Agenda item

An application has been made for a variation of a premises licence for Studland Social Club, Heath Green Road, Studland. The application has been out to public consultation.  Representations have been received. A Licensing Sub-Committee must therefore consider the application and representations at a public hearing. 

 

The Senior The Senior Licensing Officer outlined her report. The applicant sought to extend the licensable area to include a grassed area at the front of the Social Club building, outlined in pink on the application plan, adjacent to their current licensed outside space.

 

The Senior Licensing Officer explained that no representations had been received from the Responsible Authorities. Two relevant representations were received from members of the public relating to the licensing objective of the prevention of public nuisance relating to noise. The village hall which was next to the Social Club owned the land and did not object to the extension. No complaints had been received by the Licensing Authority in connection with the Social Club.

 

The Sub-Committee was addressed by Mr Mike Neville and Mr Andrew Churchill on behalf of the Applicant.  Mr Neville stated they were a not-for-profit organisation providing a venue for local people and guests to socialise. The current outside area was well used, and they wanted to extend it so more people could take advantage of it in the summer months. He acknowledged the representations made and explained that to mitigate any issues they would orientate the tables such that they were between the windows of the village hall and people would not be looking directly into the village hall. Mr Neville explained that every evening at five to ten they warned people that they had to go inside at 10pm if they wanted to continue to drink. Mr Neville explained that they worked closely with the village hall committee with some people being on both committees. In response to questioning, it was confirmed that there was no history of problems between the two venues. He explained that in the original agreement for the Social Club they were permitted to operate in the curtilage of the village hall, so this application would reflect that position.

 

The two members of the public who submitted written representations did not attend the hearing. One person wrote that there was considerable noise from the Club late into the evening disturbing their sleep and envisaged that an extension of the outside area would make this worse. The second representation referred to insufficient room for the Club to expand their outside seating area without encroaching on the village hall next-door. They stated that when the windows of the village hall were open it could be uncomfortable within the hall with the associated noise and disturbance of people close by.

 

All parties were given the opportunity to have their say and sum up.

 

Decision: To VARY the Premises Licence to extend the licensable area to include the area at the front of the Studland Social Club outlined in pink on the application plan.

 

The Premises Licence as varied will therefore read as follows:

 

Appendix 1. MANDATORY CONDITIONS

 

The licence is granted subject to the Mandatory conditions for sale of alcohol as set out in the Licensing Act 2003 as amended by the Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2010 and Order 2014.

 

 

1.       Designated Premises Supervisor

No supply of alcohol may be made under this premises licence -

(i)       at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises licence, or

(ii)       at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or their personal licence is suspended.

 

2.       Every supply of alcohol under this premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

 

3(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.

 

3(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).

 

4.       The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

 

5.       (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 licences 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.

 

6.       The responsible person shall ensure that -

 

(c)  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

 

(c)  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.

Minimum Drinks Pricing
7.       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.

 

8.       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 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;

 

(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)      “value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994.

 

9.       Where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph 2 would (apart from the 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.

 

10.      (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.

 

If the Premises Licence allows Exhibition of Films

 

11. Where a premises licence authorises the exhibition of films, the licence must include a condition requiring the admission of children to the exhibition of any film to be restricted in accordance with this section.

 

12. Where the film classification body is specified in the licence, unless subsection (3)(b) applies, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation by that body.

 

13. Where

 

(b)  The film classification body is not specified in the licence, or

(b)  The relevant licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this subsection applies to the film in question, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that licensing authority.

 

14. In this section “children” means any person aged under 18; and “film classification body” means the person or persons designated as the authority under Section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 (c39) (authority to determine suitability of video works for classification)

 

APPENDIX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

None

 

ANNEX 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY

 

1 The licence holder must ensure that the premises are operated and managed in accordance with the club rules and club byelaws.

2 The licence holder must ensure that signs are prominently displayed requesting patrons to leave the premises quietly.

3 The licence holder must ensure that a member of the Committee assesses the noise impact of any regulated entertainment provided at the premises on neighbouring residential premises at the start of the regulated entertainment and at regular intervals throughout the duration of the regulated entertainment. The licence holder must take all reasonable steps to mitigate the impact of any noise so that the noise does not cause a nuisance.

4 The licence holder must ensure that the volume of amplified sound will, at all times, be monitored by and under the control of the designated premises supervisor. The volume control mechanism is not to be accessible to the public.

5 The licence holder must ensure that doors and windows are, except for access and egress kept closed during the provision of regulated entertainment at the premises.

6 The licence holder must ensure that no sale of intoxicating liquor is made to any person where there are grounds to believe that the sale will result in crime or disorder.

7 The licence holder must ensure that a system for recording all noise complaints received is maintained at the premises. The system must record the details of the complaints and any action taken to resolve such complaints. The record of complaints is to be made available for inspection upon request by any authorised officer of the Licensing Authority or the Responsible Authorities. The licence holder must ensure that children under the age of sixteen years attending the premises are accompanied by a responsible person over the age of eighteen years.

8. The licence holder must ensure that children under the age of sixteen years are not permitted to approach or linger in the immediate vicinity of the bar.

9. The licence holder must ensure that, except for family entertainment nights, children under the age of eleven years do not remain on the premises after 21:00 hours.

10. The licence holder must ensure that only PASS approved ID, passports or photo card driving licences are accepted as proof of age in respect of the sale of age restricted products at the premises.

11. The licence holder must ensure that telephone details of local taxi firms are prominently displayed at the premises to allow the quiet dispersal of patrons leaving the premises.

12. Regulated entertainment may only be provided outdoors on no more than 4 occasions per calendar year and on any such occasion only in connection with village/community events such as the annual village fete.

13. The licence holder must ensure that any performance of live music or the playing of recorded music will stop at 23.30 hours.

14. The licence holder must ensure that signage is prominently displayed on the exterior of the premises requesting patrons respect the amenities of local residents.

15. The licence holder must ensure that an incident book is maintained at the premises and is made available for inspection upon request by Dorset Police or any authorised officer of the Licensing Authority.

16. To minimise the impact of noise on neighbours caused by patrons gathering outside of the premises no drinks are to be consumed outside of the premises after 22.00 hours.

 

ANNEX 4 - PLANS

 

Refer to the plan submitted with the variation application dated 7 March 2026 which forms part of this licence and should be read in conjunction with it.