Morecambe Football Club Mazuma Stadium

Mazuma Stadium ,Christie Way, Westgate, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 4TB

Completed application 025512 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 27/05/2010 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of a play
• an exhibition of a film
• an indoor sporting event
• a boxing or wrestling entertainment
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• entertainment facilities for making music
• entertainment facilities for dancing
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within entertainment facilities for making music or dancing
• provision of late night refreshment
• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• Mandatory 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

   

  3.              (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.

   

  4.              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).

   

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

   

  6.              (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.

   

  7.              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

   

• Non standard timings

   

  The provision of regulated entertainment, the sale/supply of alcohol and late night refreshment will be permitted:

  For an additional hour to the standard times on the day when British summertime begins.

  On new year's eve from the end of permitted hours on New year's Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day

  For an additional hour to the finish times on the following days:

  Burns Night - 25th January; St David's day - 1st March; St Patrick's day - 17th March; St George's Day - 23rd April; St Andrew's Day - 30th November; Christmas Eve - 24th December; Boxing day - 26th December; Thursday immediately preceding Good Friday; Sunday immediately preceding a Bank Holiday Monday.

• Offered Conditions

   

  a)              General ~ all four licensing objectives (b, c, d, e)

                The premises shall be equipped with a CCTV system that shall comply with the following criteria:

   

                (a)              a system with a suitable number of cameras shall be maintained in proper working order;

                (b)              the system shall display the correct time and date of the recording on any recording;

                (c)              the system shall be recording during all operating times;

                (d)              the recorded VCR tapes or digital recording material shall be held for a minimum of 30 days after the recording is made available to the police for inspection on request as soon as reasonably practicable;

                (e)              CCTV signage shall be displayed both externally and internally to the building.  A4 (or larger) size advisory signs indicating that CCTV is in operation at the premises should be displaying on the outside of the building at the public entrances and also at the entrance to the car parking area.

   

  b)              The prevention of crime and disorder

                Patrons will be discouraged from leaving the premises with bottles or glasses.

                Patrons will be allowed no more than 30 minutes drinking up time after the last authorised sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises.

                A written “Check 21” policy shall be in place and actively promoted.  The policy shall state that any person to whom a sale or supply of alcohol is being made, who looks or appears to be under 21 years of age, shall be asked to provide identification to prove that they are 18 years of age or older.  The following forms of identification are acceptable:

   

                (a)              passport;

                (b)              photo driving licence;

                (c)              PASS accredited holographic proof of age card or;

                (d)              any other form of identification agreed with the Police Licensing Unit.

   

  c)              Public safety

                Glasses made of toughened glass will be used whenever possible.

                Only persons of 18 years of age or older will sell/supply alcohol (for the sake of clarity, the taking of an order for, and the supply of, alcohol at a table with a meal shall not be included in this provision).

  
  

  d)              The prevention of public nuisance

                Staff will be trained in evacuation procedures (including disabled persons).

                Free drinking water will be available during opening hours.

        An incident book shall be maintained at the premises and shall record time, date and details of all incidents of crime and disorder.

                When regulated entertainment is being provided indoors after 23.00 hours all doors and windows will be kept closed other than for the purposes of ingress and egress.

                The applicant is conscious of public safety and will undertake the necessary risk assessments of (including but not limited to) queue control, transportation of patrons, and fire risks.

   

  e)              The protection of children from harm

                Where appropriate, First Aid providers will be available.

                Stewards will ensure that alcoholic drinks are not taken into inappropriate areas.

        The Designated Premises Supervisor or other personal licence holder will normally be on the premises at all times when alcohol is being sold/supplied/consumed except in the case of an emergency.

   

  f)              Control of Noise Outdoors

                1.              No amplified live music to be played outdoors.

                2.              Other than at agreed sporting events, any event where regulated entertainment is to take place outdoors must be subject to prior approval by the Lancashire Constabulary and Lancaster City Council Health and Housing Service.  The licence holder shall ensure that as part of the terms attached to any permissions to use the outside licensed area the organiser of the event submits to the Lancashire Constabulary and Lancaster City Council Health and Housing Service details of the event, proposals and risk assessments to prevent crime and disorder, to prevent nuisance and promote public safety at the event.  Such details, including a full risk assessment must be provided at least 3 months before the event is due to take place unless both authorities agree to accept a shorter period.  The premises licence holder will also supply the details including contact telephone numbers of the person who is nominated to be in control of the event.  The event will only take place if the Lancashire Constabulary and Lancaster City Council Health and Housing Service are satisfied that the event plan and risk assessment will promote the licensing objectives.

   

  g)              Control of Indoor Noise

   

                1.              During the playing of amplified music indoors, all windows and doors will be kept closed after 22.00 hours except in case of emergency or for ingress and egress.