Burnley Borough CouncilLicensing Unit

Bees Knees

20 / 22 Hargreaves Street, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 1DZ

Premises Licence PLA0252 from from 29/02/2024 to indefinite

Licence holder(s)

Permitted Activities

• 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
• the supply of alcohol
• provision of late night refreshment

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  The licence is granted subject to the Mandatory conditions for sale of alcohol as set out in the Licensing Act 2003 as amended by the Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2010 and Order 2014.

  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.              Every 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 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.

  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 licences 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.

  6.              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)              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.

  Minimum Drinks 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 purposes of the condition set out in paragraph 1 -

  (a)              “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic 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 amount 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 premises licence -

  (i)              The holder of the premises licence

  (ii)              The designated premises 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 the 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.

  If the Premises Licence allows Exhibition of Films

  1.Where a premises licence authorises the exhibition of films, the licence must include a condition requiring the admission of children to the exhibition of any film to be restricted in accordance with this section.

  
  2.Where the film classification body is specified in the licence, unless subsection (3)(b) applies, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation by that body.

  3.Where

  (a)              The film classification body is not specified in the licence, or

  (b)              The relevant licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this subsection applies to the film in question,

  admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that licensing authority.

  4.In this section “children” means any person aged under 18; and

  “film classification body” means the person or persons designated as the authority under Section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984(c39) (authority to determine suitability of video works for classification).

  If the Premises Licence has conditions in respect of Door Supervision

  except theatres, cinemas, bingo halls and casinos

  1.Where a premises licence includes a condition that at specified times one or more individuals must be at the premises to carry out a security activity, each such individual must:

  (a)              be authorised to carry out that activity by a licence granted under the Private Security Industry Act 2001; or

  (b)              be entitled to carry out that activity by virtue of section 4 of the Act.

  2.But nothing in subsection (1) requires such a condition to be imposed:

  (a)              in respect of premises within paragraph 8(3)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (c12) (premises with premises licences authorising plays or films); or

  (b)              in respect of premises in relation to:

             (i)   any occasion mentioned in paragraph 8(3)(b) or (c) of that Schedule (premises being used exclusively by club with club premises certificate, under a temporary event notice authorising plays or films or under a gaming licence), or

             (ii)  any occasion within paragraph 8(3)(d) of that Schedule (occasions prescribed by regulations under that Act.

  3.For the purposes of this section:

  (a)              “security activity” means an activity to which paragraph 2(1)(a) of that Schedule applies, and, which is licensable conduct for the purposes of that Act, (see Section 3(2) of that Act) and

  (b)              paragraph 8(5) of that Schedule (interpretation of references to an occasion) applies as it applies in relation to paragraph 8 of that Schedule.

   

• ANNEX 2 - Conditions Imposed in Accordance with the Operating Schedule & Under Paragraph 18(4) & 18(5) Schedule 8 Licensing Act 2003

   

  A daily incident logbook will be kept detailing all incidents of note at the premises or in the immediate vicinity e.g. slips, accidents, entry refusals and incidents of disorder etc. The log shall be a bound book and will detail the date, time, type of incident, brief circumstances, action taken, person dealing with the incident and whether the police attended. The logbook will be made available for inspection, if required.

   

  Both any DJ (via announcements) and other members of staff will ask people to leave quietly and have regard for residential neighbours at the end of the evening.

   

  Signage will be prominently displayed at all exits to the premises asking people to leave quietly and to have regard for residential neighbours.

   

  Should under 18's events/discos be held at the premises, the police will be given one month's notice and the event will not go ahead without full police approval.

   

  On occasions when children's functions take place, the bar shall be closed and the appropriate number of adults will be present will be present to supervise and ensure the safety of the children.

   

  The premises holder/DPS will not advertise irresponsible drinks promotions.

  The Permitted Hours restrictions do not prohibit:
  (a) removed
  (b) removed
  (c) removed
  (d) consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premise

   

  Upon commencement of their employment, all staff who are involved in the sale of alcohol will be trained in relation to the licensing objectives so as to reduce crime and disorder, promote public safety, prevent public nuisance and promote the protection of children from harm.  Refresher training will be provided at least once every twelve months and all training will be documented and made available to an authorised officer upon request.

   

  CCTV system shall be installed at the premises and will meet the following criteria:

  -              The system will display on any recording the time and date of said recording;

  -              The system will be recording whenever the premises is open to the public;

  -               Any recordings will be retained for a minimum of 28 days after they are made and will be produced to an authorised officer upon request, so long as said request is in - accordance with the               principles of the Data Protection Act or any subsequent or alternative legislation;

  -              As a minimum, the CCTV will capture a “head and shoulders” image of any person who enters the premises through a public entrance.

   

  Appropriate signage alerting customers to the use of CCTV shall be displayed in a conspicuous position at the premises.

   

  A competent person trained in the use of and operation of the CCTV will be in attendance at the premise at all times that licensable activities are taking place.  Said person will be able to fully operate the CCTV system and be able to download data in a recognised format when requested.

   

  Prior to any occasion on which licensable activities are to be carried on at the premises, a risk assessment will be carried out to determine whether door supervisors are required.  An appropriate number of door supervisors will be utilised in accordance with said risk assessment. As a minimum two SIA door supervisors will be employed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 22.00 until the premises has closed.

   

  A door supervisors log book will be kept at the premises and will record the date, the door supervisors name, badge number and times they were employed.

   

  The premises will have a written zero tolerance drugs policy which is enforced at all times.

   

  Access to any outside area used for the consumption of alcohol will be via the premises only except in the case of an emergency.

   

  The management of the premises will ensure that the area immediately outside the entrance to the premises is kept clean, tidy and free from litter. 

   

  The premises will have a written dispersal policy designed to encourage patrons to leave the venue and the area quickly and quietly. 

   

  On any occasion that live music is carried on at the premises, regular assessments of the noise emanating from the premises will be undertaken.  Wherever said assessments indicate that noise is likely to cause nuisance to any local residents, remedial action will be taken.  Said assessments will be documented and produced to an authorised officer upon request.

   

  When the premises has live or recorded music playing after 22.00 all windows and doors are to be kept closed except for the entrance/exit door and in the case of emergency.

   

  No persons under the age of 18 will be permitted on the premises after 19.00.

   

  A “Challenge 25” Policy shall be adopted and enforced at the premises whereby any person who appears to be under the age of 25 shall be required to provide identification to prove that they are over the age of 18 before they are permitted to purchase alcohol.  The only forms of acceptable identification will be:

  o              A Passport;

  o              A UK Photocard Driving Licence;

  o              Official ID card issued by HM Forces or EU bearing a photograph and the date of birth of the holder;

  o              Any other form of identification agreed with a representative of the Police Licensing Unit.

   

  All staff who are involved in the sale of alcohol will be trained in relation to the “Challenge 25” policy upon the commencement of their employment, following which they will undertake refresher training at least once every twelve months.  Said training will be documented and will be made available to an authorised officer upon request.

   

  During High Risk football matches at Burnley FC - From the start of permitted hours until at least two hours after final whistle, only plastic glasses to be used.

   

  During High Risk football matches at Burnley FC - At least two SIA-registered door staff will be present at the premises two hours before kick-off and at least two hours after the final whistle.

   

  Noise emanating from the external seating area will be monitored by staff and use of the external areas for consumption of alcohol will not be permitted after 01.00am.

   

  No music will be played in the external seating area.

   

   

   

   

   

   

• ANNEX 3. Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority

   

  None

• ANNEX  4 - Plan of Premises

   

  The official plan of the premises is attached and endorsed