Summary

Reference 18/04580/PREM
Type New
Category Premises Licence
Status Current Licence
Applicant Grape Minds Ltd
Trading Name Grape Minds
Address 35 South Parade Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7JN
Issue Date Thu 22 Nov 2018
Expiry Date
Case Officer Richard Masters

Summary

Reference 18/04580/PREM
Type New
Category Premises Licence
Status Current Licence
Applicant Grape Minds Ltd
Trading Name Grape Minds
Address 35 South Parade Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7JN
Issue Date Thu 22 Nov 2018
Expiry Date
Case Officer Richard Masters

Important Dates

Date Application Received Mon 22 Oct 2018
Date Application Validated Mon 22 Oct 2018
Expiry Date for Consultations Mon 19 Nov 2018
Hearing Date
Date Issued Thu 22 Nov 2018
Renewal Date
Representation Expiry Date

No Committee dates are on record.

Opening Hours

Opening hours are unknown

Activities

Activity Location Indoors/Outdoors Alcohol Consumed Capacity Time Period From To
Supply of Alcohol Both Sunday to Saturday 08:00 AM 10:00 PM

Conditions

Condition Description
Premises Daily Register A Premises Daily Register shall be held at the premises. This Register shall be maintained for a rolling minimum period of 12 months, and shall record:

o The name of the person responsible for the premises on each given day.
o The name of the person authorising the sale of alcohol each day.
o All calls made to the premises where there is a complaint made by a resident or neighbour of noise, nuisance or anti-social behaviour by persons attending or leaving the premises. This shall record the details of the caller, the time and date of the call and the time and date of the incident about which the call is made and any actions taken to deal with the call.
o Any refusals on grounds of age and/or intoxication (to include date, time, member of staff involved, reason for refusal as well as a brief physical description of the person refused)
o Any matters linked to the security of the premises to include amongst other matters; items seized by security staff employed at the premises, the name, SIA number, start and finish time of anyone employed in a security role for that day and any use of force by SIA registered staff in the effective management of the premises or in ejecting persons from the premises (to include date, time, member of staff involved, reason for force as well as a brief physical description of the person refused)
o Weekly checks of the CCTV, to ensure it is fully operational and any faults are dealt with including the time of the check and the person that carried it out.
o Any calls to or visits by Thames Valley Police in relation to any crime and disorder or like related matter.
The Designated Premises Supervisor, or in their absence duly appointed member of staff, shall check the Premises Daily Register on a weekly basis ensuring that it is completed and up-to-date, sign the Premises Daily Register each time that it is checked, and make the Premises Daily Register available for inspection by any Authorised Officer throughout the trading hours of the premises.
Mandatory - No supply of alcohol 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.
Mandatory - Every supply of alcohol Every supply of alcohol under the Premises Licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a Personal Licence.
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 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 which carries a 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 disability).
Free tap water The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
Age verification 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.
Alcohol measure 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;

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.
Permitted price 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 purposes 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+(DxV) where:
(i) P is the permitted price,
(ii) D is the rate 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;

(d) 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

(e) valued 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.
A CCTV system will be installed A CCTV system will be installed and maintained. The CCTV system will incorporate the following basic requirements:


o Be switched on and fully operational when the licensable activities are being carried out.
o Record for a minimum rolling period of 31 days
o Have a camera covering any entrance which will provide a facial shot of identification quality.
o Have cameras covering any pertinent public areas (internally and externally)
o Have a means of copying any footage to another medium as evidence if requested by the Police
o Have a member of staff working at all times whilst the licence is in operation that is able to operate the system and in particular be able to provide copies of any footage requested by The Police.
o A system shall be in place to maintain the quality of the recorded image and a complete audit trail maintained. The system will comply with other essential legislation, and all signs as required will be clearly displayed
Programme of training The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that all staff employed at the premises whose duties include the sale or supply of alcohol shall undertake and complete a relevant programme of training prior to them being authorised to sell or supply alcohol. Such training shall consist of providing staff with an understanding of:
o The need to ensure the responsible sale and supply of alcohol
o The need to refuse the sale and supply of alcohol to persons who are intoxicated or underage
o The need to seek credible age verification from persons seeking to be sold or supplied alcohol who may appear under the age of 18 years old
Where subsequent issues related to the training is brought to the premises licence holder's attention by either the Licensing Authority and/or responsible authorities named in the Licensing Act, the premises licence holder will make amendments as directed by that authority
Records of the training programme shall be maintained and made available to Authorised Officers upon request.
The Premises Licence holder shall provide a "refresher" training session to all relevant staff members as and when deemed necessary on a case by case evaluation, but as a minimum requirement the refresher training session shall be provided to all staff on at least one occasion every twelve months.

Written risk assessments . The premises shall conduct written risk assessments and from that implement written policies and operating procedures. Such
documents shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

o CCTV
o Conditions of Entry
o Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults
o Noise
o Responsible Service of Alcohol
o Security Measures
o Underage Sales & False Identification
o Zero Tolerance Drugs

From these written policies and operating procedures, the premises licence holder will implement written staff training ensuring that all staff employed at the premises receive full training on those policies that are relevant to their specific role.
Staff shall sign and date training records to confirm they have had, fully understand the training, and that they will carry out their duties in accordance with them. These training records will be retained and made available to the Licensing Authority and/or responsible authority named under the licensing act upon request.

Where subsequent issues or concerns related to one or more of the policy(s) or training content are brought to the premises licence holder's attention by the licensing authority and/or one of the responsible authorities named under the licensing act , the premises licence holder will make amendments as directed by that authority(s).

Hard copies of the most up to date policy/procedures will be kept on the premises. They will be readily accessible to staff for their own reference whilst working, and will be made available to any of the authorities upon request to check for compliance.
Credible photographic proof of age All members of staff at the premises shall seek "credible photographic proof of age evidence" from any person who appears to be under the age of 25 years and who is seeking to purchase or consume alcohol on the premises. Such credible evidence, which shall include a photograph of the customer, will include a passport, photographic driving licence, or Proof of Age card carrying a "PASS" logo.
Prominent, clear notices Prominent, clear notices shall be displayed at the point of sale stating the premise's challenge 25 policy and what forms of proof of age are acceptable.
The sale of alcohol The sale of alcohol for on-site consumption will be ancillary to the licence's main function as applied for namely as 'an independent wine, spirit and beer merchants' for off-sales of alcohol.

Contacts

Contact Type Licensing Agents
Name Graeme Woodward
Address 78 Burwell Meadow Witney OX28 5JQ
Contact Type Licensing Applicants
Name Grape Minds Ltd
Address 24 Campbell Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3PF

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