Licence Granted for Licence Number: 833184

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Property details

Licence number:

833184

Trading name and address:

The Dover Castle
6a, Great Dover Street, SE1 4XW

Ward:

Chaucer

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder:

ForeignMagic Limited

Designated Premises Supervisor name:

Gary Raymond Smith

Licence details

Licence type:

Premises

Date granted:

October 11 2010

Licensable activities and conditions

Opening hours:

Monday 11:00 to 02:40
Tuesday 11:00 to 02:40
Wednesday 11:00 to 02:40
Thursday 11:00 to 02:40
Friday 11:00 to 02:40
Saturday 11:00 to 02:40
Sunday 11:00 to 00:40

Granted licensable activities:

Live music - indoors
Monday 11:00 to 02:00
Tuesday 11:00 to 02:00
Wednesday 11:00 to 02:00
Thursday 11:00 to 02:00
Friday 11:00 to 02:00
Saturday 11:00 to 02:00
Sunday 11:00 to 00:00

Recorded music - indoors
Monday 11:00 to 02:00
Tuesday 11:00 to 02:00
Wednesday 11:00 to 02:00
Thursday 11:00 to 02:00
Friday 11:00 to 02:00
Saturday 11:00 to 02:00
Sunday 11:00 to 00:00

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed off premises
Monday 11:00 to 02:00
Tuesday 11:00 to 02:00
Wednesday 11:00 to 02:00
Thursday 11:00 to 02:00
Friday 11:00 to 02:00
Saturday 11:00 to 02:00
Sunday 11:00 to 00:00

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed on premises
Monday 11:00 to 02:00
Tuesday 11:00 to 02:00
Wednesday 11:00 to 02:00
Thursday 11:00 to 02:00
Friday 11:00 to 02:00
Saturday 11:00 to 02:00
Sunday 11:00 to 00:00

Conditions:

100 - 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

101 - Every supply of alcohol under the Premises Licence must be made, or authorised by, a person who holds a Personal Licence.

107 - Any individual carrying out security activities at the premises must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority. This does not apply where the premises are being used primarily as a Qualifying Club under a Club Premises Certificate, under a Temporary Event Notice, or primarily as a cinema, restaurant or theatre.

109 - Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours. In this condition permitted hours means the hours stated elsewhere on this licence and: a.On Good Friday, 1200 to 2230 hours b.On Christmas Day, 1200 to 1500 hours, and 1900 to 2230 ho urs c.On New Year's Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year's Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day (or, if there are no permitted hours on the following day, midnight on 31st December). The above restrictions do not prohibit; i)During the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises; ii)During the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel; iii)During the first thirty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption as ancillary to the meals; iv)Consumption of the alcohol on t he premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises; v)The ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the dispatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered; vi)The sale of alcohol to a trade r or club for the purposes of the trade or club; vii)The sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of member s of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces; viii)The taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or ix)The supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide en tertained by him at his own expense, or the consumption of alcohol by the persons so supplied; or x)The supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to persons employed there for the purposes of the business carried on by the holder of the licence, or the consumption of alcohol so supplied, if the alcohol is supplied at the expense of their employer or the person carrying on, or in charge of, the business on the premises

110 - No statutory regulations for music and dancing shall apply so as to require any licence for the provision in the premises of public entertainment by the reproduction of wireless (including television) broadcasts or of programmes included in any programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990) other than a sound or television broadcasting service, or of public entertainment by way of music and singing only which is produced solely by the reproduction of recorded sound is permitted.

120 - a.Subject to the following paragraphs, the permitted hours on weekdays shall extend until 2.00.a.m. in the morning following, except that - i)The permitted hours shall end at midnight on any day on which music and dancing is not provided after midnight; and ii)On any day that music and dancing end between midnight and 2.00.a.m. in the morning, the permitted hours shall end when the music and dancing end. b.On relation to the morning on which summer time begins, the reference to 2.00.a.m. in the morning in a. above shall be replaced by a reference to 3.00.a.m. in the morning. c.Except on Sundays immediately before bank holidays, the permitted hours on Sundays shall extend until thirty minutes past midnight in the morning following, except that - i)The permitted hours shall end at midnight on any Sunday on which music and dancing is not provided after midnight; ii)Where music and dancing end between midnight on any Sunday and thirty minutes past midnight, the permitted hours on that Sunday shall end w hen the music and dancing end. d.On Sundays immediately before bank holidays, the permitted hours shall extend until 2.00.a.m. in the morning following except that - i)The permitted hours shall end at midnight on any Sunday on which music and dancing is not provided after midnight; ii)Where music and dancing end between midnight on any Sunday and 2.00.a.m. the permitted hours on that Sunday shall end when the music and dancing end. e.The sale of alcohol must be ancillary to the use of the premises for music and dancing and substantial refreshment.

122 - No person under fourteen shall be in the bar of the licensed premises during the permitted hours unless one of the following applies a.He is the child of the holder of the premises licence b.He resides in the premises, but is not employed there c.He is in the bar solely for the purpose of passing to or from some part of the premises which is not a bar and to and from which there is no other convenient means of access or egress d.The bar is in railway refreshment rooms or other premises constructed, f itted and intended to be used bona fide for any purpose to which the holding of the licence is ancilla. In this condition "bar" includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the consumption of intoxicating liquor. But an area is not a bar when it is u sual for it to be, and it is, set apart for the service of tablemeals and alcohol is only sold or supplied to persons as ancillary to their table meals.

127 - Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied unless it is paid for before or at the time when it is sold or supplied, except alcohol sold or supplied: a.With and for consumption at a meal supplied at the same time, consumed with the meal and paid for together w ith the meal; b.For consumption by a person residing in the premises or his guest and paid for together with his accommodation; c.To a canteen or mess.

288 - That the CCTV system installed internally and externally upon the premises ground floor shall be maintained in good working condition and operable at all times.

289 - That recordings taken by the CCTV system installed upon the premises shall be kept and made available for inspection by authorised officers for a period of thirty-one days.

326 - That all appropriate staff shall be trained in the age identification scheme required at the premises and records of training shall be kept and made available for inspection by authorised officers of the Council

334 - That an age identification scheme shall be established and maintained. The scheme shall Require the production of evidence of age (comprising any PASS accredited card or passport or driving licence) from any person appearing to staff enagaged in selling o r supplying alcohol to be under the age of 18 and who is attempting to buy alcohol.

340 - That additional staff training shall be provided and a training record shall be maintained and made available for inspection by an authorised officer on the following matters: a) On steps being taken to pursue the four licensing objectives and; b) Gener al health and safety matters.

341 - That an experiencedmember of staff be sent on the Security Indusrty Authority (SIA) Door Supervisiors training and shall be employed after 23:00 to deal with all customer control matters including the dispersal of customers.

342 - That during the forty (40) minute calming down period, drinks will be transferred into plastic cups.

343 - That the doors to the premises shall be kept in a closed position but immediately available for escape purposes while music is being played.

344 - That no alcohol shall be taken from the premises in open containers, a notice to this effect shall be posted at the exits.

345 - That an arrangement will be made with a local taxi company through which taxis will be arranged for customers as required during the calming down period, and the drivers will be required to call for their customers at the premises and not sound their car horn outside.

346 - That a scheme shall be developed to install air conditioning within the premises. The timetable for the scheme shall be developed in accordance with the Southwark Noise Team.

347 - That all fire exits shall be identified with appropriate signage in accordance with current regulations.

348 - That a cleaning schedule shall be implementedcovering the internal and external parts of the premises; and this schedule shall include agreement by staff to check the exterior of the premises at close of hours and remove any litter connected with the prem ises.

349 - That the premises management shall hold regular meetings at least quartely to address any issues regarding the operation of the premises under the licence: a) With staff and; b With local residents and interested parties.

485 - (1) The responsible person shall take all reasonable steps to 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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of leading or contributing to crime and disorder, prejudice to public safety, public nuisance, or harm to children (a) games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require, 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 (other than any promotion or discount available to an individual in respect of alcohol for consumption at a table meal, as defined in section 159 of the Act); (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; (d) provision of free or discounted alcohol in relation tot he viewing on the premises of a sporting event, where that provision is dependent on- (i) the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process; or (ii) the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring; (e) 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.

487 - 13 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 - 18 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 - 16 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 - 13 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

807 - That the number of persons accommodated at any time on the ground floor bar shall not exceed 100 (One Hundred)

809 - All amplified music to be played through the premises sound limiting device which shall be set at a level agreeable to the Council's Environmental Health Officer

811 - That notices shall be displayed and announcements made requesting that customers leave the premises in a quiet and orderly manner as not to disturb local residents.