Bootlegger Bar

8 The Strand, Torquay, Devon, TQ1 2DE

Completed application 062024 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 18/07/2022 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• provision of late night refreshment
• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

•  

  ANNEXE 1

   

  MANDATORY CONDITION: WHERE LICENCE AUTHORISES SUPPLY OF ALCOHOL

   

  1)              No supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence:-
   

  ()        at a time where 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/her 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.

   

  3)              (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 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).

   

  4)              The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  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)              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: 25 ml or 35 ml; and

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

   

  (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.

   

  Minimum Drinks Pricing

   

  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 + (DxV)

   

  Where:-

   

                              (i) P is the permitted price

  (ii) D is the amount 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) “value 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 the 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.

   

•  

  ANNEXE 2

   

  CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  The prevention of crime and disorder

   

  1. CCTV

   

                a) The premises shall install, operate and maintain comprehensive digital colour CCTV.

   

                b) All public areas of the licensed premises including entry and exit points will be covered, including any outside areas under the control of the premises licence holder.

   

                c) The system must record clear images permitting the identification of individuals, and in particular enable facial recognition images (a clear head and shoulder image) of every person entering and leaving in any light condition.

   

                d) The CCTV system will continually record whilst the premises are open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises.

   

                e) All equipment must have a constant and accurate time and date generation.

   

                f) All recordings will be stored for a minimum period of 28 days with date and time stamping.

   

                g) Viewable copies of recordings will be provided on request to the Police or local authority officers as soon as is reasonably practicable and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 (or any replacement legislation).

   

                h) A staff member from the premises who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system, shall be on the premises at all times when the premises are open. This staff member must be able to provide an authorised officer of a responsible authority, copies of recent CCTV images or data with absolute minimum of delay when requested in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 (or any replacement legislation).

   

                i) The premises shall be responsible for providing appropriate storage media and a quantity of these will be kept on the premises for the purpose of providing downloaded footage.

   

                j) A CCTV monitor will be positioned behind the bar to assist staff with monitoring customers in areas not visible from the bar.

   

                k) The CCTV system will be capable of downloading images to a recognisable viewable format.

   

                l) There will be security measures in place to ensure the integrity of the system to prevent the tampering with or deletion of images.

   

                m) Any identified defect in the CCTV system shall be logged at the premises and remedied as soon as reasonably practical. The Police Licensing Officer or Police Licensing Team shall be notified by email of all defects, the action required to rectify the situation and the time frame for such action within 24 hours of the defect being identified.

   

  2.              On every occasion that the premises sells alcohol after midnight, SIA door supervisors shall be employed on the premises from 2200 hrs until all customers have left the vicinity of the premises, at a ratio of 2 stewards for the first 100 customers and one additional steward for each 100 persons thereafter. The Premises Licence Holder shall also carry out a risk assessment taking the layout of the premises and the proposed activity to be carried out into consideration to determine whether any additional stewards are required.

   

  3.              On all other occasions when door stewards are not required in accordance with the above condition, the Premises Licence Holder shall assess the requirement for door supervisors and employ such door supervisors, if at all, in such numbers and at such times determined by that risk assessment.

   

  4.              After the premises close, staff and door stewards shall ensure that customers leave the area in a quiet and orderly manner.

   

  5.              When door supervisors are on duty they shall carry out random searches of individuals to promote the premises drugs policy and identify individuals in possession of items that could be used as a weapon, ie knives.

   

  6.              The Premises Licence Holder/DPS shall ensure that an Incident Book is kept on the premises and that all incidents are recorded therein on a daily basis and as soon as practicable after the incident has occurred. This record shall include the full names of all person(s) involved, if possible or practical to do so. If the person(s) details are not available or known, then the time, date and CCTV camera number which captures the person(s) images are to be recorded in the incident book instead. The incident Book shall be made available for inspection by a police officer, a police licensing officer or Officers of the local authority on demand, and such records shall be kept at the premises for a minimum of 12 months.

   

  7.              The premises shall have a zero tolerance to controlled drugs and have a written drugs policy outlining what action will be taken in respect of individuals found in possession of drugs. A copy of this policy shall be retained on the premises and shall be made available for inspection by a police officer, a police licensing officer or officers of the local authority on demand.

   

  8.              All persons employed at the premises in the sale and supply of alcohol, shall attend and successfully complete the BIIAB Level 1 Award in Responsible Alcohol Retailing within 2 months of commencing employment.

   

  9.              All staff shall receive training regarding their responsibilities under the Licensing Act at the commencement of employment, with refresher training being provided at least once a year. Records of all training, including BIIA Certificates, shall be maintained and kept at the premises for a minimum period of 12 months. These records shall be made available to the police or Local Authority Licensing Officers for inspection on demand.

   

  10.              A Personal Licence holder shall be on duty at all times the premises sell or supply alcohol after midnight.

   

  11.               The premises shall sign up to a licensing support scheme such as Best Bar None and ensure that they meet the standards required by that scheme at all times.

   

  12.              The premises shall join and actively participate in the Nitenet Radio Communications Scheme.

   

  13.              Food will always be available throughout trading hours.

   

  14.              The premises will facilitate predominantly seated drinking.

   

  15.              The premises will operate a dress code encouraging a high standard of dress with appropriate footwear. Football shirts, baseball caps, tracksuits, hoodies over head wear will be discouraged.

   

  16.              Alcohol consumer outside the premises within any Pavement Cafe Permit area shall only be consumed by patrons seated at tables.

   

  Public safety

   

  1.              The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is complied with and an up to date fire risk assessment shall be kept on the premises for viewing by responsible authorities at all times. This fire risk assessment shall be amended whenever any changes are made to the premises which may affect emergency evacuation.

   

  2.              The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that at all times there are adequate First Aid arrangements. The arrangements for First Aid provision include a First Aid Box, with an adequate and appropriate supply of First Aid equipment and materials to be used by customers. Suitable protective equipment shall be provided to deal with hypodermic needles, blood spillages and other body fluids. Procedures shall be in place to ensure that body fluids are dealt with in a safe manner to avoid the risk of communicable diseases. A member of staff trained in First Aid shall be on the premises at all times.

   

  3.              Staff will ensure that regular glass collection takes place within the premises.

   

  The prevention of public nuisance

   

  1.              Noise or vibration will not emanate from the premises such as to cause persons in the neighbourhood to be unreasonably disturbed. In general terms, noise from the premises should not be audible within any noise sensitive premises (e.g. dwelling) with windows open for normal ventilation especially after 11pm. This will be assessed from the boundary to the nearest residential properties, on all sides of the licensed premises.

   

  2.              The volume of amplified sound used in connection with the entertainment provided shall at all times be under the control of the Licensee/Management and the controlling mechanism shall be operated from a part of the Premises not accessible to the public.

   

  3.              Signage will be in place to remind patrons not to stand around talking in the street outside the premises and to leave the vicinity quickly and quietly, to conduct themselves in an orderly manner and to not in any way cause annoyance to residents or persons passing by.

   

  4.              The handling of beer kegs, bottles and other similar items will not take place in the late evening, at night and during the early morning, when the noise generated could cause a nuisance particularly outside buildings.

   

  5.              The placing of refuse, such as bottles, into receptacles outside the premises takes place at times that will prevent disturbance to nearby properties.

   

  6.              Deliveries of kegs, bottles, food or other materials necessary for the operation of the business will be carried out at such a time or in such a manner as to prevent nuisance and disturbance to nearby residents.

   

  The protection of children from harm

   

  1.              The premises shall operate a Challenge 25 Policy and any individual who appears to be under the age of 25 will be required to produce an approved form of photographic identification as outlined within the Torbay Council Licensing Statement of Principles.

   

  2.              Challenge 25 posters shall be prominantly displayed within the premises.

   

  3.              No persons under the age of 18 years shall be permitted in the premises after 2200 hrs. Any under 18’s allowed entry to the premises before this time must be accompanied by a responsible adult and shall be required to leave the premises at 2200 hrs.

   

•  

  ANNEXE 3

   

  CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY

   

  None

   

•  

  ANNEXE 4

   

  PLANS

   

  Copy attached to Licence.