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In
reaching its decision, the Licensing Sub-Committee
(“LSC”) considered the Council’s Statement of
Licensing Policy, the Licensing Act 2003, the Regulations made
thereunder, and the Guidance issued by the Secretary of State under
S.182 of that Act. In discharging its functions, the LSC did so
with a view to promoting the licensing objectives of the prevention
of crime and disorder, public safety, the prevention of public
nuisance and the protection of children from harm. 
 
Having considered all written representations, evidence, and
oral submissions, the LSC resolved to grant the premises licence
subject to conditions.
 
 
 
Permitted
Licensable Activities:
Sale and supply of
alcohol for consumption on the premises only, Monday to Sunday.
 
Exhibition of
Films, Provision of Indoor Sports, Performance of Live Music,
Provision of Recorded Music, Performance of Dance and activities of a similar description (both
indoors and outdoors), Monday to Sunday.
 
Permitted Hours for
Licensable Activities:
From
two hours before kick-off for home football matches to one hour
after the end of the match or 9pm, whichever is the
earlier.
 
 
 
 
The
Premises Licence shall be subject to the following
conditions:
 

There shall be no sale or supply of alcohol for consumption off
the premises.
Amplified music is only permitted to be played from 2 hours
before kick-off for home matches to one hour after the end of the
match or 9pm whichever is the earlier. 
The
premises shall only be used for Charlton Athletic FC first team
home matches(men and women).
The
premises shall only be used for Charlton AFC fans and supporters
and no away team fans shall be permitted into the
premises.
No
drinks, alcohol or non-alcohol, shall be
served in glass containers at any time, biodegradable or plastic
containers should be used.
There shall be a written Security Policy implemented as approved
by the police, and which shall include:-

i.               
Minimum number of supervisors

ii.             
Display of name badges by staff

iii.            
Proof of SIA registration of staff

iv.            
Hours of operation and location of door
staff
 
 

7.    
The Challenge 25/Think 25 proof of
age scheme shall be operated at the premises. All customers who
appear to staff to be under the age of 25 will be challenged to
prove that they are over 18 when attempting to purchase alcohol.
Acceptable forms of ID include a photo driving licence, passport,
or Home Office approved identity card bearing the holographic
‘PASS’ mark. If the person seeking alcohol is unable to
produce an acceptable form of
identification, no sale or supply of alcohol shall be made to or
for that person. 

 

8.    
All staff involved in the sale or supply of alcohol shall
be trained, as part of their induction, in the responsible sale of
alcohol. Such training shall include challenging every individual
who appears to staff to be under 25 years of age and to refuse
service where individuals cannot produce acceptable means of ID and
using the Refusals Log. Such training (including any refresher
training) will be recorded in the Training
Log.  
 

9.    
Signage shall be displayed conspicuously on the premises in
customer facing areas to advise customers that suitable proof of
age documentation will be required for all purchasers who appear to
staff to be under 25. 
 

10. 
Water and non-intoxicating beverages shall be readily
available during the hours that alcoholic beverages are available
for purchase. 
 

11. 
There shall be maintained Refusals, Complaints and Incident Logs and accessible at the
Premises, and made available for inspection on reasonable request,
to the Police or to an Authorised
Person.? The
Logs are to be inspected regularly by the Designated Premises
Supervisor (or their nominated deputy) and noted in the log with a
record made of any appropriate follow-up
actions.?? Without limiting the above, the following shall apply to
the Refusals and Incidents logs:  

 

Refusals:

The Log must record all refused sales of alcohol and
include the following: 

 

a.    
the identity of the member of staff who refused the
sale. 

b.    
the date and time of the refusal 

c.    
the alcohol requested and reason for
refusal. 

d.    
Description of the person refused
alcohol. 

 

 

Incidents:??

The Log must record: 

a.    
All crime reported to the
Premises. 

b.    
All ejections of patrons 

c.    
Any incident of disorder 

d.    
All seizures of drugs and/or offensive
weapons 

e.    
Any faults in the CCTV system (if the Premises has
CCTV) 

f.      
Any visit by a Responsible Authority Officer or Officer of
the Emergency Services. 

 

12  
The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive
CCTV system as per the minimum requirements of a Metropolitan
Police Crime Prevention Officer. 

 

13  
All entry and exit points will be covered enabling front
identification of every person entering in any light condition. The
CCTV system shall be capable of obtaining clear facial recognition
images and a clear head and shoulders image of every person
entering or leaving the premises. 

 

14  
The CCTV system shall display on any recording the correct
time and date of the recording. 

 

15  
CCTV shall continuously record whilst the premises are open
for licensable activities and during all times when customers
remain on the premises. 

 

16  
All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 31
days with date time stamping. Recordings shall be made available
immediately upon request of the Police or Authorised Officers in the preceding 31-day
period. 

 

17  
A staff member from the premises who is conversant with the
operation of the CCTV system shall be on the
premises at all times the premises is open to the public.
This staff member must be able to show a Police or Authorised Officer recent data or footage with the
absolute minimum of delay when requested. 
 
 
 
Basis of
Decision
 
The
Applicant’s representative explained and clarified the
application and that it was only for home games at the stadium and
the fan zone would only be used on match days. It was further
submitted to the LSC that not all matches will kick off at 3pm as
traditionally on a Saturday and that was the reason for seeking a
premises licence 7 days a week from 9am to 9pm. The fan zone would
help to reduce street drinking. The Fan Zone would only open 2
hours before kick-off and 60 minutes after the game unless it was
an evening match. Acceptance of the police conditions was
confirmed.
 
The
LSC received and gave due weight and regard to submissions against
the application. The LSC noted that the Fan Zone has boundaries
with residential premises and gardens, and the exiting noise and
disturbance on match days, and related public nuisance. Residents
are no able to fully enjoy the normal use of homes and their
gardens on match days because of the noise from and associated with
the stadium.
 
The
LSC noted and had due regard to the petition against the
application for the Fan Zone and submission that not sufficient
notice of match dates is available to residents in the immediate
locality and most effected. The LSC noted the submission of the
impact of noise and disturbance and foul language on match days on
a weekly basis for 7 months each year.
 
In
reaching its decision the LSC disregarded any planning matters as
to do so would be unlawful.
 
The
LSC considered the application for off sales and determined that
would not be conducive to reducing street drinking.
 
The
revised application for the premises licence subject to the
proportionate conditions attached to the license will promote the
licensing objectives. 
 
Any
party aggrieved by this decision may appeal to the
magistrates’ court within 21 days.