Licensing Section -EHDCEast Hants District Council

B&M Store

19 The Forest Centre, Pinehill Road, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 0TN

Completed application 037003 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 28/06/2024 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  1. 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.

   

  2. 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)

   

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

   

  4.  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).

   

  5.              (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.

   

  6.               (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

   

  General objectives

  A multi-camera CCTV system will be operational at the premises, which will cover all public trading areas, the entrance/exit and tills;

  The CCTV system will be maintained in good working order and images will becorrectly time and date stamped. Footage will be retained for a minimum period of 31days and a copy of CCTV footage will be downloaded and provided to any responsibleauthority on request;

  In order to maintain the security of the CCTV system, selected staff will be trained in the use of the system to ensure that any request for images will be completed within 24 hours;

   

  Prevention of crime and disorder

  Signage stating that a CCTV system is operational in the store will be displayed.

  B & M will maintain liaison with the neighbourhood police officers regarding any crime/disorder/ASB issues relating to the premises;

  The area for the display of 'alcohol for sale' will be no more than 10% of the store trading area;

  Plain clothes security staff will be employed at the premises as and when deemed necessary by the Premises Licence holder;

  All customer facing staff will be trained in ‘Security Awareness’ as part of their induction training

  Staff will be trained to ensure that alcohol is not sold to any person who is believed to be drunk;

  Notices will be prominently displayed inside the premises and at the tills, stating that it is an offence for any person under 18 years of age to purchase alcohol;

  Notices will be prominently displayed inside the premises and at the tills, stating that a Challenge 25 policy is in force;

  B & M operates a zero tolerance to aggressive and/or violent behaviour towards staff members.

   

  Prevention of public nuisance

  The area immediately in front of the store shall be inspected on a regular basis and management and staff shall use their best endeavours to prevent B & M customers from loitering in the said areas; persons refusing to move on will be reported to the Police and/or retail park security staff.

   

  Protection of children from harm

  Staff will be trained on induction prior to commencing work on tills (and will undergo 3-monthly refresher training (in the form of a short written test)) in respect of the sale of alcohol (including awareness/prevention of proxy sales, signs and symptoms of intoxication, dealing with refusal of sales and any subsequent confrontational behaviour from customers);

  All staff training will be documented and training records will be made available to authorised persons from any responsible authority on request;

  Staff training records will be kept on site for a minimum period of 2 years from the date the training took place;

  A Challenge 25 scheme will be operated at the premises. Any person who appears to be under 25 will be asked to provide identification to prove they are 18+ before a sale of alcohol takes place;

  The only form of identification that will be accepted as proof of age is a passport, driving licence, PASS hologram ID card or His Majesty’s Forces’ warrant card;

  Failure to supply such ID will result in no sale or supply of alcohol being made to that individual;

  All cash tills will incorporate an electronic "prompt" for till operators whenever an alcoholic (or other age restricted) product is scanned, which will require the operator to verify the age of any person who appears to be under 25 before the sale can proceed;

  An electronic refusals register will be kept for each store (which will be backed up offsite);

  The electronic refusals register will keep records of all refusals of alcohol (or other age restricted products);

  The electronic refusal register will show the date, the product and the name of the employee who refused the sale;

  Refusals registers for each store will be printed, checked and signed by the DPS or duty manager on a weekly basis;

  Refusals registers will be retained for a minimum period of 6 months;

  Refusals records will be made available to authorised persons from any responsible authority on request.

• Annex 3 - Conditions from a hearing

   

  An Incident book be maintained in reference to any alcohol related incident and this could be a manual or computer record;

   

  Challenge 25 poster to be prominently displayed on the premises;

   

  No sale of alcohol should take place until staff are trained in the sale of alcohol and all staff engaged in selling alcohol to be trained adequately to do so.

   

   

• Annex 4 - The plan

Premises Plans

• Plan of premises - Page 1 of 1