Licence Granted for Licence Number: 885252

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Further Information on Licence Number: 885252

Property details

Licence number:

885252

Trading name and address:

The Africa Centre
66, Africa House , Great Suffolk Street, SE1 0BL

Ward:

Borough and Bankside

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder:

Africa Centre Limited

Designated Premises Supervisor name:

Sarah Jane Clark

Licence details

Licence type:

Premises

Date granted:

January 27 2025

Licensable activities and conditions

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 23:30
Saturday 08:00 to 23:30
Sunday 08:00 to 23:30

Granted licensable activities:

Entertainment similar to live/recorded music - indoors
Monday 10:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 23:00
Thursday 10:00 to 23:00
Friday 10:00 to 23:00
Saturday 10:00 to 23:00
Sunday 10:00 to 23:00

Films - indoors
Monday 10:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 23:00
Thursday 10:00 to 23:00
Friday 10:00 to 23:00
Saturday 10:00 to 23:00
Sunday 10:00 to 23:00

Live music - indoors
Monday 10:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 23:00
Thursday 10:00 to 23:00
Friday 10:00 to 23:00
Saturday 10:00 to 23:00
Sunday 10:00 to 23:00

Performance of dance - indoors
Monday 10:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 23:00
Thursday 10:00 to 23:00
Friday 10:00 to 23:00
Saturday 10:00 to 23:00
Sunday 10:00 to 23:00

Plays - indoors
Monday 10:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 23:00
Thursday 10:00 to 23:00
Friday 10:00 to 23:00
Saturday 10:00 to 23:00
Sunday 10:00 to 23:00

Recorded music - indoors
Monday 10:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 23:00
Thursday 10:00 to 23:00
Friday 10:00 to 23:00
Saturday 10:00 to 23:00
Sunday 10:00 to 23:00

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed off premises
Monday 10:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 23:00
Thursday 10:00 to 23:00
Friday 10:00 to 23:00
Saturday 10:00 to 23:00
Sunday 10:00 to 23:00

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed on premises
Monday 10:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 10:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 23:00
Thursday 10:00 to 23:00
Friday 10:00 to 23:00
Saturday 10:00 to 23:00
Sunday 10:00 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.

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.

158 - Notices shall be prominently displayed at each exit from the premises asking customers to be considerate to neighbours when leaving.

288 - A CCTV system be installed at the premises, be maintained in full working order and be continually recording at all times the premises are in use. The CCTV system must be capable of capturing a clear facial image of every person who enters the premises.

289 - All CCTV footage shall be kept for a period of 31 days and shall be made immediately available to officers of the police and the council on request. There will be at least one person on duty at all times who is trained in the operation of the CCTV system, capable of retrieving and showing footage at the immediate request of police or council officers and able to download footage to a removable storage device and / or storage media at the immediate request of police or council officers.

293 - All staff shall be trained in their responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003 and trained in respect of the terms and conditions of this licence. Records pertaining to such training shall be kept and updated every 6 months. The training records shall be made immediately available to officers of the police and the council on request.

304 - A direct telephone number for the premises will be made available to residents.

307 - The accommodation limit for the premises shall not exceed 313 persons (excluding staff). Comprising of Basement - 13; Ground Floor – 105, First Floor – 60, Second Floor – 45, Third Floor – 45, Fourth Floor 45

340 - 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.

341 - Patrons shall not be permitted to use the external area/terraces (as defined on the premises plan) after 22:00 to the start of business the following day, apart from access and egress and those who temporarily leave to smoke.

342 - Any ‘off sales’ of alcohol shall be provided in sealed containers and taken away from the premises, save for the external terraces as defined on the premises plan.

343 - That clear legible signage shall be prominently displayed where it can be easily seen and read, requesting that alcohol sold as off sales should not be opened and consumed in the vicinity of the premises

344 - At all times the premises are in operation under the premises licence it shall be operated in line with the premises risk assessment as detailed in the application dated 21/01/2022. If amendments are made, the responsible authorities shall be informed and a copy of the amendments made available for inspection.

345 - The premises licence holder shall not sell super strength beer, lager or cider with an alcohol content above 5.5% ABV or greater. This restriction shall not apply in respect of specialist branded premium priced products, for example, craft ales, local or microbrewery specialist products, boxed gifts or national celebratory/commemorative beer, lager or cider with alcohol content of 5.5% ABV or greater.

346 - An incident log shall be kept at the premises, and made available on request to an authorised officer of the Police, which will record the following: (a) All crime reported to the venue (b) All ejections of patrons (c) Any complaints received (d) Any incidents of disorder and violence (e) All seizures of drugs or offensive weapons (f) Any faults in the CCTV system or searching equipment or scanning equipment (g) Any refusal of the sale of alcohol to include date, time and staff member (h) Any visit by a relevant authority or emergency service. (i) CAD reference numbers where Police are called.

347 - All flat surfaces in toilet cubicles, including any curved toilet roll holder ellipses are to be designed out to the satisfaction of the police in order to prevent drugs misuse. Staff will check toilets at least every hour and these checks are to be documented on each visit.

348 - Any drugs, psychoactive substances or weapons confiscated from customers shall be stored in a locked and secure container and the police shall be notified as soon as reasonably practicable.

349 - Customers found in possession of drugs, psychoactive substances or weapons should be refused entry from the premises.

350 - The premises licence holder shall not engage the services of street promoters to encourage clientele to attend the venue.

351 - Staff shall regularly supervise the pavement area outside the premises to ensure customers are not blocking pavements or causing nuisance to neighbouring premises.

352 - A quarterly meeting will take place between the premises licence holder and local resident groups.

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 - The premises shall operate an age check 'Challenge 25' policy whereby customers purchasing alcohol who look or appear to be under 25 years of age will be asked for an approved form of proof of age to verify their age. Approved forms shall include a driving licence, passport or a PASS approved proof of age card such as the Southwark Proof of Age (SPA) card.

4AB - All staff involved in the sale of alcohol shall be trained in the age check 'Challenge 25' policy. A record of their training, including the dates that each member of staff is trained, shall be available for inspection at the premises on request by the Council's authorised officers or the Police.

4AC - Age check or 'Challenge 25' signage shall be displayed at entrances to the premises, areas where alcohol is displayed for sale and at points of sale to inform customers that an age check 'Challenge 25' policy applies and proof of age may be required.

4AI - A register of refused sales of alcohol shall be maintained in order to demonstrate effective operation of the policy. The register shall be available for inspection at the premises on request by Council authorised officers or the Police.

4AK - The premises licence holder will actively participate in the local pub watch or similar scheme and the premises licence holder will be a member of the local radio scheme.