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Premises licences and club registrations - licences granted for licence number:  887387

Further Information on Licence Number: 887387

Property details
Licence number: 887387
Trading name and address: John The Unicorn
157-159, Rye Lane, SE15 4TL
Ward: Rye Lane
   

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder: Gosnells Beverages Ltd
Designated Premises Supervisor name: James Ian Rankine
   

Licence details
Licence type: Premises
Date granted: November 05 2025 
   

Licensable activities and conditions
Opening hours:

Monday 10:00 to 00:30
Tuesday 10:00 to 00:30
Wednesday 10:00 to 00:30
Thursday 10:00 to 00:30
Friday 10:00 to 01:30
Saturday 10:00 to 01:30
Sunday 11:00 to 00:30

Granted licensable activities:

Late night refreshment - indoors
Monday 23:00 to 00:30
Tuesday 23:00 to 00:30
Wednesday 23:00 to 00:30
Thursday 23:00 to 00:30
Friday 23:00 to 01:30
Saturday 23:00 to 01:30
Sunday 23:00 to 00:30


Recorded music - indoors
Monday 11:00 to 00:00
Tuesday 11:00 to 00:00
Wednesday 11:00 to 00:00
Thursday 11:00 to 00:00
Friday 11:00 to 01:00
Saturday 11:00 to 01:00
Sunday 11:00 to 00:00


Sale by retail of alcohol to be consumed on premises
Monday 11:00 to 00:00
Tuesday 11:00 to 00:00
Wednesday 11:00 to 00:00
Thursday 11:00 to 00:00
Friday 11:00 to 01:00
Saturday 11:00 to 01:00
Sunday 11:00 to 00:00


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.

107 - Any individual carrying out security activities at the premises must be. (a) authorised to carry out that activity by a licence granted under the Private Security Industry Act 2001; or (b) entitled to carry out that activity by virtue of section 4 of that Act.

113 - This licence allows for the premises to remain open in respect of opening times, the sale of alcohol, the provision of recorded music and the provision of late night refreshment shall be extended by an hour on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of bank holiday weekends, Christmas Eve and Boxing Day and by an additional 2 hours on the evening of New Year's Eve.

288 - A CCTV system shall be installed at the premises and be maintained in good working order and be continually recording at all times the premises are in use under the licence. 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 thirty one (31) days and shall, upon request, be made immediately available to Officers of the Police and the Council

293 - Staff shall be trained in their responsibilities under the licensing act 2003 and training records to be kept and updated every 6 months and shall, upon request, be made immediately available to Officers of the Police and the Council

305 - Notices shall be provided on all doors that patrons would use to exit the premises to request that patrons leave in a quiet and orderly manner that is respectful to neighbours

309 - Before the premises license can take effect the applicant shall have an appropriate sound limiting device/s fitted to ensure that any music, speech or song from licensed entertainment is not audible at nearby residential premises or causes a public nuisance

310 - All windows and doors, including fire doors, shall be kept closed whilst licensed entertainment is being provided, except when effecting access and egress

311 - Details of the premises opening and closing times shall be clearly displayed upon the premises for the information of customers.

313 - There shall be no movement of musical or amplification equipment from the premises between the hours of 00.00hrs midnight and 08.00hrs

316 - External waste handling, collections, deliveries and the cleaning of external areas shall only occur between the hours of 08.00hrs and 20.00hrs.

319 - Before the premises license can take effect an acoustic lobby of adequate dimensions/ residence time shall be installed to all public access doors to the external to minimise sound escape from the premises, ensuring that all doors open in the direction of escape in case of fire

320 - The sound limiting device/s shall be set to ensure that the maximum levels of volume and bass permitted by the amplification system ensure any music, speech or song from licensed entertainment is not audible at nearby residential premises or causes a public nuisance in the vicinity of the premises

324 - The premises shall promote a local taxi service.

340 - Before the premises license can take effect acoustic, double or secondary glazing shall be installed to glazed areas to minimise sound escape from the premises.

341 - Before the premises license can take effect sound insulation shall be installed to any ventilation or air extraction system/s to prevent sound escape from the premises

342 - Before the premises license can take effect install noise insulation of an adequate specification to shared wall and ceiling partitions

343 - Before the premises license can take effect install noise insulation to any air handling plant/condensers/etc. to ensure than the sound output of any plant is 10 dB(A) below the lowest L90 15 min relevant in the period the plant will be operational

344 - Should there be any change to the equipment involved in the broadcast or limiting of sound from licensed entertainment that the sound limiter/s be re-set, in conjunction with a qualified sound engineer, to ensure that any music, speech or song from licensed entertainment is not audible at nearby residential premises nor will cause a public nuisance in the vicinity of the premises.

345 - The sound limiting device shall be maintained at the set level there-after

346 - All audio and musical equipment used in the premises, permitted under the Licensing Act 2003 or the Live Music Act 2012, shall be played through the installed sound limiting device

347 - Any additional amplification equipment imported on to the premises by third parties shall be connected to the installed sound limited circuit

348 - All speakers for the broadcast of sound within the premises shall be isolated from the structure of the premises by anti-vibration mountings or mats

349 - Tables and chairs for patrons to rear of premises will close at 21:00 every night

350 - A dispersals policy shall be established at the premises which shall be aimed at encouraging customers to leave the premises quickly, in a quiet and orderly manner.

431 - Before the premises license can take effect all external doors and doors to noise lobbies used by patrons to enter the premises shall have self-closers to the doors in accordance with BS 6459 Pt. 1 1984 and be fitted with acoustic seals and brushes

434 - The premises shall operate a strict anti-drugs policy

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

4AD - A minimum of 2 SIA door supervisors shall be employed at the entrance

4AJ - There shall be no more than 8 persons permitted outside, to smoke only, on the Rye Lane frontage after 21.00hrs.

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

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