Licensing Section -EHDCEast Hants District Council

Amery Hill School

Amery Hill, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 2BZ

Premises Licence PL0289 from from 09/12/2014 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
• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

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  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.

   

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

   

• ANNEX 2 - LICENSING OBJECTIVES

   

  General Licensing Objectives

   

  We are applying for this licence so that we are able to continue having occasional vocal and music concerts, plays, sports events and possibly films which we held prior to the licensing laws changing. It is unlikely to be as much as 1 per month.

   

  Although we are applying for the licence to include the sale of alcohol this will usually take the form of a bar serving drinks over a very short space of time for 30 minutes before, during an interval and up to 30 mins after the concerts.

   

  At any time when the school is open our site Managers are on duty and members of our Senior Management Team are present.

   

  Most of our events will be attended by parents and siblings coming to watch family members perform and pupils supporting their peers, so although we are a school the vast majority of events would have a mixed age audience.

   

  Tickets will be issued for events and numbers will be limited and noted.

   

  Any alcoholic refreshments will only be sold by, and to, persons over 18 years of age. Our bar staff are teaching staff who volunteer to help and will therefore be aware of pupils ages.

   

  Prevention of Crime and Disorder Objectives

   

  We will ensure, as far as we are able, that any items of value are not left unattended and are stored securely away from members of the public.

   

  During events a member of senior management will be on site and the usual school rules, regulations and acceptable standards will be expected from the children.

   

  We will ensure that when alcohol is served it is not available for consumption off the premises. At nearly all events the bar is likely to be open for a maximum of 1.5 hours therefore limiting the chance of people consuming enough alcohol to be drunk. It will also be a limited bar serving a limited choice of alcohol with limited availability.

   

  All bar tenders will have been given and asked to sign and return details about the provision of alcohol i.e. serving to under 18's, serving to anyone who is, or appears to be, drunk etc.

   

  As a school we are also aware of the misuse of drugs and do not permit drugs to be brought onto the premises.

   

  Public Safety Objectives

   

  At the start of each event visitors will be instructed as to the location of toilets, fire exits, fire muster points and the procedure to follow in the event of an emergency.

   

  During all events one of our Site Managers is on the premises. They are both well aware of all the health and safety issues around the site.

   

  Audience seating will be rows of connected seats with the minimum required gangways of 1.1m between seating blocks.

   

  All fire exits will be clearly marked and kept unlocked and their routes free.

   

  The school is a non smoking site.

   

  A first aider will be available during most school events.

   

  Our main car park and all routes from cars to the licensed buildings have outside lighting. There is lighting in the playground which would also be used as a car park.

  Alcohol will not be available for consumption off the premises so there will not be cans or bottles taken into the car park or off site.

   

  The Sports Hall will be our main entertainment venue and it has flat access from the car parks.

   

  As we are a school we are very aware of health and safety issues.

   

  Prevention of Public Nuisance Objectives

   

  We are aware of our public image and endeavour to promote good relations within the local area at all times.

   

  Our main entertainment venue, the sports hall, has several trees around it and is almost 100m from the nearest site boundary which is edged with trees. This will therefore limit the noise transmitted to local houses.

   

  Publicity of any events is likely to be primarily within local schools and the vast majority of events will consist of pupils performing which is less likely to be of general interest to members of the public. Audiences are therefore likely to be family groups and it is unlikely that there will be large groups of 17- 25 year olds leaving together.

   

  We are aware that being in a residential area we have to avoid causing public nuisance to our neighbours. We will therefore ensure that people are reminded to be aware of neighbours and to leave quietly. We will endeavour to 'tone down' the entertainment during the last 1/2 hour by lowering volumes and tempo to 'calm people down' before they leave.

   

  We will use playgrounds for parking to minimise street parking in the vicinity.

   

  The 'supply of alcohol' part of the licence will finish at 10.30 (although in the vast majority of our events people will probably leave before this) which will mean that they are likely to leave the premises before the mass exodus of people leaving local pubs.

   

  Due to the layout of our site any queues at the door will be within our own premises so will not cause a public nuisance.

   

  Protection of Children from Harm Objectives

   

  As we are a school our day to day priority is to protect children from harm and we have a child protection policy with a nominated child protection officer and deputy.

   

  During events a member of senior management will be on site and any staff members helping will be CRB approved or police checked if they joined the staff before 2002. Any groups brought in, by us, to work with children will have the required CRB checks.

   

  Bar staff are nearly always staff from school who are aware of the ages of our current and past pupils to prevent the sale of alcohol to under 18's. If non-school staff are used they will always be accompanied by a staff member. Any people serving on the bar will be required to read and agree to the licensing laws with regard to not serving alcohol to under 18's and will be regularly reminded of their duty to not supply alcohol to, or for consumption by, under 18's. Non-alcoholic refreshments for performing children will always be provided at the opposite end of the hall to where the adult's bar is set up.

   

  When films are being shown we will ensure that only children of an appropriate age for the British Board of Film Classification rules will be allowed entry.

   

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

   

  The performance is unamplified;

  The performance is amplified and takes place to an audience of no more than 200 persons.

  The performance must take place when the premises are open for the supply/sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises.

   

               

• ANNEX 3 - Conditions attached by Environmental Protection

   

  Noise shall be inaudiable beyond the site boundary after 2200 hours.

Premises Plans

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