Licence Granted for Licence Number: 878774

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Property details

Licence number:

878774

Trading name and address:

The Font
185a, Park Street, SE1 9EA

Ward:

Borough and Bankside

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder:

The Font Climbing Ltd

Designated Premises Supervisor name:

Joseph Christopher Powis

Licence details

Licence type:

Premises

Date granted:

December 20 2022

Licensable activities and conditions

Opening hours:

Monday 06:00 to 23:30
Tuesday 06:00 to 23:30
Wednesday 06:00 to 23:30
Thursday 06:00 to 23:30
Friday 06:00 to 23:30
Saturday 08:00 to 23:30
Sunday 08:00 to 23:30

Granted licensable activities:

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed off premises
Monday 12:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 12:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 12:00 to 23:00
Thursday 12:00 to 23:00
Friday 12:00 to 23:00
Saturday 12:00 to 23:00
Sunday 12:00 to 23:00

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed on premises
Monday 12:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 12:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 12:00 to 23:00
Thursday 12:00 to 23:00
Friday 12:00 to 23:00
Saturday 12:00 to 23:00
Sunday 12:00 to 23:00

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.

158 - Notices shall be appropriately displayed at any outside area requesting patrons to respect the needs of local residents and businesses and use the area quietly

288 - CCTV equipment shall be maintained in good working order and correctly timed and dated.

289 - CCTV Recordings will be available for a minimum period of 28 days and handed to the police or duly authorised officers of the council upon request.

293 - There will be comprehensive training for staff in the main requirements of the Licensing Act 2003, the specific measures and conditions in place to promote the licensing objectives and the staff roles and responsibilities. Such records shall be available for inspection by the responsible authorities.

340 - There shall be a written notice of ‘authority’ record for all staff who sell alcohol

341 - Contact details of the Designated Premises Supervisor shall be available to staff and to the authorities.

342 - The business shall operate primarily as a climbing activity centre and the supply of alcohol shall be ancillary to that business purpose.

343 - Staffing levels shall be maintained at an appropriate level to ensure adequate security.

344 - High value items shall be stored securely

345 - Staff shall be trained on security issues including how to identify and refuse service to customers that are drunk or appear to be drunk.

346 - There shall be a policy of zero-tolerance to drugs at the premises

347 - CCTV shall be provided in the form of a recordable system capable of providing pictures of evidential quality

348 - CCTV Cameras shall encompass all ingress and egress to the premises and any areas where the sale of alcohol occurs

349 - The CCTV recording equipment shall be of a digital hard drive or cloud based system and shall be kept in a secure environment under the control of the premises licence holder or other responsible named individual.

350 - The entrance and any walkways within the premises are kept free from obstruction

351 - Effective lighting will be maintained and operated to ensure the safety of visitors and staff.

352 - The approved arrangements at the premises, including means of escape provisions, emergency warning equipment, the electrical installation and mechanical equipment, shall at all material times be maintained in good condition and full working order.

353 - The means of escape provided for the premises shall be maintained unobstructed, free of trip hazards, be immediately available and clearly identified in accordance with the plans provided

354 - The front outside space shall be adequately supervised by staff to ensure there is no public nuisance or obstruction of the highway

355 - No waste or recyclable materials, including bottles, shall be moved, removed from or placed in outside areas between (22.00) hours and (07.00) hours on the following day

356 - Satisfactory arrangements will be put in place to supervise an orderly dispersal of visitors when leaving the property to ensure the minimum of noise and disturbance

357 - Deliveries to and waste removal from the site are undertaken at a time and in a manner that does not cause disturbance

485 - (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, 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 carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective; (d) selling or supplying alcohol in association with promotional poster 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; and (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).

487 - The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

488 - (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.

489 - 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: 1/2 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,

491 - 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 Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979; (b) "permitted price" is the price found by applying the formula P = D + (D x V), 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; (iv) "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 (v)"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 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. 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.

4AA - There will be no inappropriate entertainment, promotions, activities or behaviour tolerated at the premises that might put children at risk. There will be an effective age verification policy in accordance with the mandatory code. This policy will be one of Challenge 25 for age-restricted products and include: a) The appropriate display of notices relating to the policy within the premises. b) These notices will indicate that any customer not appearing to have reached the age of 25 will be required to produce appropriate identification proving that they have turned 18 before being sold alcohol. c) Appropriate ID will be a valid passport, photo driving licence, PASS accredited proof of age card or other reliable photo-ID that is recommended and approved for acceptance by the police or other authorities. d) Staff shall be trained in aspects of responsible alcohol retailing and in particular the Protection of Children including the Challenge 25 policy. e) Training will occur before a staff member is given authorisation to sell alcohol within the premises. f) Staff training records will be available for inspection by the police or other responsible authority upon request.