Licensing Section -EHDCEast Hants District Council

Waitrose

Station Road, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 2WT

Completed application 016022 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 27/06/2012 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• any playing of recorded music
• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• Annex 1 - Mandatory Conditions

   

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

   

  (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;

   

  (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.

   

  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 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: 25ml or 35ml; and

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

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

   

  6. No supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence:

   

  at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises licence, or

  at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended.

   

  7. Every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence (Section 19, Licensing Act 2003).

   

  8. Where this licence authorises the exhibition of films the admission of children must be restricted in accordance with the British Board of Film Classification.

   

  9. Where this licence includes a condition that at specified times one or more individuals must be at the premises to carry out a security activity, these individuals must be licensed by the Security Authority (Section 21, Licensing Act 2003).

   

  Further information can be obtained from the Licensing Section, East Hampshire District Council, Penns Place, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4EX

   

   

• Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the operating schedule

   

  1. CCTV will be in operation throughout trading hours. Recorded material is kept for one month and will be made available for inspection if requested by a police officer or authorised officer of the Local Authority.

   

  2. Any cashier under the age of 18 is required to page a supervisor (all of whom are over the age of 18) to authorise the sale of alcohol and the supervisor must adopt challenge 25 policy in deciding whether to authorise the sale.

   

  3. All cashiers are fully trained in licensing before they work on a till. Training records are electronically recorded and refresher training and training on Challenge 25 takes place every 6 months. Training is supported with training cards and "think 25" posters in the staff areas.

   

  4. The premises must have a policy that requires people who appear to be under the age of 18 to be asked, before being served alcohol, to produce identification showing their Photograph, Date of birth and have a holographic mark. Examples of acceptable ID include: Photo card driving licences; Passports or proof of age cards bearing the PASS hologram. Other forms of ID which meet the criteria laid out above are also aceptable. Staff who work in the store must be aware of the existence and content of the age verification policy.

   

  5. Challenge 25 notices are displayed on the shop floor in prominent positions. A refusal log is used to record all sales of alcohol refused. The tills record the refusal, giving the date, time and by whom the refusal has been made. A member of the stores's management team shall ensure the refusal log is checked and signed on a monthly basis.

• Annex 3 - Conditions from a hearing

• Annex 4 - The Plan

Premises Plans

• Ground Floor Plan - Page 1 of 1