The Cornerhouse

15 New Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1EG

Premises Licence LAPLWA0537 from from 14/02/2023 to indefinite

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of live music
• provision of late night refreshment
• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• Mandatory conditions 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.              The supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence

   

  Irresponsible Drinks Promotions - Mandatory Conditions

   

  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.

   

  Age Verification Policy - Mandatory Condition

   

  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.

   

  Availability of different Measures - Mandatory Condition

   

  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.

   

  Alcohol 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 purpose of the condition set out in paragraph 1-

   

  (a)              “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcohol 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 rate 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 premise licence -

   

  (i)              The holder of the premise licence

  (ii)              The designated premise 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 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.

   

  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

   

  Mandatory condition where Door Supervisors are provided

  All individuals who carry out security activities must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority (SIA)

   

  Non standard timings

  From the start of permitted hours on New Year's Eve to the start of permitted hours on New Year's Day

   

• The premises does operate to a high standard and will continue to do so should this licence be granted in terms of the sale of alcohol.  All staff will be fully trained in their responsibilities with regard to to the sale of alcohol and will be retained every six months, with recorded training records kept for inspection. The premises will close 30 minutes after the licensing activities have ceased to allow customers to finish their drinks and leave in a quiet and orderly manner.

   

  CCTV will be in use at the premises.  It shall be to an appropriate standard as agreed with the Licensing Authority in consultation with the Police.

  The CCTV equipment shall be maintained in good working order and continually record when licensable activity takes place and for a period of two hours afterwards.

  The premises licence holder shall ensure images from from the CCTV are retained for a period of 31 days.

  The image retention period may be reviewed as appropriate by the Licensing Authority.

  The correct time and date will be generated onto both the recording and the real time image screen. If the CCTV equipment ()including any mobile units in use at the premises) breaks down the premises licence holder shall ensure that the designated premises supervisor, or in his/her absence other responsible person, verbally informs the Licensiong Auority and the Police as soon as is reasonalby practible and without undue delay.  The information shall be contemporaneously recorded in the incident report register and shall include the time, date and means this was done and to whom the information was reported.  Equipment failures shall be repaired or replaced as soon as is reasonably practible and without undue delay.  The Licensing Authority and Police shall be informed when faults are rectified.

  The premises licence holder shall ensure that there are trained members of staff availabkle during licensable hours to be able to to reproduce and download CCTV images into a removable format at the request of an authorised Officer of the Licensing Authority or a Constable.

  There shall be clear signage indicating indicating that CCTV equipment is in use and recording at the premises during all trading hours.  The DPS will keep an up to date DPS authorisation sheet which will show the list of staff members who have been given the authority to sell alcohol on the premises. 

  An incident record will be kept in a bound book, as will all refusals for the sale of alcohol. These books will be made available to the police and officers from the council on request.

  Sufficient staff will be on duty during all events, with a risk assesment carried out in advance of the event.  The majority trade will be in the form of functions and will be to gust customers.

  Evening eents will be prebooked events with numberz carefully controlled along with those who are invited guests only.

   

  Staff will be trained to be alert to any potential danger to customers and react accordingly.  If they are unable to quickly defuse the situation without risk to customer or staff, then they are instructed to call the Police.  All relevent fire procedures are in place for a premises of this size, and the business has been fully fire risk assesed.

   

  An on-site accident book will be in operation to record any accident/injury incurred on the premises.

  This document will be retained for inspection by the business for a period of three years.

   

  The premises is situated in the city centre area and so pose more risk to noise pollution but gusts will be reminded by way of a notice at the entrance/exit door to please leave quietly.  Any outside seating areas will cease to do so by 11pm and the building will regulary tested for sound proofing and escaping noise. As part of the winding down of events, customers will be reminded of their responsibility to leave the premises without causing disturbance to any properties who may be affected.

   

  Only photographic ID is accepted (passport, driving licence, proof of age card with PASS hologram or military ID.  Anyone who appears to be under the age of 25 is challenged to provide ID.  If the customer is unable to provide identification then no sale is made.  No ID no sale. Challenge 25 POS will be on display in all areas. Any staff member who may be under the age of 18 must call a senior staff member to take over the slae and complete the tranaction.  If it is known that a customer intends to purchase alcohol to provide to minors then that sale will be refused.  All refused sales will be recorded in a refusals book, which will be made available for insopection by Police or Licensing Officers of the Council on request. 

   

  All children on the premises will be supervised/accompanied by an adult after 21.00 hours in the bar area. 

   

  Minor Variation Granted Feburary 2023

   

  Removal of table service bar, transferred to rear of main existing bar