Dorset Council, Weymouth and Portland AreaLicensing Services

BRITANNIA INN

17 FORTUNESWELL, PORTLAND, DORSET, DT5 1LP

Completed application 23514 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 24/11/2005 to 14/12/2005

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the sale by retail of alcohol
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within entertainment facilities for making music or dancing
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• the sale by retail of alcohol
• the sale by retail of alcohol
• the sale by retail of alcohol
• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• The maximum number of people, including staff, permitted to be present on the premises during licensed hours shall be 50 in the bar area   the persons are to be so distributed and in such a manner that at no time shall the maximum number in the areas shown on the plan be exceeded or as notified to you from time to time in writing by the Dorset County Council as the Fire Authority. All steps shall be taken as respect the structure and layout of the premises and the equipment provided therein to reduce danger to life from fire as in the opinion of the Fire Authority are reasonable having regard to the number of persons likely to use the premises. No alterations or additions shall be made to the premises without prior notification of at least 21 days to the Fire Authority. The premises shall be conducted at all times decently, soberly and in an orderly manner. No offensive or obscene performances shall be permitted. The Licensee shall afford access to the premises at all times during licensed hours to any Police Officer in uniform, any uniformed member of the Fire Service and any duly authorised officer of the Weymouth and Portland Borough Council for the purpose of seeing that these conditions are complied with. Each external door opening from the area covered by the Licence to the outside must be kept closed whilst music or any amplified sound is being played/produced. If the external doors are required for the entrance or exit of clients, there must be a lobby to prevent breakout of noise with at least one set of internal doors and at no time shall both the external and internal doors be open at the same time. No measures whatsoever, whether by pinning back, propping open or other means, are to be taken to keep either set of doors open. Where amplified music (either recorded or live) is being played a tamper-proof sound limiting device must be installed at the premises to the level set in agreement with the Council. All amplified music (either recorded or live) played on the premises must be subject to the control of the sound limiting device. The licensed premises shall not be opened or used for any of the purposes aforesaid, except (for the purposes and) at the times set out below:- Monday to Sunday 12:00 to 23:00 ^IN; ^IN; ^IN;
• Embedded Restrictions (para 6(8) Schedule 8 Licensing Act 2003) Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours. In this condition, permitted hours means: a. On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, Good Friday or New Year’s Eve, 10.00am to 11.00pm. b. On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve, 12 noon to 10.30pm. c. On Good Friday, 12 noon to 10.30pm. d. On Christmas Day, 12 noon to 3.00pm and 7.00pm to 10.30pm. e. On New Year’s Eve, except on a Sunday, 10.00am on New Year’s Eve to 11.00pm on New Year’s Day. f. On New Year’s Eve on a Sunday, 12 noon on New Year’s Eve to 11.00pm on New Year’s Day. The above restrictions do not prohibit: a) sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises; b) the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered; c) the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club; d) the sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of members of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces; e) the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or f) the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by him at his own expense, or the consumption of alcohol by persons so supplied; or g) the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to persons employed there for the purposes of the business carried on by the holder of the licence, or the consumption of liquor so supplied, if the liquor is supplied at the expense of their employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises. No person under fourteen shall be in the bar of the licensed premises during the permitted hours unless one of the following applies: 1) He is the child of the holder of the premises licence. 2) He resides in the premises, but is not employed there. 3) He is in the bar solely for the purpose of passing to or from some part of the premises which is not a bar and to or from which there is no other convenient means of access or egress. 4) The bar is in railway refreshment rooms or other premises constructed, fitted and intended to be used bona fide for any purpose to which the holding of the licence is ancillary. In this condition “bar” includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the consumption of intoxicating liquor. But an area is not a bar when it is usual for it to be, and it is, set apart for the service of table meals and alcohol is only sold or supplied to persons as an ancillary to their table meals.
• 1) 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/her personal licence is suspended. 2) Every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
• Not applicable - no hearing held.
• Refer to plan dated June 2005 (Drawing No AV-079 (1)) prepared/drawn by Peter North and Partners for Avebury Taverns (submitted as part of an application to convert an existing licence to a premises licence under Schedule 8 to the Licensing Act 2003 dated 27th June 2005) ^IN; ^IN; which forms part of this licence and should be read in conjunction with it.