10. All alcohol products sold at the premises shall have the relevant UK duty paid label attached.
11. No person shall be allowed to leave the premises whilst in the possession of any drinking vessel or open glass bottle, whether empty or containing any beverage.
12. Any person entering the premises who appears to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs shall in the interests of other members of the public using the premises be requested to leave the premises.
13. The premises shall operate a zero tolerance policy to the supply and use of drugs
14. Anyone who appears to be drunk or intoxicated shall not be allowed entry to the premises and those who have gained entry will be escorted from the building immediately.
15. The applicant will be happy to join Pubwatch or similar schemes operating in Brighton City Centre.
c) Public safety
Staff will be trained to be alert to any potential danger to customers and react accordingly. If they are unable to quickly defuse the situation without risk to customer or staff, then they are instructed to call the police. All relevant fire procedures are in place for a premise of this size.
d) The prevention of public nuisance
Patrons attending the premises will be reminded of their responsibilities to leave the premises quietly.
A smoking policy will be available on site for inspection as required.
No more than 5 patrons from the premises will be permitted to smoke in the smoking area at any one time.
Cigarette bins will be provided to encourage smokers to dispose of their cigarettes in a safe manner.
The smoking area will be cleaned every evening at the close of trade.
Signage relating to Taxi services available, including phone numbers, will be displayed at the entrance to the premises.
e) The protection of children from harm
The premises shall operate a Challenge 25 Policy. Such policy shall be written down and kept at the premises. The policy shall be produced on demand of an authorised person’ (as defined by Section 13 of the Licensing Act 2003) or the police or an authorised Trading Standards Officer of the Council.
Prominent, clear and legible signage (in not less than 32 font bold) shall also be displayed at all entrances to the premises as well as at, at least one location behind any bar advertising the scheme operated.
A written register of refusals will be kept including a description of the people who have been unable to provide required
Identification to prove their age. Such records shall be kept for a period of 12 months and will be collected on a daily basis by the Designated Premises Supervisor and produced to the police or an ‘authorised person’ (as defined by Section 13 of the Licensing Act 2003) or an authorised Trading Standards Officer of the Council on demand.
In addition to the original operating schedule the applicant has proposed the following extra conditions (via an email on 14.12.20):-
1. The premises will operate as a café between the hours of 09:00 and 19:00 hours. In order to ensure the premises will not run as a public bar, we would like to insert the following conditions to this effect:
• The sale of intoxicating liquor and other beverages shall be waiter/waitress service for consumption by persons seated at tables.
• Substantial food shall be available at all times.
2. The premises will operate as a restaurant between the hours of 19:00 and the terminal hour on each day. To this end we would like to include the following conditions to the operating schedule, effective from 19:00 hours each day.
• Intoxicating liquor shall not be supplied or sold on the premises otherwise than to persons taking table meals there and for the consumption by such a person as an ancillary to their meal. There will be no vertical drinking.
• The sale and supply of alcohol for consumption off the premises shall be restricted to an area licensed by the Local Authority for use of the public highway as shown on the plan deposited and such area shall be defined by a physical barrier acceptable to the licensing authority.
To note (from the applicant):- For clarity the hours will be as follows:
Café condition from 09:00 – 19:00 hours
Restaurant condition from 19:00 – 23:00 Sunday to Thursday and until 00:00 Friday and Saturday - and also until 01:00 on Xmas Eve and NYE.
The Opening Hours would remain with a half an hour ‘drinking up time’.
The applicant recognises that the premises falls within the Brighton Cumulative Impact Area, but believe that due to the hours of trading applied for, and the robust conditions offered in the application, and this email, these premises are an exception to the policy, and so will not compromise any of the Licensing Objectives. The premises is not seeking to operate as a public bar, but is focusing on a food led business, with alcohol sold as ancillary to food, and always with substantial food available.