Licence Applied for Licence Number: 890180

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Property details

Licence number:

890180

Trading name and address:

El Vermut 2
30, Nunhead Green, SE15 3QF

Ward:

Nunhead and Queens Road

Applicant details

Applicant Name:

La Vermu Ltd

Previous Licence:

888212

Application details

Application:

Click here for Application Form

Application type:

Premises (Review - Review)

Reasons for Review:

Public Nuisance

Application received date:

September 07 2026

Last Date for objections:

October 13 2026

Object to an application:

The deadline for objections has passed

Number of objections:

114

Number of supports:

Number of Rejections:

Operating schedule which accompanied the application form

Expected number of people to attend if more than 5000:

Not Applicable

Opening hours:

Monday 08:00 to 23:30
Tuesday 08:00 to 23:30
Wednesday 08:00 to 23:30
Thursday 08:00 to 23:30
Friday 08:00 to 00:30
Saturday 08:00 to 00:30
Sunday 08:00 to 23:30

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed off premises

Monday 08:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 08:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 08:00 to 23:00
Thursday 08:00 to 23:00
Friday 08:00 to 00:00
Saturday 08:00 to 00:00
Sunday 08:00 to 23:00

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed on premises

Monday 08:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 08:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 08:00 to 23:00
Thursday 08:00 to 23:00
Friday 08:00 to 00:00
Saturday 08:00 to 00:00
Sunday 08:00 to 23:00

Conditions:

100 - (1) No retail sale 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.

101 - (2) Every retail sale of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

125 - Off sales of alcohol shall be provided in closed containers for consumption away from the premises except for those seated in the permitted external seating area.

172 - An adequate and appropriate supply of first aid equipment and materials shall be available on the premises.

288 - A digital CCTV system shall be installed at the premises, shall be maintained in full working order and shall be continually recording at all times that the premises are in use. The CCTV system must be capable of capturing a clear facial image of every person who enters the premises in all lighting conditions. The CCTV system shall be correctly time and date stamped at all times. The CCTV system shall cover all interior and exterior areas of the premises, including the frontage of the premises, and shall collect clearly defined / focused footage.

289 - All CCTV footage shall be kept for a period of thirty-one (31) days and shall be made immediately available to Police and responsible authority officers on request.

293 - All relevant staff shall be trained in their responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003, the promotion of the licensing objectives and the terms and conditions of this licence. Records pertaining to such training (‘the staff training logs’) shall be kept at the premises, shall be updated every 6 months and shall be made immediately available to responsible authority officers on request. The training logs shall include the trainee’s name (in block capitals), the trainer’s name (in block capitals), the date(s) of training and a declaration that the training has been received and understood by the trainee. If the staff training logs are a paper hardcopy then the signature of the trainee, the signature of the trainer shall be included. That all Digital records of training and/or logs shall be made immediately available to Police and responsible authority officers on request.

302 - A zero-tolerance drugs and weapons policy shall be undertaken at the premises: (a) Anybody found with / using drugs and / or weapons will be ejected from the premises and shall not be admitted to the premises again. (b) The details of any person found dealing drugs or using weapons will be taken (if possible) and given to the police. (c) Any person who is suspected of having drugs on their person will be asked to consent to a search, and should they refuse the search that person shall be ejected from the premises.

305 - Clearly legible signage shall be prominently displayed where it can easily be seen and read by customers advising to the effect that CCTV is in operation at the premises. The signage shall be kept free from obstructions at all times.

307 - The premises shall have a maximum capacity of 80 persons not including staff

310 - Apart from access and egress the premises' doors and windows (including those which lead to the garden) shall be kept closed at night after 22:00 to prevent transmission of noise.

311 - Signage requesting to the effect that customers be respectful of others and the locale when entering or leaving the premises shall be installed in a prominent position by the premises' exit.

315 - Customers shall use no outside area, including the garden, after 22:00hrs other than those who temporarily leave the premises to smoke with no more than five (5) people permitted to smoke at one any time. This area shall be controlled by Staff to prevent any disturbance to their neighbours.

316 - Arrangements shall be put in place to ensure that waste collection contractors do not collect refuse between 19:00 and 07:00.

323 - Patrons smoking outside the premises, which includes the garden area, shall be monitored regularly to ensure the potential for noise nuisance is controlled.

340 - A member of staff shall be on duty at all times that the premises are in use, who is trained in the use of the CCTV system and who is able to view, and download to a removable storage device, CCTV footage at the immediate request of Police and responsible authority officers.

341 - An incident book/incident recording system shall be kept at the premises to record details of any of the following occurrences at the premises: (i) Instances of anti-social or disorderly behaviour or Violence (ii) Calls to the police or fire brigade (iii) Abuse of staff and/or customers (iv) Ejections of people from the premises (v) Visits to the premises by the local authority, police or fire brigade (vi) Refused sales of alcohol (vii) Any malfunction in respect of the CCTV system (viii) Any other relevant incidents

342 - The incident book/incident recording system shall record the time, date, location, and description of each incident as well as the printed name of the person reporting the incident and any action taken in respect of the incident. The incident book/incident recording system shall be available and accessible at the premises at all times that the premises are in use in accordance with this licence and shall be made available immediately to Police and responsible authority officers upon request. A record of the preceding 12 months' incidents shall be available at the premises at any time. That all Digital records of training and/or logs shall be made immediately available to Police and responsible authority officers on request.

343 - A dispersal policy to assist with patrons leaving the premises in an orderly and safe manner shall be devised and maintained regarding the premises. A copy of the dispersal policy shall be accessible at the premises at all times that the premises are in operation. All relevant staff employed at the premises shall be trained in the latest version of the dispersal policy. Details of such training, including the printed name(s) of the trainee(s) and the date(s) that the training was given, shall be recorded in the staff training logs at the premises. If the dispersal policy is a paper document then the signature of the trainees shall also be included. The dispersal policy shall be made immediately available to responsible authority officers on request. That all Digital records of training and/or logs shall be made immediately available to responsible authority officers on request.

344 - Premises must have a welfare and vulnerability policy and all staff must receive this training. All new staff must receive this training before starting their role and all staff must have refresher training every 12 months. All training must be recorded and these records must be available on immediate request by responsible authority officers. That all Digital records of training and/or logs shall be made immediately available to Police and responsible authority officers on request.

345 - All exit routes and public areas shall be kept unobstructed, shall have non slippery and even surfaces, shall be free of trip hazards and shall be clearly identified by signage.

346 - Regular checks and maintenance shall be carried out on all equipment, electrical installations, emergency lighting and fire alarms and equipment to ensure their continued safe operation. A written record of these checks shall be kept and made available to an authorised officer of the licensing authority

347 - The premises licence holder shall ensure that a suitable fire risk assessment and emergency plan is in place at all times.

348 - No person shall be allowed to leave the premises whilst in the possession of any drinking vessel or open glass bottle, whether empty or containing any beverage except for those seated in the permitted external area

349 - The premises' frontage shall be regularly monitored to keep it clean and clear of litter.

350 - On Saturday evenings no person shall be admitted to the premises less than one hour before the cessation of the last licensable activity

351 - All staff shall be suitably trained for their job function for the premises. The training shall be written into a ongoing programme and under constant review and shall be made available to a relevant responsible authority when called upon

485 - Irresponsible Promotions: (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 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 that which carries 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 a disability).

487 - Free tap water: (1) The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

488 - Age Verification Policy: (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) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), 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. (4) The age verification policy may make provision permitting a responsible person to accept identification in digital form (“relevant ID”) instead of identification of a type described in sub-paragraph (3). (5) Where provision envisaged by sub-paragraph (4) is included in the policy, the policy must make provision dealing with the circumstance described in paragraph (6). (6) The circumstance in this sub-paragraph arises where- (a) the responsible person has reason to believe that a person (“P”) who seeks to be supplied with alcohol from a place to which the age verification policy applies has not attained the age of 18, or such greater age as the age verification policy may prescribe (“the relevant age”); and (b) P has indicated their wish to use the relevant ID. (7) When the circumstance in paragraph (6) arises, the policy must state— (a) that P is obliged, upon the request of the responsible person, to make available to the responsible person the means by which their relevant ID may be verified; but (b) that the responsible person may only accept P’s relevant ID where the condition in sub-paragraph (8) applies. (8) The condition in this sub-paragraph is that the responsible person is covered by an agreement with a DVSP (“the relevant DVSP”) for the provision of digital verification services where— (a) the relevant DVSP has agreed that it will confirm, in the course of providing its services to the responsible person, whether or not P has attained the relevant age; (b) the relevant DVSP has agreed that it will deliver identification to the responsible person that reaches at least a medium level of confidence; (c) that level of confidence has been verified by a DVSP, whether that DVSP is the relevant DVSP or another; and (d) the relevant DVSP is registered as a provider of those services in accordance with Version 0.4 or Version 1.0 of the DVS trust framework. (9) In this paragraph- (a) “DVSP” means a person who provides digital verification services, and is included in the register maintained by the Secretary of State under section 32 (DVS register) of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“the 2025 Act”); (b) “DVS trust framework” is to be construed in accordance with section 28 (DVS trust framework) of the 2025 Act; (c) “medium level of confidence”, in respect of identification described in sub-paragraph (8)(b), is to be construed in accordance with— (i) Version 0.4 of the DVS trust framework, in the case that the relevant DVSP, or as the case may be, another DVSP provides the service described in sub-paragraph (8)(c), and is registered as a provider of that service, in the DVS register, in accordance with Version 0.4 of the DVS trust framework; (ii) Version 1.0 of the DVS trust framework, in the case that the relevant DVSP, or as the case may be, another DVSP provides the service described in sub-paragraph (8)(c), and is registered as a provider of that service, in the DVS register, in accordance with Version 1.0 of the DVS trust framework. (10) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (6) “supplied” is to be construed in accordance with section 14 of the Licensing Act 2003. (11) Nothing in sub-paragraphs (4) to (10) prevents the supply of alcohol to a person based upon identification of a type described in sub-paragraph (3).

489 - Availability of Certain Measures of Alcohol: (1) 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; 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.

491 - Minimum 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 as defined in the Schedule to the Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Conditions) Order 2014 [UK Statutory Instrument 2014 No.1252] www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1252/contents/made

4AA - A challenge 25 scheme shall be maintained at the premises requiring that staff selling alcohol request that any customer who looks under 25 years old, and who is attempting to purchase alcohol, provides valid photographic identification proving that the customer is at least 18 years old. Valid photographic identification is composed of a driving licence, passport, UK armed services ID card and any Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) accredited card such as the Proof of Age London (PAL) card.

4AC - A prominent clear notice shall be displayed at the point of entry to the premises advising customers that they may be asked to produce evidence of their age if seeking to purchase alcohol.

4BB - The venue shall support “Ask for Angela” or another similar safety initiative and posters shall be displayed on the premises. All staff shall be trained in “Ask Angela” or a similar safety initiative and a record of this training shall be kept on the premises and made available for inspection immediately to responsible authority officers upon request. That all Digital records of training and/or logs shall be made immediately available to Police and responsible authority officers on request.

Adult entertainment or services:

Not Applicable

Hearing date:

September 22 2026

Hearing time:

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Hearing to take place at:

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