The Buttermere Court Hotel

Buttermere, Cockermouth, CUMBRIA, CA13 9XA

Premises Licence PL0500 from from 26/05/2020 to indefinite

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• an indoor sporting event
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• entertainment facilities for dancing
• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• EMBEDDED CONDITIONS - ON LICENCE

   

  Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours.

   

  The above restriction does not prohibit:

   

  (a)              during the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises;  REMOVED BY VARIATION OF PREMISES LICENCE ON 24TH NOVEMBER 2005.

  (b)              during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel;

  (c)              during the first thirty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption as ancillary to the meals;

  (d)              consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;

  (e)              the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;

  (f)               the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;

  (g)              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;

  (h)              the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there;

  (i)              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

  (j)               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.

   

  ON-LICENCE, NO CHILDREN’S CERTIFICATE

   

  No person under 14 years of age shall be in the bar of the licensed premises during the permitted hours unless one of the following applies;

   

  (a)              He is the child of the holder of the premises licence;

  (b)              He resides in the premises, but is not employed there;

  (c)              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; or

  (d)              The bar is in the 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 sale and 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.

   

  Sections 145 to 154 Licensing Act 2003, relates to the presence of children in licensed premises.

   

  Private Entertainment

   

  The provision of regulated entertainment, that is, the provision of dancing, music or any other entertainment of the like kind, is prohibited (unless it is a licensable activity included in this licence) with the exception of pre-booked private events limited to pre-invited guests only.

   

  Recorded Music

   

  Provision may be made for the public entertainment in the premises by the reproduction of wireless (including television) broadcasts (or of programmes included in any programme service [within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990] other than a sound or television broadcasting service), or of public entertainment by way of music and singing only which is provided solely by the reproduction of recorded sound.

   

   

• LICENSING ACT 2003 MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  Mandatory conditions where licence authorises the supply of alcohol

   

  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 personal licence is suspended.

   

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

   

   

  Mandatory condition where Door Supervisors are provided

   

  Any individual employed on the premises to carry out a security activity must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority.

   

• CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  1.              Personal licence holder or designated premises supervisor on the premises at all times the licence is in operation.

   

  2.              Informal training held for all staff on licensing matters.

   

  3.              CCTV installed to cover the reception area, lounge, bar and external rear yard area.

   

  4.              Off sales will be restricted to the hours between 1100 and 2300

   

  5.              Incident book kept on the premises to record any incidents related to the running of the premises.

   

  6.              A drug policy is in operation but no signs are displayed.

   

  7.              Adequate internal and external lighting is in place, also covering the hotel car park.

   

  8.              Emergency lighting is fitted throughout the premises.

   

  9.              Smoke detectors and fire alarms are located throughout the premises.

   

  10.              Entrances and exits are located at both the front and rear of the premises.

   

  11.              First aid provision is located in the kitchen (immediately to the rear of the licensed area).

   

  12.              30% of all seating is fixed and permanent.

   

  13.              Background music is controlled from a central location behind the bar.

   

  14.              Ground floor of the premises is double glazed to reduce external noise from the premises.

   

  15.              Entrance to the bar is through a set of internal and external doors causing a sound block.

   

  16.              The hours that amplified noise will be played will be restricted.

   

  17.              Proof of age cards are required from anyone whose age is suspect when purchasing alcohol.

   

  18.              No gaming machine is located on the premises.

   

  19.              Children are only permitted on the premises until 2100 except if they are residents, eating with a family group or guests at a private function.

   

  20.              Children on the premises must be accompanied by an adult.