Accrington Stanley Football Club

Wham Stadium, Livingstone Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 5BX

Completed application 059916 which is a Review of Licence/Certificate for Premises Licence from 23/03/2022 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• the supply of alcohol
• provision of late night refreshment
• a boxing or wrestling entertainment

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 MANDATORY 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.

   

  Mandatory condition where Door Supervisors are provided

   

  7. All individuals who carry out security activities must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority (SIA)

   

  Mandatory condition for the showing of films

   

  8. During the showing of films, the admission of children must be restricted in accordance with recommendations given either by a body designated under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act  1984 (the British Board of Film Classification - BBFC) or by the licensing authority.

   

  Alcohol Pricing

   

  9.  (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

   

  10. 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.

   

  11.              (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

   

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  1. Staff must be trained before making any sale of alcohol in their responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003.  Refresher training must take place at 6 monthly intervals.  All training must be documented and made available to the authorities upon request.

   

  2. A CCTV system must be in operation at the premises and recorded images must be retained for a period of 22 days.  CCTV images will be provided to the police and any other responsible authority as soon as practicable and in any case within 48 hours of a request for such images, subject to the provisions of the DPA.

   

  3. Section 2 (1) of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 must be complied with.  Clear legible and conspicuous notices must be displayed advising patrons of this.

   

  4. No drinks to be supplied from the outside bars in either glass bottles or in any vessel or container made from glass.  Drinks supplied will be in non-glass material or decanted or poured into a container made from either, no-splintering plastic or paper before being given to a customer.

   

  5. All external doors and windows must be kept shut in the members bar and director's bar when regulated entertainment is taking place.

   

  6. Notices must be placed at all exits from the ground asking customers to leave the area in a quiet manner and to respect the neighbours.

   

  7. No deliveries or collections of waste can occur between the hours of 1800 and 0700.  Where such an event does take place due to unavoidable circumstances staff must ensure that the event passes with minimum disruption and noise.

   

  8. The placing of refuse, such as bottles, into receptacles on the premises, or outside of the premises, shall not take place between 2300 and 0800 hours, so as to prevent disturbance to nearby premises.

   

  9. Persons who are purchasing alcohol who appear to be under the age of 25 years shall be required to produce proof of age by way of the following:

  ·              A recognised proof of age card accredited under the British Retail Consortium Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS)

  ·              UK Photo driving licence

  ·              Passport

  ·              Citizen card supported by the Home Office

   

  10. An incident register must be maintained at the premises and made available to the authorities upon request.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Annex 3 - Conditions attached following a review of the premises licence

   

  Conditions applied at Licnece review hearing 6th March 2025:

   

                1. In accordance with section 177A(3) of the Licensing Act 2003 the exemption under section 177A does not apply to the following conditions added to the premises licence, meaning that any music at the premises is to be               treated as regulated entertainment licenced by the premises licence;

   

                      a.              All live and recorded music is prohibited at the premises, except on mens first team home league match days between the hours of 12:00 noon and 19:30,

   

  b.              Music not to be played at a volume higher than 80dB in the part of the premises known as ‘Coleys Bar’, and 85dB in the part of the premises known as ‘The 1968 Lounge’, and external noise limits at all residential boundaries to the premises not exceeding 46dB, Leq,T, and,

   

  c.              All music to be played through the premises’ in-house sound systems which must be fitted with a noise limiter in each area of the premises capable of working effectively to the noise levels prescribed in point (1b) above. The noise limiter is to be fitted in a tamperproof box and any microphone in use is to be located in a suitable position, in line with manufacturer’s guidance.

   

  2.              A suitably qualified person must undertake the monitoring of all noise emitted from the premises by the playing of live or recorded music and recorded on a regular basis (e.g. hourly), via a downloaded Decibel level App on a smartphone.  Monitoring shall be inside the premises at suitable points and at the nearest receptor boundary, to ensure noise levels prescribed in point (1b) above are met.  Any exceedances should be recorded and appropriate action taken to reduce the noise levels with immediate effect. Any exceedances should also result in the noise limiters being checked to ensure that they are operating correctly in accordance with manufacturer’s guidance. Any such checks should be recorded and these records should be made available to the Council upon request.

   

  3.              All external areas of the premises shall not be used for the consumption of alcohol after 22:00.

   

  4.              Whilst any regulated entertainment, live or recorded music is taking place at the premises smoking is only permitted at the premises in the area designated for that purpose (on the turf side of the building).

   

  5.              Whilst any regulated entertainment, live or recorded music is taking place at the premises there will be a minimum of 2 Door Supervisors on duty at the premises at all times. If there is an event in more than one area of the premises, 2 Door Supervisors shall be employed in each area, and Door Supervisors will be employed & remain on duty until at least 30 minutes after the event has finished, or until the last customers leave the premises including the car park.

   

  6.              All Door Supervisors will be equipped with radios which will facilitate communication regarding the control of noise, the management of any anti-social behaviour and the efficient dispersal of customers at the end of the evening.

   

  7.              A Dispersal Policy, the wording of which is to be agreed by the Councils Environmental Health Department, shall be implemented and adhered to regarding the control of noise, the management of any anti-social behaviour and the efficient dispersal of customers at the end of the evening.

   

  8.              The Premises Licence Holder will regularly consult and engage in active discussions with local residents in the immediate vicinity of the premises regarding events at the premises and their experiences of them, and will endeavour to address any issues raised in the feedback received. All consultations and discussions held, feedback received and any action taken as a result, in accordance with this condition, will be documented by the Premises Licence Holder and such documentation shall be made available to the Council upon request.

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS OF PREMISES

   

  Attached.