La Casetta

23 Castle Hill, Lancaster, LA1 1YN

Completed application 059252 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 10/06/2025 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• provision of late night refreshment
• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• Mandatory Conditions where the licence authorises the sale of alcohol

   

  1              No supply of alcohol may be made under the premise licence -

   

  (a) at a time when there is no designated premise supervisor in respect of the    licence , or

   

  (b) at a time when the designated premise supervisor does not hold a personal licence, or his licence has been suspended.

   

    2                             The supply of alcohol under a 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

   

  (a)              s 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;

   

  (b)              “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.   

   

  (c)              “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

   

  (d)              “value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994

   

  1.              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.

   

  2.              (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)

   

   

   

   

   

• Conditions consistent with operating schedule

   

  Prevention of crime and disorder

   

  1. The premises licence holder shall operate and maintain a CCTV system which shall be in use during all times licensable activities are taking place at the premises and comply as follows:

  a) The system shall cover all entrances and exits of the premises, in addition to covering areas of the premises used to store alcohol.

  b) The focus of the camera(s) shall be so as to enable clear identification of persons on the premises.

  c) The system will be capable of time and date stamping recordings and retaining said recordings for at least 28 days.

  d) A staff member who is conversant with the operation of the system shall be on the premises at all times it is open to the public.  This staff member shall be able to show the Police recent data or footage with the absolute minimum of delay when requested.

  e) The Designated Premises Supervisor shall inspect the CCTV system at least once a month to ensure it is working in accordance with the above conditions. Date and time of the inspections shall be recorded in a register and shall be made available to the Police and authorised officers on request.

  2. Only persons who are 18 years of age and over shall be able to sell or supply alcohol. All such staff members shall receive training in relation to the sale of alcohol, age verification policy and vulnerable persons. Refresher training shall be provided every six months. Records of this training will be kept on the premises and shall be made available for inspection by the Police and authorised officers on request.

  3. An incident book shall be kept and maintained on the premises which shalll be made available to the Police and authorised officers for inspection on request. It shall include the following:

  Any violence or disorder on or immediately outside the premises

  Any incident involving controlled drugs on the premises

  Any other crime or criminal activity

  Any call for Police assistance

  Any first aid or other care given to a customer

   

  4. A written record of all persons authorised to make sales of alcohol by the DPS shall be kept at the premises and shall be made available for inspection by the Police and authorised officers on request.

  5. All food and drink for consumption on the premises shall be served by staff to customers seated at tables except in any area reserved for waiting.

  6. The business is a restaurant and any alcohol sales shall be ancillary to a meal.

  7. The premises shall have a written drugs policy which shall determine what steps the premises shall undertake to minimise the possession of and use of controlled drugs within the premises along with the storage and safe disposal of any found, confiscated and surrendered drugs. The policy shall be reviewed at least once per annum and made available to Responsible Authorities on request.

   

  Public safety

  1. The premises shall undertake a risk assessment for the provision of door supervisors employed at the premises which shall factor in local and national events such as bank holidays, private functions and seasonal demand, and any other days that the DPS expects the premises to be busier than normal. As a minimum the risk assessment shall include a requirement that anytime the premises is open after 23:00 hours on a Friday and Saturday there shall be a minimum of one SIA registered door supervisor employed at the premises from 23:00 hours until the premises has closed. All risk assessments shall be made in writing and held at the premises for a minimum of 12 months from the date of the assessment and shall be made available to Responsible Authorities on request.

   

  Prevention of public nuisance

  1. The premises and its frontage shall be kept clean and free from litter when the premises is open to the public.

   

  Protection of children from harm

  1. A written age verification policy shall be operated at the premises. It will be actively promoted and advertised at the premises and any person purchasing alcohol who appears to be under 25 years of age, shall be asked to provide acceptable identification to prove that they are 18 years of age or over.  Failure to supply such identification will result in no sale or supply of alcohol to that person.

  2. The premises shall maintain a register of refusals to record details of incidents where a member of staff has refused to sell alcohol to a person, and it shall be available for inspection by the Police and authorised officers on request.