Lancaster City CouncilMorecambe Town Hall

Bowling Green Service Station

Scotforth Road, Lancaster, LA1 4SG

Premises Licence LAPLWA0879 from from 05/12/2025 to indefinite

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• 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

   

  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

   

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

   

  1. All staff whose responsibilities include the retail sale of alcohol shall receive training on induction and thereafter annually on:

   

  a) the terms, conditions, and restrictions of the premises licence:

   

  b) the prevention of unlawful sales of alcohol, the operation of the “Challenge 25” scheme, types of acceptable ID, refusing sales of alcohol to persons who may be drunk and any other relevant matters.

   

  2. Such training shall be recorded, and these records shall be kept on the premises and shall, on request, be made available on request to the Police and / or an Authorised Officer of the Licensing Authority (as defined by Section 13 of the Licensing Act 2003):

   

  a) in the case of on-line training: within 48 hours.

   

  b) in all other cases: immediately upon request.

   

• b) The prevention of crime and disorder

   

  3. The Premises Licence Holder shall install and operate a CCTV system at the premises, capable of providing coverage of allentry points and areas to which customers have access in any lighting conditions.

   

  4. The CCTV system shall continuously record whilst the premises are open to members of the public and shall be capable of providing clear images and frontal identification of customers.

   

  5. All CCTV recordings shall be retained for a minimum of thirty-one (31) days and shall be correctly date- & time-stamped; sufficient data storage shall be available to facilitate this.

   

  6. CCTV recordings shall be made available within forty-eight (48) hours upon receipt of a request by the Police and / or an Authorised Officer of the Licensing Authority (as defined by Section 13 of the Licensing Act 2003), and recordings provided in an easily downloadable format.

   

• c) Public safety

   

  9. An incident register will be maintained at the premises and made available to a police officer, or any officer authorised

  under the Licensing Act 2003.

   

• d) The prevention of public nuisance

   

  10. A refusals register will be maintained at the premises in either written or electronic format. All staff will ensure it is completed whenever a sale is refused to a customer.

   

  11. The register should contain the date & time of the incident; the name of the staff member who refused the sale and the reason the sale was refused. In the case of a written version of the register, a description of the customers shall also be included. The refusals register will be made available on request to the Police and / or an Authorised Officer of the Licensing Authority (as defined by Section 13 of the Licensing Act 2003).

   

  12. Notices will be displayed at the entrance/exit to the premises asking customers to leave the store quietly and respect local residents.

   

• e) The protection of children from harm

   

  13. The premises will adopt a ’Challenge 25’ policy. This means that if a customer purchasing alcohol appears to be under the age of 25, they will be asked for proof of their age, to prove that they are 18 years or older.

   

  14. Acceptable identification will include their photograph, date of birth and a holographic mark and/or ultraviolet feature.

   

  Examples of appropriate identification include a passport, photocard driving licence, military ID, and ID cards bearing the PASS hologram. This condition shall accommodate changes to acceptable identification in digital form as authorised by the Home Office.