Agenda item

The panel heard an application for a new premises licence in respect of
Food and Wine, 183 High Street, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 1AQ.

The application was to enable:

Hours the premises are open to the public

Monday to Sunday                         06:00 to 23.00                                                             

Hours for the supply of alcohol

Monday to Sunday                         07:00 to 23.00                                                                         

              The Business Development and Licensing Manager advised that the application had been correctly advertised in the press and notices had been displayed on the premises.

              The Business Development and Licensing Manager also advised that the representations from Kent Police had been withdrawn following agreement by the applicant to the conditions as set out in the agenda.

The panel heard from the applicant that:

·        he had taken all necessary steps to ensure that all rules were complied with;

·        he had owned and operated similar businesses over a period of approximately 20 years and stated that he would ensure that all staff were adequately trained;

·        since the incident in 2007 there had been no further incidents and his staff were even more careful than before;

·        he wanted to work with the local community and had amended the hours that he sold alcohol from 6:00 to 7:00 after consultation with the police.

The panel heard from the objectors that:

·        Gillingham High Street is an alcohol-free zone and the police were having problems enforcing this and having more alcohol outlets in the area would increase alcohol related problems in the area;

·        the Council was trying to regenerate the area and there were problems with anti-social behaviour and under-age sales and alcohol related crime.

Decision:

Accordingly, the application was approved as follows:

Hours the premises are open to the public

Monday to Sunday                         06:00 to 23.00                                                                         

Hours for the supply of alcohol

Monday to Sunday                         07:00 to 23.00                                                       

With the following conditions:

1.                  All staff are to receive training in relation to the conditions applicable to this premises and training specific to their role as per the licensing legislation. Documented training records relating to every employee who is employed at the Licensed Premises (paid or unpaid) are to be kept on the premises. The records shall include but are not limited to the nature, content and frequency of any training. These records will be made available for inspection to any Police Officer, Police Licensing Officer and Officer of the Local Authority or Trading Standards when practicable. 
 

2.                  Where a person appears to be under the age of eighteen they will be required to provide a proof of age. The only acceptable proof of age will be:

·        Passport

·        Photo Driving License

·        Pass approved ID Cards.

3.                  The License Holder will keep a written refusal book. These records will be kept in a bound book and detail the following:

·        Day, date and time of Refusal

·        Nature of refusal and reason

·        Details of or description of the individual

·        Each entry is to be checked and signed by the D.P.S on the day of the event or as soon as practicable.

4.                  Incidents records are to be kept by the license holder. These records will be kept in a bound book and will detail the following:

·        Day, date and time of incident;

·        Nature of the incident;

·        Resolution;

·        Each entry is to be checked and signed by the DPS on the day of the event or as soon as practicable.

5.                  When the premises are open to the public or a section of the public CCTV should be used to monitor the Licensed Premises.

6.                  CCTV to be installed to a standard agreed by police and in accordance with CCTV Code of Practice. The system is to be maintained and serviced on a regular basis; a physical and auditable record of this is to be kept on the premises and must be available when practicable for examination by police and officers of the local authority. The system must incorporate a recording facility and must be fully operational throughout the hours that the premise is open for licensable activity. All recordings must to be stored for a minimum of one calendar month (Generally 28 days) and access to these recordings must be made available to Police and Local Authority officers upon request when the request is reasonable and practicable.  All staff will be fully trained in the use of the CCTV system including the retrieval of stored or recorded data. Throughout the hours that the premises are open for licensable activities, a minimum of one member of staff is to be on duty who upon request of the police or an officer of the local authority can provide a copy of any stored or recorded data in a form that can be taken away and viewed at another location.

7.                  The premises to become a member of Safer Medway Partnership.

8.                  Whenever the premises are open to the public or a section of the public the person on duty who is responsible for the premises is to monitor the Safer Medway Partnership radio system.