Licence Granted for Licence Number: 885976

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Property details

Licence number:

885976

Trading name and address:

Sweet Escape
196a, Southwark Park Road, SE16 3RP

Ward:

South Bermondsey

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder:

Sweetscape Ltd

Designated Premises Supervisor name:

Lisseth Magda Aguilera Rojas

Licence details

Licence type:

Premises

Date granted:

May 29 2025

Licensable activities and conditions

Opening hours:

Monday 07:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 07:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 07:00 to 23:00
Thursday 07:00 to 23:00
Friday 07:00 to 23:00
Saturday 07:00 to 23:00
Sunday 07:00 to 23:00

Granted licensable activities:

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed on premises
Monday 10:00 to 22:30
Tuesday 10:00 to 22:30
Wednesday 10:00 to 22:30
Thursday 10:00 to 22:30
Friday 10:00 to 22:30
Saturday 10:00 to 22:30
Sunday 10:00 to 22:30

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 - All entry and exit points will be covered enabling frontal identification of every person entering in any light condition;

289 - All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 31 days with date and time stamping;

340 - All entry and exit points will be covered enabling frontal identification of every person entering in any light condition;

341 - There is to be no vertical drinking permitted;

342 - Alcohol will only be supplied to seated customers by waiter/tress service only;

343 - The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the premises is open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises;

344 - Viewing of recordings shall be made available immediately upon the request of the Police or authorised officer throughout the entire 31 -day period;

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

346 - If a serious assault is committed on the premises (or appears to have been committed) the management will immediately ensure that: a) The police (and, where appropriate, the Ambulance Service) are called without delay b) All measures that are reasonably practicable are taken to apprehend any suspects pending the arrival of the police c) The crime scene is preserved so as to enable a full forensic investigation to be carried out by the police; and such other measures are taken (as appropriate) to fully protect the safety of all persons present on the premises

347 - An incident log shall be kept at the premises and made available on request to an authorised officer of the Council or the Police. It must be completed within 24 hours 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 refusal of the sale of alcohol h) Any visit by a relevant authority or emergency service

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

349 - The installed digital CCTV system will record for 31 days all public areas of the premises which will monitor all public safety issues. The DPS will be responsible for carrying out a fire and health and safety risk assessments for licensed premises all notices in relation to public health and safety will be displayed

350 - The DPS will ensure that the premises operate in line with existing health and safety legislation and is aware that it is also the responsibility of the premises licence holder that this legislation is adhered to;;

351 - No noise generated on the premises, or by its associated plant or equipment, shall emanate from the premises nor vibration be transmitted through the structure of the premises which gives rise to a nuisance;

352 - Notices shall be prominently displayed at all exits requesting patrons to respect the needs of Local Residents and businesses and leave the area quietly;

353 - A direct telephone number for the manager at the premises shall always be publicly available whilst the premises are open. This telephone number is to be made available to residents and businesses in the vicinity;

354 - 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;

355 - No collections of waste or recycling materials (including bottles) from the premises shall take place between 21:00hrs and 08:00hrs on the following day;

356 - No deliveries to the premises shall take place between 21:00hrs and 08.00hrs on the following day;

357 - The premises licence holder shall ensure that any patrons smoking outside the premises do so in an orderly manner and are supervised by staff so as to ensure that there is no public nuisance or obstruction of the public highway;

358 - No fumes, steam or odours shall be emitted from the licensed premises to cause a nuisance to any persons living or carrying on business in the area where the premises are situated;

359 - The DPS will take full responsibility to ensure that all staff training is documented and to include obligations under the Licensing Act 2003, offences under the Act, underage sales, proxy sales, sales of alcohol to drunks, awareness and application of policies particular to the premise and with a comprehensive knowledge of Challenge 25. 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;

360 - Training is to be fully documented and refreshed every six months. The training records will be presented to an authorised officer or the Police upon request;

361 - A personal Licence holder will be on duty throughout the time of licensable activity is taking place to authorise any sale of Alcohol;

362 - Strict Challenge 25 protocols are in place.

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;

4AI - 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 always be available for inspection at the premises by the police or an authorised officer of the Council whilst the premises is open;