Licensing Section -EHDCEast Hants District Council

Hop Poles

2 Mount Pleasant Road, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1NG

Premises Licence PL0204 from from 27/09/2019 to 17/12/2020

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• an exhibition of a film
• an indoor sporting event
• a performance of live music
• 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
• provision of late night refreshment
• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• Annex 1 - Mandatory Conditions

   

  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 characteristic 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: 25ml or 35ml; and

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

  (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.

   

  5. 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.

   

  6. 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).

   

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

   

  8.  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).

   

  9. (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 + (D x V)

  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 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.

   

   

   

• Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the operating schedule

   

  The DPS will risk assess the need for SIA registered door supervisors. Whenever door supervisors are provided at the premises, they will remain at the premises until 30 minutes after the end of licensable activities to ensure that safe and quiet dispersal of customers.

   

  Live/Recorded Music

   

  The provision of live and recorded music between 0800-2300 is not licensable (and so any conditions relating to the provisions of live or recorded music do not apply) if:

   

  The performance of live music is unamplified.

   

  The performance of live music is amplified and takes place to an audience of no more than 500 persons when the premises are open for the supply/sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises.

   

  The performance of recorded music takes place to an audience of no more than 500 persons when the premises are open for the supply/sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises.

   

   

   

   

• Annex 3 - Conditions from a hearing

   

  Security Register

  The licence holder shall maintain a duty register giving details of each and every person employed in the role of a security/door person and shall provide upon request by and Police Officer or Council Officer, the following details:-

   

  a)              The licence number, name, date of birth and residential address of that person;

  b)              The time at which he/she commenced that period of duty, with a signed acknowledgement by that person;

  c)              The time at which he/she finished that period of duty, with a signed acknowledgement by that person;

  d)              Any times during the period of duty when he/she was not on duty;

  e)              If that person is not an employee of the licence holder, the name of the person by whom that person is employed or through whom the services of that person were engaged;

  f)              The register shall be so kept that it can be readily inspected by an authorised officer of the Council or Police Officer; and

  g)              The duty register shall comprise of a bound, consecutively page-numbered book and the licence holder shall ensure that this register is kept in a secure environment in order to prevent unauthorised access or alterations to same.

   

  CCTV

  The license holder shall comply with the following requirements concerning the use of CCTV at the premises:

   

  Operation and Storage

  A recording CCTV system that captures images from the main entertainment areas must be fully operational whilst licensable activities are taking place.

   

  The recording equipment shall be stored and operated in a secure environment with limited access, to avoid damage, theft, unauthorised viewing and maintain the integrity of the system.

   

  A record shall be kept of any access made to information held on the system.

   

  The system will be serviced at twelve monthly intervals and maintained to a standard that is acceptable to the police licensing department responsible for the area.

   

  The system clock shall be checked regularly for accuracy taking account of GMT and BST.

   

  Digital systems shall have sufficient storage capacity for 31 days evidential quality recording.

   

  The images produced will be date and time stamped.

   

  A notice will be displayed at the entrance to the premises advising that CCTV is in operation.

   

  Additional recording CCTV cameras shall be installed and fully operational whilst the venue is open to the public to cover the areas immediately outside the front of the premises and the rear patio.  It is vital that these cameras are not obscured by external furniture and are capable of recording in different lighting conditions to capture images.

   

  Access

  It is important that the Police are able to access data from the systems quickly and easily and therefore provision shall be made for someone to have access to the secure area and also be able to operate the equipment at all times.

   

  Ensure all operators receive training from the installer when equipment is installed and that this is cascaded down to new members of staff.

   

  Have a simple operator’s manual available to assist in replaying and exporting data (particularly important with digital systems) and to produce images to the police for the purposes of the detection of crime as long as the request is lawful and complies with the Data Protection Act.

   

  Pub watch

  The premises licence holder shall ensure that a representative of the premises (whenever possible the DPS) attends regular Pub watch meetings of meetings of any similar scheme, so long as such a scheme is in existence and welcomes the participation of the venue representative.

   

  The DPS of their representative shall ensure that descriptions of disorderly/banned individuals are circulated to other licenced venues via the Pub watch or similar scheme.  The DPS will work in cooperation with Hampshire Constabulary and other licensed venues by refusing entry to any person who has been included on the ‘banned’ list.

   

  Written Policies

  Written policies on the ejection of customers and the refusal of entry of customers shall be implemented following agreement with the Police.

   

  A bar staff refusals register shall be implemented and maintained at the premises and made available on request to Police Officers or authorised Officers of East Hampshire District Council.

   

  A written policy on how the venue will tackle and deal with drugs and drug prevention shall be implemented following agreement with the Police.

   

  The venue shall adopt a Challenge 25 policy and will display visible signage promoting it.

   

  Toilets

  The toilet facilities will be checked hourly from 18:00 when the premises are open and operating under its premises licence.

   

  These checks shall be recorded in a bound log which shall be kept on the premises at all times and made available on request to Police Officers or authorised Officers of East Hampshire District Council.  Any occurrences outside of normal cleaning, i.e. the finding of drugs or associated items shall be recorded in the log.

   

  All lavatories, WC’s and urinals in the premises shall at all times be kept in good order and repair and be properly cleaned, ventilated, disinfected and supplied with water (hot and cold) and the doors leading into these facilities shall be suitably marked.

   

  Anti drug posters shall be visibly positioned and maintained in all the toilets.

   

  Fixed Bar

  Alcohol shall only be supplied from the fixed bars as shown on the plan deposited with the Licensing Authority as part of the premises licence.

   

  Staff Training

  Before commencing their duties, all new staff must receive information and training concerning the sale of age-restricted products.  The training must cover their legal responsibilities and action to be taken in the event of suspicions being aroused that someone is purchasing or attempting to purchase an item under the legal age.  All employees will sign a letter to acknowledge that they have completed this training and have understood their responsibilities on this area.  This training should be reviewed and updated at reasonable intervals.

   

  Capacity

  No more than 175 patrons shall be allowed to remain on the premises at any one time.

   

  External Areas

  No more than 10 persons shall be allowed in the area of the rear patio between the hours of 22:00 and the closing time of the venue when the area is being used by patrons as a smoking area.

   

  Signage shall be displayed in the patio area and at all exit points reminding patrons to respect local residents and to keep the noise to a minimum.

   

  The garden gate to be secured by the use of a push bar fastening from 21:00 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays to restrict entry or exit to and from the garden.

   

  From 22:00 until 08:00 the following day, patrons shall be discouraged from smoking outside the front of the premises.

   

  No live music shall be provided in any outside area after 21:00.

   

  Any external area at the front of the premises shall not be used by patrons for consumption of alcohol between 21:30 hours on any days and 08:00 hours the following day.

   

  No glasses, bottles or open containers of drink shall be permitted in the rear garden and no consumption of alcohol shall take place in the rear garden between 22:00 hours on any day and 08:00 hours the following day.

   

  No consumption of alcohol to take place at the front of the premises on the pavement area.

   

  Doors and Windows

  All external doors utilised by patrons for entry and egress, save for the fire door at the rear of the property shall be fitted with a self closing device which shall be maintained to ensure constant operation.

   

  During regulated entertainment, all external doors and windows shall remain closed except for access and egress.

   

  Children

  There shall be no entry to under 18’s after 21:00.

   

  Entry

  There shall be no entry or re-entry to patrons after 23:00.

   

  No emptying of bottle bins into the larger external bins between 23:30 and 07:00.

   

   

   

   

   

• Annex 4 - The Plan

Premises Plans

• Plan 10.08.12 - Page 1 of 1