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Premises licences and club registrations - licences granted for licence number:  887318

Further Information on Licence Number: 887318

Property details

Licence number: 887318
Trading name and address: Canada Water Library
21, Canada Water Library , Surrey Quays Road, SE16 7AR
Ward: Rotherhithe
   

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder: Theatre Peckham
Designated Premises Supervisor name: Marissa Ashley McKinnon
   

Licence details

Licence type: Premises
Date granted: October 29 2025 
   

Licensable activities and conditions

Opening hours:

Monday 08:00 to 00:00
Tuesday 08:00 to 00:00
Wednesday 08:00 to 00:00
Thursday 08:00 to 00:00
Friday 08:00 to 00:00
Saturday 08:00 to 00:00
Sunday 08:00 to 00:00

Granted licensable activities:

Entertainment similar to live/recorded music - indoors
Monday 08:00 to 00:00
Tuesday 08:00 to 00:00
Wednesday 08:00 to 00:00
Thursday 08:00 to 00:00
Friday 08:00 to 00:00
Saturday 08:00 to 00:00
Sunday 08:00 to 00:00


Films - indoors
Monday 08:00 to 00:00
Tuesday 08:00 to 00:00
Wednesday 08:00 to 00:00
Thursday 08:00 to 00:00
Friday 08:00 to 00:00
Saturday 08:00 to 00:00
Sunday 08:00 to 00:00


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


Live music - indoors
Monday 08:00 to 00:00
Tuesday 08:00 to 00:00
Wednesday 08:00 to 00:00
Thursday 08:00 to 00:00
Friday 08:00 to 00:00
Saturday 08:00 to 00:00
Sunday 08:00 to 00:00


Performance of dance - indoors
Monday 08:00 to 00:00
Tuesday 08:00 to 00:00
Wednesday 08:00 to 00:00
Thursday 08:00 to 00:00
Friday 08:00 to 00:00
Saturday 08:00 to 00:00
Sunday 08:00 to 00:00


Plays - indoors
Monday 08:00 to 00:00
Tuesday 08:00 to 00:00
Wednesday 08:00 to 00:00
Thursday 08:00 to 00:00
Friday 08:00 to 00:00
Saturday 08:00 to 00:00
Sunday 08:00 to 00:00


Recorded music - indoors
Monday 08:00 to 00:00
Tuesday 08:00 to 00:00
Wednesday 08:00 to 00:00
Thursday 08:00 to 00:00
Friday 08:00 to 00:00
Saturday 08:00 to 00:00
Sunday 08:00 to 00:00


Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed on premises
Monday 08:00 to 00:00
Tuesday 08:00 to 00:00
Wednesday 08:00 to 00:00
Thursday 08:00 to 00:00
Friday 08:00 to 00:00
Saturday 08:00 to 00:00
Sunday 08:00 to 00:00


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 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.

152 - The Duty Manager will ensure that a ratio of one staff member to fifty audience members is maintained while licensed activities are taking place in the theatre auditorium.

192 - Access to any film exhibition will be restricted to only those who meet the required age limit in accordance with any certificate granted by the British Board of Film Classification, or in specific cases, the local authority.

239 - The duty manager will ensure that no noise escape form area where licensed activity is taking place giving rise to unnecessary nuisance to occupants in other parts of the building or local residents

289 - A CCTV recording system shall be positioned to capture the sale of alcohol. A library of recording taken by the system shall be maintained for 31 days and made available to authorised officers on request.

340 - A staff log book will be maintained on the premises and available for inspection by authorised officers.

341 - The consumption of alcohol will only be permitted with the areas identified on the plans submitted to the licensing authority.

343 - A dispersals policy shall be established aim at encouraging customers to leave the premises quickly in an orderly manner.

344 - No film will be exhibited/performance take place that is likely to stir hatred or incite violence towards or against any section of the public on the grounds of colour, race or ethnic or national origin, disability, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or gender and no film will be exhibited or performance given that will lead to disorder.

345 - The maximum number of persons that may be accommodated in the Culture Space (ground floor auditorium) shall not exceed a maximum capacity agreed with the appropriate Environmental Health and Fire Officers.

348 - The licensed area and associated public spaces in the premises will be maintained in a clean condition when the premises are in use.

349 - Notices shall be displayed informing customers and staff that sales of alcohol will not be made to under-18s and that age verification will be required.

350 - An incident log shall be maintained and detail of all age-related refusals recorded. This book shall be reviewed monthly by the DPS and any actions taken recorded in the book and signed off by the DPS. This log shall be retained on the premises and made available for inspection by authorised officers.

427 - A notice will be displayed at the promises exits reminding patrons to keep noise to a minimum on leaving the premises.

432 - A contact telephone number will be provided to local resident associations for the Duty Manager when the promises are being used for licensed activities.

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 - 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.

4AE - Alcohol will only be served in non-breakable plastic containers or toughened glass (other than in private functions rooms).

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