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Further Information on Licence Number: 851344

Property details

Licence number: 851344
Trading name and address: Bermondsey Social Club
Railway Arch 19 , Almond Road, SE16 3LR
Ward: South Bermondsey
   

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder: Jake Farey
Designated Premises Supervisor name: Jake Farey
   

Licence details

Licence type: Premises
Date granted: May 06 2016 
   

Licensable activities and conditions

Opening hours:

Monday 10:00 to 04:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 04:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 04:00
Thursday 10:00 to 04:00
Friday 10:00 to 04:00
Saturday 10:00 to 04:00
Sunday 10:00 to 04:00

Granted licensable activities:

Recorded music - indoors
Monday 10:00 to 04:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 04:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 04:00
Thursday 10:00 to 04:00
Friday 10:00 to 04:00
Saturday 10:00 to 04:00
Sunday 10:00 to 04:00


Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed on premises
Monday 10:00 to 04:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 04:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 04:00
Thursday 10:00 to 04:00
Friday 10:00 to 04:00
Saturday 10:00 to 04:00
Sunday 10:00 to 04:00


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.

288 - That a CCTV system be installed at the premises and be maintained in good working order and be continually recording at all times the premises are in use under the licence. The CCTV system must be capable of capturing a clear facial image of every person who enters the premises and general overview of inside and outside areas

289 - All CCTV footage to be kept for a period of 31 days and shall on request be made immediately available to officers of the police and the council

311 - That clearly legible signage will be prominently displayed at the exit where it can easily be seen and read requesting to the effect that customers leave the premises in a quiet and orderly manner.

340 - Risk assessments in place

341 - Patrons will be asked to leave quietly

342 - That two (2) SIA registered door supervisors, at least one of whom shall be a female, shall be employed at all times between 21:00hrs and the terminal hour when the premises are in use under this licence and both recorded music and DJs are performing. They should be provided with mechanical counting devices to ensure that the maximum accommodation limit of the premises is not exceeded

343 - All licensable activities shall cease 20 minutes prior to the terminal hour

344 - That you shall require any regular and external promoters hiring the premises for use with recorded music and DJs to complete the ‘Venue Hire Agreement’ and, once completed, you shall ensure that a copy of the agreement is provided to the police and council’s licensing service a minimum of fourteen days prior to the date of hire.

345 - That the depositing of waste glass / earthenware into external waste receptacles shall not take place between 23:00 and 07:00 the following day.

346 - That management will set and maintain the volume and bass levels of any licensed entertainment to a level that does not cause noise disturbance to the closest noise sensitive receptor and regularly monitor to ensure compliance with the licensing objective regarding the prevention of public nuisance.

347 - That all doors, windows and openings at the premises shall be kept closed when licensable entertainment is taking place at the premises except for access and egress and in the event of an emergency

348 - That all doors leading out into external areas will be fitted with acoustic seals and self closers or an acoustic curtain

349 - That the details of a local taxi company shall be kept at the premises and shall be provided to customers on request. If staff at the premises order a taxi for a customer then those staff shall request that the taxi controller instructs the taxi driver not to sound their vehicle horn to attract attention, but to approach a staff member and let the staff member know that they are the driver of a taxi that has been ordered by the premises

350 - That the premises will be adequately ventilated.

351 - That all events operating outside of 10:00 to 01:00 and which occupy hours up to 4am will be pre booked functions and / or events which the general public and passing trade will not be allowed entry to. All patrons invited to events which take place beyond 01:00 will be personally invited, or be a guest of the premises or the person hiring the venue for the purpose of that event.

352 - That the accommodation limit of the premises is 120 people at any one time.

353 - That a comprehensive dispersal policy in regards to both customers and staff shall be devised in respect of the premises. The dispersal policy shall include (but not necessarily be limited to) the following topics: • Details as to how customer / staff egress at the premises shall be managed to minimise causing nuisance. • Details of public transport in the vicinity and how customers will be advised in respect of it • The management of taxis to and from the premises • The management of any ‘winding down’ period at the premises • The use of security and stewarding in respect of managing customer dispersal from the premises • Details of any cloakroom facility at the premises and how it is managed • Road safety in respect of customers leaving the premises • Management of ejections from the premises • Details of how refuse / waste in the local vicinity arising through the operation of the premises will be cleared up The dispersal policy shall be kept / be accessible at the premises at all times that the premises are in use and shall be made immediately available to officers of the council or police on request. All staff at the premises shall be trained in respect of the dispersal policy, shall be aware of where it is kept / how it is accessed and shall have access to it at all times that the premises are in operation. Records of staff training in regards to the dispersal policy shall be kept / be accessible at the premises at all times that the premises are in operation and shall be made immediately available to officers of the council or the police on request. Such training records shall include the capitalized name of the trainee and trainer, the date that the training was provided, a declaration that the training has been received and the signatures of the trainee and trainer.

354 - That licensable activities are only permitted until 04:00 on Fridays and Saturdays and on Thursdays to Sundays when there is a Bank Holiday the following day.

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

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