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Further Information on Licence Number: 890113

Property details

Licence number: 890113
Trading name and address: The Elephant and Castle
121, Elephant And Castle Public House , Newington Causeway, SE1 6BN
Ward: Chaucer
   

Applicant and Designated Premises Supervisor details

Licence Holder: Urban Pubs & Bars Limited
Designated Premises Supervisor name: Thomas Langridge
   

Licence details

Licence type: Premises
Date granted: September 14 2026 
   

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 01:30
Friday 10:00 to 02:30
Saturday 10:00 to 02:30
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 01:30
Friday 23:00 to 02:30
Saturday 23:00 to 02:30
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 01:00
Friday 11:00 to 02:00
Saturday 11:00 to 02:00
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 01:00
Friday 11:00 to 02:00
Saturday 11:00 to 02:00
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.

288 - That a CCTV system 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 an image of every person who enters the premises.

289 - That all CCTV footage shall be kept for a period of 31 days and shall, upon request, be made immediately available to officers of the police and the council.

293 - That all staff are trained in their responsibilities under the licensing act 2003 and training records to be kept and updated every six months and shall, upon request, be made immediately available to officers of the police and the council.

296 - That drinks promotions, such as happy hours shall not be provided at the premises.

309 - That 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.

311 - That suitable notices shall be displayed and announcements made requesting people to leave the premises in a quiet and orderly manner so as not to disturb local residents.

332 - That when children are on the premises they must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.

340 - That no less that fourteen days notice will be provided to the council and police when ‘event days’ are planned.

341 - That the premises shall promote a local licensed taxi service.

342 - That customers shall use no outside area after 23.00 other than those who temporarily leave the premises to smoke a cigarette and no more than 8 people at one any time.

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

344 - That all windows and doors shall remain closed during licensed entertainment, except for access and egress.

345 - That should there by 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 or causes a public nuisance in the vicinity of the premises.

346 - That the sound limiting device installation shall be maintained at the set level thereafter.

347 - All Audio and musical equipment used in the premises, permitted under the Licensing Act 2003 or the Live Music Act shall be played through the installed sound limited device.

348 - That any additional amplification equipment imported on to the premises by third parties be connected to and use the sound limiting device and its circuits.

349 - That speakers for the broadcast of sound within the premises shall be isolated from the structure of the premises by anti-vibration or mats.

350 - That there shall be no movement of musical or amplification equipment from the premises between the hours of 00.00 and 08.00.

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

352 - That prominent notices shall be displayed at all exits at eye level requesting patrons leave the premises quietly and respect local residents.

353 - That the premises shall operate an anti-drugs policy.

354 - That details of the premises opening and closing times will be clearly displayed upon the premises for the information of customers.

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

4AB - That all staff involved in the sale of alcohol shall be trained in the agecheck '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

4AC - That Agecheck or 'Challenge 25' signage shall be displayed at entrances to the premises, areas where alcohol is displayed for sale and at points of sale to inform customers that an agecheck 'Challenge 25' policy applies and proof of age may be required

4AD - That a minimum of two SIA approved door supervisors will be employed at the entrance of the premises to monitor admissions to and departures from the premises and at other key internal management control point as necessary for the purposes of security, protection, screening and dealing with conflict from 21.00 each night the premises are open for licensable activities after midnight.

4AG - That the premises shall operate an agecheck '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

4AI - That a register of refused sales of alcohol which is clearly marked with details of the premises, address and name of licence holder shall be maintained in order to demonstrate effective operation of the policy. The register shall be available for inspection at the premises on request by the council's authorised officers or the police.

4AK - That the licensee shall join the pub watch scheme for the local area.

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