Gateway Continental Convenience Store

12 Tacket Street, IPSWICH, IP4 1AY

Completed application 081252 which is a DPS Variation and TRANSFER applications for Premises Licence from 31/01/2025 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.

   

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  Annex 2 - Conditions Consistent with the premises operating schedule

   

  General

  •              All applicable regulations including Health & Safety, Fire Safety will be implemented, maintained and complied with.  

  •              The manager will be the designated as person responsible public safety.

  •              Complete cooperation will be ensured with police, local authorities, community organisations and other relevant regulatory bodies in order to meet the licencing objectives. 

  •              Information notices about crime and disorder issues will be displayed at the request of the Council.

   

  Public Safety

  •              Health & Safety and Fire Regulation procedures are implemented and maintained.  

  •              A Manager / Senior member of staff will be designated responsible for staff and public safety. 

  •              Staff will be trained in Health & Safety procedures and a Health & Safety register will be maintained.

  •              Health & Safety equipment will be provided and maintained in the premises.  

  •              Emergency lighting will be installed and maintained.

  •              Smoke detectors will be installed and maintained. 

  •              Emergency escape routes will be kept clear at all times and an evacuation procedure will be maintained and complied with. 

  Prevention of Public Nuisance

  •              Playing of recorded music will be kept at background level within internal areas.

  •              During the final hour of opening the music is discernibly quieter.

  •              Complete cooperation will be provided with police, local authorities and community organisations and other relevant bodies for prevention and public nuisance. 

  •              Doors and windows are always kept shut (except for ingress and egress) to reduce noise nuisance from the premises.

  •              External lighting is installed and maintained in order to promote the licensing objectives. Liaison with the appropriate Environmental Services department will be ensured that any lighting is positioned so as to minimise the risk of causing public nuisance by light pollution.

  •              Adequate and suitable and secured receptacles are provided to receive and store refuse from the premises.

  The receptacles for refuse storage are kept in a clean condition.

  Protection of Children from harm

  •              All alcohol drinks will be kept in separate fridge and out of reach of children. 

  •              ‘No ID No Alcohol’ sign will be put on fridge containing alcoholic drinks.

  •              Customer sales and payment area are kept free of objects potentially harmful to children.  

  Conditions agreed through mediation with Suffolk Constabulary

  The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive CCTV system as per the minimum requirements of the Police. All entry and exit points will be covered, as will all areas where licensable activities are happening, enabling frontal identification of every person entering in any light condition. The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the premises is open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises. All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 30 days with date and time stamping

   

  Recordings shall be made available immediately upon the request of Police or authorised officer throughout the preceding 30 day period.

   

  A staff member who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be on the premises at all times when the premises are open to the public. This staff member will be able to show a Police or Authorised Licensing Officer recent data or footage with the absolute minimum delay when requested and be able to download relevant footage onto a disc or memory stick.

   

   

   

  A CCTV log must be maintained and endorsed by signature indicating that the system is checked weekly.  In the event of any failings or faults, any actions taken to remedy the failings or faults are recorded.  In the event of technical failure of the CCTV equipment, the Premises Licence Holder or DPS will report the failure to the Police and Licensing Authority immediately.

   

  A Challenge 25 policy must be implemented whereby all customers who appear to be under 25 must produce photographic identification in the form of a passport, driving licence or proof of age scheme (PASS) approved identification before alcohol can be supplied or sold to them. All staff will be instructed, through training, that alcohol cannot be supplied or sold unless this evidence is produced.

   

  The premises licence holder shall ensure that notices shall be prominently displayed in the premises to advise patrons and staff that a ‘Challenge 25’ scheme operates in the premises

   

  An incident log shall be kept at the premises for a minimum of 12 months from the date of each entry, and made available on request to an authorised officer of the Ipswich Council or the Police. It must be completed within 24 hours of the incident and will record the following: (a) all crimes reported to the venue (b) all ejections of patrons (c) any complaints received concerning crime and disorder (d) any incidents of disorder (e) any faults in the CCTV system (f) any refusal of the sale of alcohol (g) any visit by a relevant authority or emergency service.

   

  A register of refusals shall be kept detailing all refused sales of alcohol and will be kept for a minimum of 12 moths from the date of each entry. The log should include the date and time of the refused sale and the name of the member of staff who refused the sale. The log shall be available for inspection at the premises by the police or an authorised officer of the Ipswich Council at all times whilst the premises are open.

  All staff engaged in the sale of alcohol to be trained in responsible alcohol retailing to the minimum standard of BIIAB level 1 or equivalent (which includes relevant in house training), within three months of commencing employment at the premises.  All staff to be given refresher training every quarter.

   

  Fully auditable training records should be maintained for all staff in respect of the sale of alcohol. These will be made available for inspection upon request to the Police and all other Responsible Authorities.

   

  Recorded music will only be played at a low volume, for background music and will not be played in the external areas of the premises.

  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, larger or cider.

  All alcohol stock/products are to be purchased from legitimate wholesalers who are registered under the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS). No alcohol stock/products will be purchased from door to door sellers, members of the public, or anyone else who is not registered with AWRS.

  All off-sales of alcohol will be in sealed containers.  Alcohol will not be sold in open containers.