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Application for a Premise's Licence The Griffin Public House, Plumtree, Nottingham, NG12 5NB

Decision Maker: Alcohol and Entertainments Licensing Sub-Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The sub-committee considered an application for a Premises Licence at The Griffin Inn, Main Road, Plumtree, NG12 5NB and relevant representations.as a result of objections to the application having been made.

 

Mr Mike Nickson of Inn Confidence Ltd addressed the sub-committee to present the applicants case and amended the operating schedule so as to add the following:-

 

“There shall be no regulated entertainment or external speakers operating in the outside area at any time.”

 

Mr S Brook, Mr R Eaton and Ms A Weir addressed the sub-committee to present their cases.

 

It was RESOLVED that a Premise’s Licence for The Griffin Inn, Main Road, Plumtree, NG12 5NB be granted subject to the following conditions.

 

1.       A CCTV system with recording equipment shall be installed and maintained at the premises. Cameras shall encompass all ingress and egress to the premises and all areas where the sale/supply of alcohol takes place. Equipment shall be maintained in good working order and: be of evidential quality and reproduce coloured images in all lighting conditions, particularly facial, indicate the correct time and date, be retained for 31 days, sufficient staff will be trained to use the system, the original images will be made available for inspection immediately upon request to officers of Responsible Authorities. Copies of the recordings shall be provided in a format which can be viewed on readily available equipment without the need for specialist software.

 

2.       A bound and sequentially paginated refusals book or electronic record shall be kept at the premises to record all instances where admission or service is refused.

 

·       Such records shall show:

·       The basis for the refusal;

·       The person making the decision to refuse; and

·       The date and time of the refusal.

 

Such records shall be retained at the Premises for at least 12 months, and shall be made available for inspection and copying by the Police or any other authorised person upon request.

 

3.       All members of staff involved in the retail sale of alcohol shall be fully trained. The training shall be on going and each member of staff shall be reviewed every six months. All details of the level of training will be recorded in an electronic or paper record. This information shall be made available for inspection and copying by the Police or any other authorised person immediately on request and all such records shall be retained at the premises for at least 12 months.

 

4.       Challenge 25 posters will be displayed in prominent positions.

 

5.       A Challenge 25 or similar policy will be implemented and enforced at all times. Any person who appears to be under 25 years of age shall not be allowed to purchase alcohol unless they produce an acceptable form of photo identification. (e.g. a passport or driving licence, Military ID or PASS accredited card.)

 

6.       After 23:00hrs until close of business there will be no consumption of food and or drink in the outside areas to the front, the car park areas and rear beer garden. The outside area to the rear only after 23:00hrs shall be used for the purpose of smoking only.

 

7.       Signage shall be displayed advising customers to be respectful to              residents and to leave the area in a quiet and orderly manner.

 

8.       All doors and windows shall be kept closed except for access and egress when amplified regulated entertainment takes place after 2300hrs.

 

9.       Noise arising from the provision of the Regulated Entertainment shall not be audible at the boundary of the nearest residential property after

          23:00hrs.

 

10.     Alcohol will not be allowed to leave the premises in open bottles or open containers.

 

11.     The garden area will not be used for licensable activity after 2300 hrs on any day.

 

12.     No light on or from the property shall be provided where the lights causes a nuisance to nearby residents or businesses.

 

13.     The premises and public areas nearby are kept free from litter associated with operation of the business.

 

14.     Satisfactory arrangement will be put in place to supervise an orderly

dispersal of customers when leaving the property to ensure the minimum of noise and disturbance to local residents and businesses.

 

15.     Notices will be appropriately displayed, in a place where they can easily be read, asking customers to leave the premises and the area quietly and to dispose of waste responsibly.

 

16.     Deliveries to and waste removal from the site are undertaken at a time and in a manner that does not cause disturbance.

 

17.     Live or recorded music from regulated entertainment shall not be audible at the nearest noise sensitive boundary, so as to cause a disturbance to local residents or businesses.

 

18.     The premises licence holder or his/her representative shall conduct regular assessments of the noise coming from the premises on each occasion they are used for regulated entertainment. Appropriate steps shall be taken to reduce the level of noise where it is found to be heard at the boundary of the nearest residential property.

 

19.     Any complaints received about noise shall be logged and any appropriate remedial action taken as a matter of urgency.

 

20.     There shall be no regulated entertainment or external speakers operating in the outside area at any time.

Publication date: 15/10/2018

Date of decision: 02/10/2018

Decided at meeting: 02/10/2018 - Alcohol and Entertainments Licensing Sub-Committee

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