Seckford Hall Hotel & The Courtyard Leisure Club

Seckford Hall Road, Great Bealings, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 6NU

Completed application 043938 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 18/01/2019 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• Annex 1 - Mandatory Conditions

   

  Where a premises licence authorises the sale of alcohol, the licence must include the following conditions:

   

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

   

           At any time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises, 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.

   

  2.  (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).

   

  3. The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to

  customers where it is reasonably available.

  4. (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.

   

  5. 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.”

   

   

  6.  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.

   

  6.1  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(a);

   

                   (b) “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula-

   

  P = D + (D×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;

   

  (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(a).

   

  6.2  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.

   

  6.3  (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

   

  CONDITIONS incorporating Embedded conditions/restrictions and entitlements under The Licensing Act 1964

   

  1.              The hours for regulated entertainment and the sale or supply of liquor shall be 10.00h to 24.00h each day of the week, save on New Year’s Eve when the hours will run from 10.00h on New Year’s Eve through to 24.00h on New Year’s Day.

  2.              deleted

  3.              There is no prohibition on:-

   

                (a)              consumption of alcohol on the premises during the first 40 minutes after the above hours; and

                (b)              the taking of the alcohol from the premises during the first 40 minutes after the above hours, unless it is supplied or taken in an open vessel; and

                (c)              deleted

                (d)              consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking or sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;

                (e)              the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;

                (f)              the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;

                (g)              deleted

                (h)              the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or

                (i)              the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by him at his own expense, or the consumption of alcohol by persons so supplied; or

                (j)              the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to persons employed there for the purpose of the business carried on by the holder of the licence, or the consumption of liquor so supplied, if the liquor is supplied at the expense of their employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises.

  N.b.:              A person shall be treated as residing in any premises, notwithstanding that he occupies sleeping accommodation in a separate building, if he is provided with that accommodation in the course of a business of providing board and lodging for reward at those premises and the building is habitually used for the purpose by way of annexe or overflow in connection with those premises and is occupied and managed with those premises.

  4.              Being “exempt licensed premises” within the Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969, section 1(2), the premises may be kept open for public refreshment, resort and entertainment until the end of “normal evening closing time” being 30 minutes beyond the times stipulated in paragraph 1 above. 

  5.              deleted

  6.              deleted

  7.              (a)              The playing of dominoes or cribbage in a place to which the public has access, and in respect of which a justices’ on licence is in force, is exempt from the prohibition on gaming in a public place by virtue of s.6 Gaming Act 1968.

                (b)              Reference is made to the Permit granted under s.6(3) Gaming Act 1968 on 4th June 1970, authorising the playing of other games, namely nap, fat and solo whist.

  8.              No additional licence is required for the provision in the premises of public entertainment by the reproduction of wireless (including television) broadcasts or of programmes included in any programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990) other than a sound or television broadcasting service, or of public entertainment by way of music or singing only which is provided solely by the reproduction of recorded sound.

   

  Crime and Disorder

   

  1         Floodlights in the car parking area will be maintained and illuminated in the absence of adequate daylight at all times when members of the public are present.

   

  Public Safety

   

  2         All parts of the premises used for means of escape in case of fire shall be kept entirely free from obstruction, whether permanent or temporary, so as to not impede safe evacuation of the premises.

   

  3         All parts of the premises and its external escape routes to which the public have access shall be suitably illuminated in the absence of adequate daylight at all times when members of the public are present.

   

  4         Fire fighting appliances indicated on the drawing submitted with the application shall be maintained and immediately available for use.

   

  5         No vehicle shall be parked in such a way as to restrict the means of escape provided from the premises, or prevent the safe access and egress of the emergency services.

   

  Prevention of Public Nuisance

   

  6         The volume of the amplification system for any description of musical entertainment shall be strictly controlled so that noise levels are non-intrusive at the boundaries of nearby residential properties.

   

  7         A responsible person shall monitor the music levels outside the building, and implement any changes to reduce the noise levels in accordance with any request by an authorised office of the Council immediately and ensure that volume is maintained at the reduced level.

   

  8         The permitted entertainment outdoors shall only be allowed on 30 nights in one calendar year and all such outdoor entertainment shall finish no later than 23:00hrs.

   

  Protection of Children from Harm

   

  9         Both the DPS and the Premises Licence holder will be aware of the legal requirements in relation to children, and their safety, on the licensed premises.

   

• Annex 3 - Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority