Cockermouth Youth Hostel

Double Mills, Cockermouth, CUMBRIA, CA13 0DS

Completed application 012664 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 04/12/2007 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Permitted Activities

• a performance of a play
• an exhibition of a film
• an indoor sporting event
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• entertainment facilities for making music
• entertainment facilities for dancing
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within entertainment facilities for making music or dancing

Additional Conditions

• LICENSING ACT 2003 MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  Mandatory Condition where the licence authorises the exhibition of films

   

  (a)               Where a club premises certificate authorises the exhibition of films, the certificate must include a condition requiring the admission of children to the exhibition of any film to be restricted in accordance with this condition.

   

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

   

  (c)               Where -

   

  (i)                   the film classification body is not specified in the licence; or

   

  (ii)                            the relevant licensing authority has notified the premises which holds the certificate 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.

   

  (d)               In this section -

   

                              “children” means persons 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 (c.39) (authority to determine suitability of video works for classification).

   

   

  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.

   

   

• CONDITION IMPOSED BY LICENSING PANEL  AT A HEARING ON 04 DECEMBER 2007

   

    1.              PPN4

                All external doors and windows shall be kept closed when regulated entertainment is being provided except in the event of an emergency.

   

    2.              PPN6

                The licence holder or his representative shall conduct regular assessments of the noise coming from the premises on every occasion the premises are used for regulated entertainment and shall take steps to reduce the level of noise where it is likely to cause a disturbance to local residents.  A written record shall be made of those assessments in a log book kept for that purpose and shall include the time and date of the checks, the person making them and the results including any remedial action.

   

    3.              PPN9

                There shall be placed at all exits from the premises in a place where they can be seen and easily read by the public (or member and their guests) notices pointing out the needs of local residents and the need to leave the premises and the area quietly. (Note:  this may also include reference to vehicles.)

   

    4.              PPN10

                No explosive, firework or pyrotechnic shall be discharged in or from the premises which may cause a disturbance to the local area.  Notice of a proposed event shall be served on the Council, the Chief Fire Officer, the Environmental Health Officer and the Chief Police Officer, not less than 28 days before the proposed date of any such event.  Any such event shall be conducted in accordance with conditions or restrictions required by the Chief Fire Officer, the Environmental Health Officer and the Chief Police Officer.

   

    5.              PPN14

                The placing of bottles into receptacles outside the premises is not permitted to take place between the hours of 2000 and 0800 to minimise disturbance to nearby properties.

   

    6.              PPN 15

                The playing of any entertainment including the playing of live or recorded music in garden areas and other external spaces of the premises is not permitted.

   

    7.              PPN20

                There shall be provided at the premises suitable and sufficient containers for the storage and disposal of waste foods and other refuse from the premises.  Those containers shall be constructed and maintained so as to prevent access, except by staff.

   

    8.              PPN23

                No refuse shall be disposed of from the premises into a receptacle where such disposal is likely to cause a disturbance to residents in the area of the premises at any time between 08:00 p.m. and 08.00 a.m. on any day except Sunday when no such disposal shall take place before 10.00 a.m.

   

    9.              PPN24

                No light from or on the premises and any other light under the control of the premises shall cause nuisance to any nearby premises.

   

  10.              PS2 - Electrical Installation Testing

                The electrical installation shall be inspected and tested at intervals specified by a competent person.  A satisfactory and valid inspection report shall be available on site for inspection by an authorised officer of the authority.

   

  11.              PS4 - RCD

                Each socket outlet circuit or individual socket outlets used for regulated entertainment shall be protected by an integral residual current device (RCD) having a rated residual operating current not exceeding 30mA (0.03 amps).  Every such circuit and residual current device shall  be inspected and tested at intervals specified by a competent  person.  A satisfactory and valid inspection report shall be available on site for inspection by an authorised officer of the authority.

   

  12.              PS6 - First Aid

                There shall be maintained on the premises at all times an adequate and appropriate supply of first aid equipment and materials for the use of customers.

   

  13.              The maximum number of persons permitted on the premises must not exceed 30.

   

• CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  1.              To maintain and enforce a security man for the premises.

   

  2.              To maintain and enforce a health and safety policy for the premises.

   

  3.              Noise and vibration shall not emanate from the premises so as to cause a nuisance to nearby properties.

   

  4.              Maintain and enforce a child protection policy.