White Horse Public House

Halesworth Road, Sibton, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2JJ

Completed application 043281 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 24/11/2005 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of a play
• an exhibition of a film
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• provision of late night refreshment
• 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 shall take all reasonable steps to 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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of leading or contributing to crime and disorder, prejudice to public safety, public nuisance, or harm to children-

   

  (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 (other than any promotion or discount available to an individual in respect of alcohol for consumption at a table meal, as defined in section 159 of the Act);

   

  (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;

  (d) provision of free or discounted alcohol in relation to the viewing on the premises of a sporting event, where that provision is dependent on-

   

  (i) the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or

  (ii) the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;

   

  (e) 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.

   

  3.  The responsible person shall ensure that no alcohol is dispensed directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of a disability).

   

  4.  The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  5. (1) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder shall ensure that an age verification policy applies to the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

  (2) 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 a holographic mark.

   

  6.  The responsible person shall 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; and

   

  (b) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.

   

  EXHIBITION OF FILMS

   

  1)      Where a premises licence authorises the exhibition of films, the licence must include a condition requiring the admission of children to the exhibition of any film to be restricted in accordance with this section -

   

  2)      Where the film classification body is specified in the licence, unless subsection (3)(b) applies, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that body.

   

  3)      Where -

   

  )          the film classification body is not specified in the licence, or

  )          the relevant licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this subsection applies to the film in question, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that licensing authority.

   

  4)              In this section -

   

  “children” means persons aged under 18; and

  “film classification body” means the person or persons designated as the authority under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 (c.39) (authority to determine suitability of video works for classification).

   

   

• Annex 2 - Conditions Consistent with the Operating Schedule

   

  General Conditions

   

  1         The Licensee shall provide training and supervision of all staff.

  2.      Up to 60 minutes ‘wind down’ period after all licensable activities cease (other than late night refreshment) before the premises are closed to non-residents

   

  Crime and Disorder

  2         The Licensee, that is the person in whose name the premises Licence is issued, shall ensure that at all times when the premises are open for any licensable activity, there are sufficient, competent staff on duty at the premises for the purpose of fulfilling the terms and conditions of the Licence and for preventing crime and disorder and an adequate number of staff will supervise patrons exit from the premises during the hour before closing.

  3         All members of staff at the premises shall seek ‘credible photographic proof of age evidence’ form any person who appears to be under the age of 18 years and who is seeking to purchase or consume alcohol on the premises.

  4         A suitably worded sign of sufficient size and clarity must be displayed at the point of entry to the premises and in a suitable location at any points of sale, advising customers that they may be asked to produce evidence of their age.

  5         A conspicuous notice must be displayed on or immediately outside the premises, or which is immediately adjacent to the premises, which gives details of any restrictions relating to the admission of children to the premises.

  6         The Licensee shall not advertise, promote, sell or supply alcoholic drinks in such a way that is intended or likely to encourage persons to consume alcohol to an excessive amount. 

   

  Public Safety

  7         When obviously physically disabled people are present, adequate arrangements must exist to enable their safe evacuation in the event of an emergency.

  8         All escape routes and exits must be kept unobstructed, in good order, free of trip hazards and clearly identified.

  9         All exit doors whenever the premises are occupied. Must be able to be easily opened in the case of an emergency, without use of a key, card, code or similar means.

  10     All exit doors must be regularly checked to ensure that they function satisfactorily.

  11     All removable security fastenings must be removed whenever the premises are open to the public or occupied by staff.

  12     Fire fighting equipment must be provided in the licensed premises in accordance with the risk assessment with staff suitably trained as necessary.

  13     Curtains, hangings and temporary decorations must be arranged so as not to obstruct exits, fire safety signs, or fire fighting equipment.

  14     In the absence of adequate daylight, the lighting in any area accessible to the public must be in operation when they are present.

  15     No alterations must be made to the premises which make it impossible to comply with an existing licence condition without first seeking a variation of the premises licence proposing the deletion of the condition in question. The applicant will need to propose a new operating schedule reflecting the proposed alteration to the premises and how he or she intends to take alternative steps to promote the public safety objective and amend the risk assessment accordingly.

  10. A responsible person where there is an outbreak of fire must raise the alarm, evacuate the building, and call the fire brigade. Following the incident, a responsible               person   must ensure that the details are recorded in a Fire Log Book. Any remedial work necessary to restore fire precautions to the original standard musty be completed with systems fully functional prior to re-admittance of the public.

   

  Prevention of Public Nuisance

  16     Internal and external lighting provided for the purpose of customer and staff safety and for security of the premises must be so positioned to not cause a nuisance to neighbouring or adjoining properties.

  17     Premises must remove their waste and refuse in a timely manner to a licensed waste disposal facility.

  18     There must be clear and legible notices displayed at exits and other circulatory areas requesting patrons to leave the premises having regard to the needs of local residents, in particular emphasising the need to refrain from shouting and slamming car doors. The sounding of car horns must also be discouraged and patrons exiting the premises supervised during the hour before closing.

  19     Suitable ventilation and extraction systems must be provided to eliminate noxious odours. Such systems must be maintained on a regular basis.

  20     Premises must enter into a waste removal agreement with a licensed waste disposal contractor and keep documented evidence of the agreement.

  21     Empty bottles must be stored in a skip within the curtilage of the premises prior to collection. Operationally bottles must be removed from the public area on a frequent basis and transferred to the skip. In order to minimise noise disturbance to adjoining properties, transfer to the external skip should not be undertaken after 23.00.

  22     The performance of a play outdoors, the performance of live music outdoors and the provision of late night refreshment outdoors shall take place on no more than 10 occasions in any one calendar year. On such occasions the regulated entertainment will finish no later than 23:00 hours and the provision of late night refreshment will not extend beyond 00:00 hours.

  23     All external doors and windows to those parts of the premises used for the provision of regulated entertainment shall be kept closed after 23:00 hours; other than for access and egress, at times when regulated entertainment is taking place.

  9.              The volume of the amplification system used for any form of regulated entertainment shall be controlled so that noise levels are non-intrusive at the boundaries of nearby residential properties.

   

  Protection of children from harm

  24     All members of staff at the premises shall seek “credible photographic proof of age evidence from any person who appears to be under the age of 18 years and who is seeking to purchase or consume alcohol on the premises.

  2.              A suitably worded sign of sufficient size and clarity must be displayed at the point of entry to the premises and in a suitable location at any points of sale, advising customers that they may be asked to produce evidence of their age.

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