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Further Information on Licence Number: 879734

Property details

Licence number: 879734
Trading name and address: Whistle Punks
Railway Arch 85 , Scoresby Street, SE1 0XN
Ward: Borough and Bankside
   

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder: The Arch Company Properties Limited
Designated Premises Supervisor name: Holly Quick
   

Licence details

Licence type: Premises
Date granted: March 01 2023 
   

Licensable activities and conditions

Opening hours:

Monday 09:00 to 23:30
Tuesday 09:00 to 23:30
Wednesday 09:00 to 23:30
Thursday 09:00 to 23:30
Friday 09:00 to 23:30
Saturday 09:00 to 23:30
Sunday 09:00 to 23:30

Granted licensable activities:

Films - indoors
Monday 09:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 09:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 09:00 to 23:00
Thursday 09:00 to 23:00
Friday 09:00 to 23:00
Saturday 09:00 to 23:00
Sunday 09:00 to 23:00


Indoor sporting event
Monday 09:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 09:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 09:00 to 23:00
Thursday 09:00 to 23:00
Friday 09:00 to 23:00
Saturday 09:00 to 23:00
Sunday 09:00 to 23:00


Late night refreshment - indoors
Monday 23:00 to 23:30
Tuesday 23:00 to 23:30
Wednesday 23:00 to 23:30
Thursday 23:00 to 23:30
Friday 23:00 to 23:30
Saturday 23:00 to 23:30
Sunday 23:00 to 23:30


Recorded music - indoors
Monday 09:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 09:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 09:00 to 23:00
Thursday 09:00 to 23:00
Friday 09:00 to 23:00
Saturday 09:00 to 23:00
Sunday 09:00 to 23:00


Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed on premises
Monday 09:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 09:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 09:00 to 23:00
Thursday 09:00 to 23:00
Friday 09:00 to 23:00
Saturday 09:00 to 23:00
Sunday 09:00 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.

102 - The admission of children to films given under this licence must be restricted in accordance with the recommendations of the British Board of Film Classification or of the licensing authority itself.

340 - That external waste handling, collections and deliveries shall only occur between the hours of 08:00hrs to 21:00hrs on Mondays to Fridays; and, 09:00hrs to 20:00hrs on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays;

341 - The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive CCTV system as per the minimum requirements of the Southwark Police Licensing Team. All entry and exit points will be covered enabling frontal identification of every person entering in any light condition. The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the premises is open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises and will include the external area immediately outside the premises entrance. All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 31 days with date and time stamping. Viewing of recordings shall be made available immediately upon the request of Police or authorised officer throughout the entire 31-day period;

342 - A staff member from the premises who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be on the premises at all times when the premises is open. This staff member must be able to provide a Police or authorised council officer copies of recent CCTV images or data with the absolute minimum of delay when requested;

343 - An incident log shall be kept at the premises, and made available on request to an authorised officer of the City Council or the Police. It must be completed within 24hours of the incident and will record the following: (a) all crimes reported to the venue; (b) all ejections of patrons; (c) any complaints received concerning crime and disorder; (d) any incidents of disorder; (e) all seizures of drugs or offensive weapons; (f) any faults in the CCTV system, searching equipment or scanning equipment; (g) any visit by a relevant authority or emergency service.

344 - A record shall be kept detailing all refused sales of alcohol. The record should include the date and time of the refused sale and the name of the member of staff who refused the sale. The record shall be available for inspection at the premises by the police or an authorised officer of the Council at all times whilst the premises is open;

345 - There shall be a personal license holder on duty on the premises at all times when the premises are authorised to sell alcohol;

346 - The accommodation limit for the premises shall not exceed 60 persons (excluding staff);

347 - All high risk activities will be hosted at all times and equipment locked away from customers when not in use;

348 - No alcohol will be permitted inside the high risk activity areas, the lanes, hatched green on the approved licence plans;

349 - Customers will not be permitted to take part in high risk activities if they are unable to participate in the activity safely;

350 - The written dispersal policy shall be kept at the premises with the licence and made available for inspection by authorised council officers or the police. All relevant staff shall be trained in the implementation of the dispersal policy;

351 - The sale of alcohol shall be ancillary to the main function of the premises as an axe throwing/live sporting venue;

352 - All waste shall be properly presented and placed out for collection no earlier than 30 minutes before the scheduled collection times;

353 - Substantial refreshment and non-intoxicating beverages including drinking water shall be available to all parts of the premises where alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on the premises;

354 - Patrons permitted to temporarily leave and then re-enter the premises, e.g. to smoke, shall not be permitted to take drinks or glass containers with them;

355 - Notices shall be prominently displayed at all exits requesting patrons to respect the needs of local residents and businesses and leave the area quietly;

356 - During the hours of operation of the premises, the licence holder shall ensure sufficient measures are in place to remove and prevent litter or waste arising or accumulating from customers in the area immediately outside the premises, and that this area shall be swept and or washed, and litter and sweepings collected and stored in accordance with the approved refuse storage arrangements by close of business;

357 - All customers attending the venue shall be 18 years or over.

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 proof of age scheme shall be operated at the premises where the only acceptable forms of identification are recognised photographic identification cards, such as a driving licence, passport or proof of age card with the PASS Hologram;

Contact us

  Southwark Licensing Team
3rd Floor, Hub 1
PO BOX 64529
London
SE1P 5LX
Telephone: 020 7525 5748
E-mail: licensing@southwark.gov.uk