Licence Granted for Licence Number: 886805

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Property details

Licence number:

886805

Trading name and address:

The Arches
6, Omeara Street, SE1 1TE

Ward:

Borough and Bankside

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder:

Lowline Borough Limited

Designated Premises Supervisor name:

Christopher Howe

Licence details

Licence type:

Premises

Date granted:

August 11 2025

Licensable activities and conditions

Opening hours:

Monday 09:00 to 06:30
Tuesday 09:00 to 06:30
Wednesday 09:00 to 06:30
Thursday 09:00 to 06:30
Friday 09:00 to 06:30
Saturday 09:00 to 06:30
Sunday 09:00 to 06:30

Granted licensable activities:

Films - indoors
Monday 09:00 to 06:30
Tuesday 09:00 to 06:30
Wednesday 09:00 to 06:30
Thursday 09:00 to 06:30
Friday 09:00 to 06:30
Saturday 09:00 to 06:30
Sunday 09:00 to 06:30

Late night refreshment - indoors and outdoors
Monday 23:00 to 05:00
Tuesday 23:00 to 05:00
Wednesday 23:00 to 05:00
Thursday 23:00 to 05:00
Friday 23:00 to 05:00
Saturday 23:00 to 05:00
Sunday 23:00 to 05:00

Live music - indoors
Monday 09:00 to 06:30
Tuesday 09:00 to 06:30
Wednesday 09:00 to 06:30
Thursday 09:00 to 06:30
Friday 09:00 to 06:30
Saturday 09:00 to 06:30
Sunday 09:00 to 06:30

Performance of dance - indoors
Monday 09:00 to 06:30
Tuesday 09:00 to 06:30
Wednesday 09:00 to 06:30
Thursday 09:00 to 06:30
Friday 09:00 to 06:30
Saturday 09:00 to 06:30
Sunday 09:00 to 06:30

Recorded music - indoors
Monday 09:00 to 06:30
Tuesday 09:00 to 06:30
Wednesday 09:00 to 06:30
Thursday 09:00 to 06:30
Friday 09:00 to 06:30
Saturday 09:00 to 06:30
Sunday 09:00 to 06:30

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed off premises
Monday 09:00 to 06:00
Tuesday 09:00 to 06:00
Wednesday 09:00 to 06:00
Thursday 09:00 to 06:00
Friday 09:00 to 06:00
Saturday 09:00 to 06:00
Sunday 09:00 to 06:00

Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed on premises
Monday 09:00 to 06:00
Tuesday 09:00 to 06:00
Wednesday 09:00 to 06:00
Thursday 09:00 to 06:00
Friday 09:00 to 06:00
Saturday 09:00 to 06:00
Sunday 09:00 to 06:00

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

107 - Any individual carrying out security activities at the premises must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority. This does not apply where the premises are being used primarily as a Qualifying Club under a Club Premises Certificate, under a Temporary Event Notice, or primarily as a cinema, restaurant or theatre

112 - This licence allows for the premises to remain open for non standard timings as stated on the days below, an additional hour on the day when British Summertime commences, New Year's Eve-from the start of permitted hours on New Year's Eve until the start of permitted hours on New Year's Day.

113 - This licence allows for the premises to remain open for the sale or supply of alcohol for non standard timings as stated below on the following days: an additional hour on the day when British Summertime commences. New Year's Eve-from the start of permitted hours on New Year's Eve until the start of permitted hours on New Year's Day.

114 - This licence allows for the premises to extend the following licensable activities for non standard timings as stated below on the following days: provision of regulated entertainment, films, live music, recorded music, performance of dance, provision of entertainment facilities making music, dancing. An additional hour on the day when British Summertime commences. New Year's Eve-from the start of permitted hours on New Year's Eve until the start of permitted hours on New Year's Day.

115 - This licence allows for the provision of late night refreshment for non standard timings stated below on the following days: an additional hour on the day when British Summertime commences. New Year's Eve- from the start of permitted hours on New Year's Eve until the start of permitted hours on New Year's Day.

180 - The premises shall be adequately ventilated to allow doors and windows to remain closed during licensed entertainment.

247 - The means of escape provided for the premises shall be maintained unobstructed, free of trip hazards, be immediately available and clearly identified.

259 - Notices shall be prominently displayed in any designated area used for smoking requesting patrons to respect the needs of local residents and use the area quietly.

288 - The premises shall install and maintain a CCTV system in consultation with the Metropolitan Police Crime and Prevention Officer. All entry and exit points will be covered and able 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.

289 - All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 31 days with date and time ·stamping. Recordings shall be made available as soon as practicable upon the reasonable request of the Police or authorised Officer throughout the preceding 31 day period.

309 - 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 licensed 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.

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

340 - A staff member from the premises who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be immediately available when the premises are open to the public. The staff member shall be able to show the Police recent data or footage with the absolute minimum of delay when requested.

341 - Alcohol sold for consumption off the premises shall be supplied in sealed containers.

342 - 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 for the premises and a copy of the policy and training records to be made available to the Council or Police upon request.

343 - All staff will receive training on the safe evacuation of the premises in the event of an emergency, such training to be repeated on an annual basis. A record of such training shall be retained at the premises and made available to the Fire Service or Council upon request.

344 - All emergency doors shall be maintained effectively self closing and not held open other than by an approved device

345 - The premises licence holder shall .be bound by the terms of the Operational Plan for Flat Iron Square. A copy of the Operational Plan shall be retained at the premises and made available for inspection by the Relevant Authorities.

347 - Capacity for Arch 31, 380 including the terrace. Capacity for Arch 29, 180. Capacity for Arch 30, 400.

348 - The use of the external area at Arch 29 on the towline shall cease at 23:00 hours at which point all patrons will be instructed to move indoors.

349 - Patrons shall be permitted to use the designated external area under the railway arch on O'Meara Street (to the north of the entrance/Southwark Street side) for smoking, maximum of 10 persons at any one time after 23:00 hours.

350 - In relation to the first floor terrace at Arches 30 and 31, this will be subject to a maximum capacity of 120 persons at any one time up until a terminal hour of 03:00 hours and all activities will cease in the outside terrace at 03:00 hours.

351 - In relation to the outside area at Arch 31 on the lowline after 23.00hrs no drinks are allowed outside and only patrons wishing to smoke are permitted outside up to a maximum of 20 persons in a designated frontage area.

352 - The premises management will supervise all outside areas and ensure they are kept clean and tidy at all times.

353 - The end of the entrance corridor of Arch 31 shall be fitted with a thick, close fitting, fireproof curtain (i.e. theatre curtain) to minimise noise outbreak as patrons enter and exit the premises.

354 - A device shall be installed to the doors opening onto the lowline in Arches 29 and 30 so that a warning light or alarm activates when the door is opened and is clearly visible/audible to staff and premises management.

355 - Sound insulation shall be installed to baffle any vents or air extraction systems to prevent sound escape from the premises.

356 - Any background music played in the first floor terrace at Arches 30 and 31 shall remain at a volume that permits normal conversation level between patrons.

357 - External waste handling, collections and deliveries shall only occur between the hours of 08.00hrs and 22.00hrs.

358 - Premises management shall regularly monitor outside the premises to ensure that the volume and bass levels of any licensed entertainment is kept at a level that does not cause disturbance at the closest or most exposed noise-sensitive facade to ensure compliance with the licensing objective regarding the prevention of public nuisance.

359 - An acoustic lobby of adequate dimensions and providing sufficient residence time shall be installed to the O’Meara St entrance to Arch 29 to minimise sound escape from the premises, ensuring that all doors open in the direction of escape in case of emergency.

360 - Arches 29, 30 & 31 The Sidings, O'Meara Street Dispersal Policy 1. The Dispersal Procedure (around the terminal hour) is dedicated to make the maximum contribution by exercising pre-active measures towards and at the end of trading to move customers away from the premises and its immediate area in such a way as to cause minimum disturbance or nuisance to neighbours, both residential and business, and to make the minimum impact upon the neighbourhood in relation to potential nuisance, antisocial behaviour and crime. 2. The Dispersal Procedure is subject to review and will address problems and concerns if they are identified in order to establish a permanent reduction or elimination of the problems and concerns. 3. The requirement for SIA registered door supervisors at the premises will be assessed by way of a risk assessment on an event by event basis in accordance with the premises operational guidelines. 4. Where requested, local residents will be provided with contact details for the premises and its management and a copy of this dispersal policy. 5. Notices will be placed in the premises, in particular in the areas of entry and exit requesting customers to leave quietly and to respect neighbours and their property. 6. Notices will be placed in any designated area used for smoking requesting patrons to respect the needs of local residents and use the area quietly. 7. Staff will be fully trained at the premises to ensure that customers are reminded when leaving that they should leave quietly and that they should be respectful of neighbours in the vicinity. 8. Staff at the premises will be fully trained and conversant in relation to the dispersal policy contained in the operational plan for Flat Iron Square being a condition of the premises licence. 9. A copy of the operational plan for Flat Iron Square shall be retained at all times at the premises so that all staff can be reminded of the requirement in relation to the general dispersal policy for the area.

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.

4AD - The requirement for SIA registered door supervisors at the premises will be assessed by way of a risk assessment on an event by event basis in accordance with the premises operational guidelines.

4AG - 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 driving licence or passports

4AI - A log shall be kept detailing all refused sales of alcohol. The log should include the date and time of the refused sale and the name of the staff member who refused the sale. A log shall be available for inspection at the premises by the Police or an authorised Officer.