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Further Information on Licence Number: 886716

Property details

Licence number: 886716
Trading name and address: Molly Mc's
Railway Arch 96 , Joan Street, SE1 8DD
Ward: Borough and Bankside
   

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder: Windmill Taverns Limited
Designated Premises Supervisor name: John McElhinney
   

Licence details

Licence type: Premises - Minor Variation
Date granted: August 22 2025 
   

Licensable activities and conditions

Opening hours:

Monday 07:00 to 23:30
Tuesday 07:00 to 23:30
Wednesday 07:00 to 23:30
Thursday 07:00 to 00:00
Friday 07:00 to 00:30
Saturday 07:00 to 00:30
Sunday 07:00 to 23:00

Granted licensable activities:

Live music - indoors
Monday 19:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 19:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 19:00 to 23:00
Thursday 19:00 to 23:30
Friday 19:00 to 00:00
Saturday 19:00 to 00:00
Sunday 19:00 to 22:30


Recorded music - indoors
Monday 11:00 to 23:00
Tuesday 11:00 to 23:00
Wednesday 11:00 to 23:00
Thursday 11:00 to 23:30
Friday 11:00 to 00:00
Saturday 11:00 to 00:00
Sunday 11:00 to 22:30


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 23:30
Friday 12:00 to 23:00
Saturday 12:00 to 23:00
Sunday 12:00 to 22:30


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 23:30
Friday 12:00 to 00:00
Saturday 12:00 to 00:00
Sunday 12:00 to 22:30


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 h is 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.

288 - That the CCTV system installed upon the premises shall be maintained in good working condition and operable at all times

289 - That recordings taken by the CCTV system installed upon the premises shall be kept and made available for inspection by authorised officers for a period of thirty one (31) days

325 - Access to children under 18 years of age is restricted except from when the premises opens until 21:00 hours during which time any children on the premises must be accompanied by an adult.

326 - That all appropriate staff shall be trained in the age identification scheme required at the premises and records of training shall be kept and made available for inspection by authorised officers of the Council

334 - That an age identification scheme shall be established and maintained. The scheme shall Require the production of evidence of age (comprising any PASS accredited card or passport or driving licence) from any person appearing to staff enagaged in selling o r supplying alcohol to be under the age of 18 and who is attempting to buy alcohol

340 - That all escape routes and emergency exits will be immediately available for use and kept free from any obstruction at all times the premises is in use under the licence

341 - That adequate illumination for fire safety signage shall be maintained at all times

342 - That Crime Prevention notices will be displayed where they can be clearly seen

343 - That open containers are not to be taken away from the premises

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.

776 - That the premises shall be adequately ventilated to allow doors and windows to remain closed during regulated entertainment.

805 - That clearly legible signage will be prominently displayed at all patron exits, where it can easily be seen and read, requesting that patrons leave the premises in a quiet and orderly manner that is respectful to neighbours.

809 - That a sound limiting device shall be installed, set and maintained, to ensure the maximum levels of volume and bass of music, song or speech from regulated entertainment permitted by the amplification system, does not cause a public nuisance in the vicinity of the premises or intrude inside the nearest or most exposed noise sensitive premises.

812 - Sale of alcohol may take place in the outside areas utilising waiter/waitress service

840 - That the suspension of the conditions relating to the provision of live or recorded music is lifted under section 177A(3) of the Licensing Act 2003 and all the conditions imposed as a result of this review shall apply under section 177A(4).

841 - That during any regulated entertainment on the premises, permitted under the Licensing Act 2003, all doors, concertina doors and windows shall remain closed (except for access or egress).

842 - That any background music played (for when concertina doors are open) shall remain at a volume that permits normal conversation and that the volume control of any music is behind the bar/counter and is in the full control of staff at all times.

843 - That there will be no patron access/egress to and from the premises via the use of the rear door, except for patrons temporarily leaving to smoke and for use in case of emergency. Where patrons access the premises from the back, this shall be monitored by an SIA officer.

844 - That two SIA officer be employed jointly with the adjacent licensed premises at Railway Arch 96 and Railway Arch 94-95 Joan Street SE1 from Maundy Thursday (being the Thursday before Easter) to the end of October, and from 1 December to the first Saturday in January, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, to monitor and control the behaviour and dispersal of patrons leaving the premises between 20:00 -00:30 on Thursdays, and 20:00 – 01:00 on Friday and Saturday nights, as well as from 20:00 to 30 minutes after closing on New Year’s Eve.

845 - That acoustic seals and brushes and self-closers (in accordance with BS 6459 Pt. 1 1984) shall be installed to all doors so as to minimise sound escape from the premises.

846 - That an acoustic lobby of adequate dimensions and providing sufficient residence time shall be installed to the front door entrance to arch 95 that will be provided regulated entertainment to minimise sound escape from the premises, ensuring that all doors open in the direction of escape in case of emergency. This is to be installed by 1 May 2016.

847 - That amplified music, song or speech shall not be broadcast in external areas at any time.

848 - That no external areas of the premises, including the external frontage area, shall be used for the purposes of regulated entertainment.

849 - That external waste handling, collections, deliveries and the cleaning of external areas shall only occur between the hours of 09:00 and 23:00.

850 - That there shall be no movement of musical or amplification equipment to and from the premises between the hours of 23:00 and 09:00.

851 - That the use of the external frontage area, except for smoking, shall cease at 22:00 at which point all patrons will be instructed to move indoors.

852 - That at 22:00, if not already done so, the external terrace canopy shall be deployed to cover the designated smoking area. That after 22:00, customers permitted to temporarily leave and then re-enter the premises to smoke must be restricted to the external frontage area. No more than 10 customers will be permitted to remain in this designated smoking area at any one time. Clearly legible signage to this effect must be prominently displayed.

853 - That there shall be no drinks permitted to be taken outside after 22:00

854 - That there shall be no drinks permitted to be taken beyond the boundary of external frontage area at any time.

855 - That clearly legible signage will be prominently displayed at all patron exits, where it can easily be seen and read, requesting to the effect that patrons do not take drinks outside after 22:00.

856 - That a health and safety assessment be undertaken to determine the safe number of patrons allowed in the outside area at the back of the premises.

857 - That clearly legible signage will be prominently displayed in the external frontage area, where it can easily be seen and read, requesting to the effect that patrons are not permitted to take drinks off the premises and into Isabella Street.

858 - That when regulated entertainment is being provided the premises management shall carry out regular checks to monitor the sound level at the closest noise sensitive location(s) to the premises and shall ensure that the sound level of the entertainment does not cause a public nuisance in the vicinity of the premises at the/those location (s). A written record of sound level checks shall be kept and shall contain details of: the time, date and location of each check, the person who undertook the check and any actions taken as a result of the check. Each check shall be signed in the record by the person who made the check. The monitoring record shall be kept at the premises and made available to officers of the police or council on request.

859 - That a comprehensive Dispersal Policy shall be produced and implemented at the premises, with all staff trained on the most up to date policy. A record of staff training on the Dispersal Policy shall be kept at the premises and a copy of the policy and training records be made available to the council or police on request.

860 - That alcohol for consumption off the premises is not sold for immediate consumption in the area around the premises and is supplied in sealed containers

861 - That all licensable activity will cease 30 minutes before closing times.

862 - That the management of the premises meet quarterly with representatives of residents to review the operations of the premises

928 - That all audio and musical equipment used in the premises, or brought into the premises by third parties which is permitted under the Licensing Act 2003, shall be played through the installed sound limiting device.

932 - That the premises licence holder shall make available a telephone number for local residents to contact management of the premises as and when necessary.

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