Ipswich Borough CouncilLicensing

The Range

Unit 1 Suffolk Retail Park, London Road, IPSWICH, IP1 2EJ

Completed application 065045 which is a DPS Variation Application for Premises Licence from 05/02/2020 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• Annex 1 - Mandatory Conditions

   

   

  Licensing Act 2003 - Where licence authorises the supply of alcohol

   

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

  (a)               at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the               premises licence, or

  (b)               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.

   

  The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) (Amendment) Order 2014

   

  (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)              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.

   

  (5)              In this condition:-

   

  a.              “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 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;

  b.              “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;

  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.

   

  (6)              Where the permitted price would not be a whole number of pennies, the permitted price shall be taken to be the price rounded up to the nearest penny.

   

  (7)              1) Where the permitted price 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 premises operating schedule

   

  Conditions offered by the applicant

   

                        A CCTV system will be in operation at all times the premises is open for licensable activities.

   

                        Images will be stored for a minimum of 28 days and copies made available to police and authorised officers of the licensing authority on request.

   

                        A fully working and maintained CCTV system capable of recording and storing images is installed on the premises.  The system records at all times when the premises is open to the public and images are stored for a minimum of 28 days with date & time stamping. This covers all entry and exit points, stock location and checkouts.

   

                        A person conversant with the retrieval and downloading of CCTV footage will be present on the premises at all times when open to the public.

   

                        All recordings will be made available to an officer from a responsible authority upon reasonable request and in line with the provisions of the current Data Protection legislation.

   

                        CCTV equipment shall be kept in a secure environment

   

                        A daily operational log will be maintained, signed and dated to illustrate that the system has been checked and is compliant. If any failings were identified this is to be recorded on the CCTV Daily operational log form and a job raised using the in-house system to arrange repair.

   

                        All staff involved in the retail of alcohol will be trained in relation to the law regarding its sale.  This training will be completed prior to them being authorised to sell alcohol and refreshed every 6 months. A record of this training will be kept and maintained.  A copy of the training material and associated forms shall be retained in the necessary folder as instructed by head office.  The recipient of the training will sign to state that they have received and understood the training, and this will be dated.  Training records will be kept on the premises at all times and made available to an officer from a responsible authority upon reasonable request.

   

                        The premises will operate and adhere to an age verification scheme with the minimum standard of Challenge 25.  Signs advertising the policy will be displayed in all areas where alcohol is for sale and throughout the premises.

   

                        Staff will be trained on the acceptable forms of ID that can be provided as proof of age, these include photo driving licence, passport, pass ID cards.  Till prompts on age restricted items, security tagging on high value and sought after stock.

   

                        An incident reporting system is in operation on site. Incidents are recorded electronically and are dated and referenced in sequential order.  All incident reports are retained on site for a period of at least 12 months.  All incident reports will be available upon request by an authorised officer.

   

                        Incident reports will be used to record incidents such as -               Alcohol related crimes on the premises, Ejection of persons from the premises, Alcohol related disorder.

   

                        The incident report shall hold as much detail as is possible to obtain such as details of the individual, details of the staff member reporting the incident, the time, date and details of the incident. Any CCTV or witness statements will be referenced.

   

                        There will be a two way radio communication system between management.

   

                        All refused sales will be reported in the refusal register.

   

                        Any visits by the authorities to request details or to report incidents/complaints will be recorded on the authority form.

   

                        Any complaints or concerns raised by customers or residents will be recorded on the customer contact form.

   

                        A telephone number for the DPS will always be available on site even if the DPS is not present.

   

                        No customer or staff member will be allowed to take from the premises an open bottle or vessel. No consumption of alcohol in store or on site including car park and yard.

   

  Condition mediated with Suffolk Constabularly at application stage

   

  Sales of alcohol are not to include any super strength lagers, beers or ciders where strength exceeds 6.5% ABV (alcohol by volume).  This restriction shall not apply in respect of specialist branded, premium priced products - such as craft ales, local or micro-brewery specialist products, boxed gifts or national celebratory or commemorative beer, lager or cider.

   

   

   

   

   

   

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