Agenda and minutes

Councillor Nicholas Bennett J.P. was appointed Chairman for the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

Having considered the application, Members decided to modify the conditions of the licence as follows:-

1.  The following conditions proposed by the Council’s Trading Standards Department shall be incorporated into the Licence:-

·  Refusals book or electronic point of sales refusals log - The Premises Licence Holder shall operate and maintain an up-to-date Register of Refusals of Sale of Alcohol, indicating the date, time and reason for refusal which shall be made available for inspection by the Trading Standards Department, Licensing Authority and Metropolitan Police.  The Premises Licence Holder/DPS shall check the book once a week ensuring it is complete and up-to-date.  The Premises Licence Holder/DPS will sign the book each time it is checked.

·  Training for all Staff to be documented - A documented training scheme shall be introduced for all staff.  The scheme shall be made available at the request of the Licensing Authority, Trading Standards and Metropolitan Police.

·  The Premises Licence Holder/DPS shall ensure that all persons authorised to sell alcohol have completed a recognised underage sales training programme which includes a written test/NVQ accreditation (which shall be available for inspection by the Police or officers authorised by Bromley Council) to verify the competency of that person.

·  The Premises Licence Holder/DPS shall authorise appropriately trained staff in writing to sell alcohol.

·  Staff training to be repeated at regular intervals - The Premises Licence Holder/DPS shall conduct weekly reviews with all members of staff and anyone else authorised to sell alcohol in order to reinforce the training and to promote best practice.  A written record shall be made of the content of such reviews.  This record shall be circulated to all persons authorised to sell alcohol at the premises.

·  Records of staff training/records of staff selling alcohol - The Premises Licence Holder/DPS shall maintain a file that shall be available for inspection by the Police or officers authorised by Bromley Council at the shop premises for each person to sell alcohol.  The file shall contain all training records for that person and copies of the record of each of the weekly reviews.

2.  The CCTV system installed shall be subject to a regular maintenance contract and a responsible member of staff should be capable of downloading images at the request of a lawful, relevant authority.  A responsible staff member must be present at all times to provide any relevant authority upon request, with images necessary for investigating or preventing crime or apprehending or prosecuting an offender.

3.  All images shall be kept on a secure database for a minimum of 31 days.

4.  To adopt the London Safeguarding Children Board’s Procedure for Licensed Premises.

  www.londonscb.gov.uk/procedures/supplementaryprocedures/

The Review

Members carefully considered the application made by Rob Vale on behalf of Trading Standards at the London Borough of Bromley to review the premises licence of Kwik Stop, Stanley Way, Orpington, BR5 2HE, held by Ashaq Hussain and Iftab Hussain.

The application for a review of the premises licence arose as a result of test purchases carried out on  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.