Liverpool City CouncilLicensing & Public Protection

Aloft Liverpool

1 North John Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 5QW

Premises Licence LA140057 from from 16/03/2022 to indefinite

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of a play
• an exhibition of a film
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• provision of late night refreshment
• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions

   

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

   

  3.              The responsible person shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that staff on relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises.

   

  In this paragraph, an irresponsible promotion means any one or more of the following activities, or substantially similar activities, carried on for the purpose of encouraging the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises in a manner which carries a significant risk of leading or contributing to crime and disorder, prejudice to public safety, public nuisance, or harm to children-

   

  (a)              Games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require or encourage, individuals to-

   

  (i)              Drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit (other than to drink alcohol sold or supplied on the premises before the cessation of the period in which the responsible person is authorised to sell or supply alcohol), or

   

  (ii)              Drink as much alcohol as possible (whether within a time limit or otherwise);

   

  (b)              Provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or discounted fee to the public or to a group defined by a particular characteristic (other than any promotion or discount available to an individual in respect of alcohol for consumption at a table meal, as defined in section 159 of the Act);

   

  (c)              Provision of free or discounted alcohol or any other thing as a prize to encourage or reward the purchase and consumption of alcohol over a period of 24 hours or less;

   

  (d)              Provision of free or discounted alcohol in relation to the viewing on the premises of a sporting event, where that provision is dependent on-

   

  (i)              The outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or

   

  (ii)              The likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;

   

  (e)               Selling or supplying alcohol in association with promotional posters or flyers on, or in the vicinity of, the premises which can reasonably be considered to condone, encourage or glamorise anti-social behaviour or to refer to the effects of drunkenness in any favourable manner.

   

  4.              The responsible person shall ensure that no alcohol is dispensed directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of a disability).

   

  5.              The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  6.              The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder shall ensure that an age verification policy applies to the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

   

  The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be under 18 years of age (or such older age as may be specified in the policy) to produce on request, before being served alcohol, identification bearing their photograph, date of birth and a holographic mark.

   

  7.              The responsible person shall ensure that-

   

  (a) where any of the following alcoholic drinks is sold or supplied for consumption on the premises (other than alcoholic drinks sold or supplied having been made up in advance ready for sale or supply in a securely closed container) it is available to customers in the following measures-

  
  (i) beer or cider: ½ pint;

  (ii) gin, rum, vodka or whisky: 25 ml or 35 ml; and

  (iii) still wine in a glass: 125 ml; and

   

  (b) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.

   

  8.1 A relevant person shall ensure that no alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on or off the premises for a price which is less than the permitted price.

   

  8.2. For the purposes of the condition set out in paragraph 8.1 -

               

  (a)              “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979(6) ;

   

  (b)              “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula -

                         P = D + (D x V)

     

  Where -              

  (i)  P is the permitted price,

  (ii) D is the rate of duty chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the duty were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol, and

  (iii)V is the rate of value added tax chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the value added tax were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol

   

  (c)“relevant person” means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a premises licence -

                                                 

  (i) the holder of the premises licence,

                                   (ii)the designated premises supervisor (if any) in respect of such a licence, or

                                  (iii)the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of alcohol under such a licence;

   

  (d)“relevant person” means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question; and

               

                      (e) “valued added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994

   

  8.3. Where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph 8.2 would (apart from this paragraph) not be a whole number of pennies, the price given by that sub-paragraph shall be taken to be the price actually given by that sub-paragraph rounded up to the nearest penny.

   

  8.4. (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph 8.2 on a day (“the first day”) would be different from the permitted price on the next day (“the second day”) as a result of a change to the rate of duty or value added tax.

   

  (2) The permitted price which would apply on the first day applies to sales or supplies of alcohol which take place before the expiry of the period of 14 days beginning on the second day.

   

   

   

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  1.    SIA registered door staff shall be employed at the premises, if required in accordance with a

         risk assessment, to be carried out by the DPS and take cognizance of Merseyside Police.

         When employed, door staff will wear high visibility armbands.
  
  2.   CCTV

        Minimum of one high-resolution camera fitted for external coverage of entrances.

        Minimum of one high-resolution camera shall be fitted to cover each public entrance/exit.  Door

        entrance cameras must be capable of providing good quality head and shoulder images of

        persons entering/leaving the premises.

        There must be sufficient cameras able to cope with the normal operating illumination, located

        within the premises to cover public areas.

        Lighting in the foyer and outside must be sufficient brightness to complement the quality of the

        camera images.

        In addition to the control equipment an additional high-resolution, minimum 15" monitor must be

        sited in or near the serving area or foyer entrance.  This will give installation and quality of

        images provided.

        All equipment shall have constant time/date generation, which, must be checked, for accuracy

        on a daily basis.

        The unit shall have an on board CD/DVD re-writer, for evidence recovery.  (pen drive facility is

         an alternative option)

        The system must be capable of downloading/copying all the stored CCTV footage to another

        medium in its native format.  i.e.  an external hard drive that can be played back via a

        windows based computer.

        Proprietors must contact the Data Commissioner to register the CCTV system under the Data

        Protection Act if the cameras move and are capable or recording different public locations. 

        Static cameras that are used for general observations do not need to be registered.  The Data

       Commissioner can be contacted on Helpline 01625 545740.

       There shall be sufficient members of trained staff available during the hours of operation to be

       able to download evidence if the police or an authorised officer makes a formal request.  Any

       recordings taken by the police must be signed for with the name and station of the officer

       concerned.

       CCTV  warning signs shall be fitted in public areas and at the entrance to the premises.  This will

       need to be minimum A4 size.

      The CCTV system must be regularly maintained and checked for compliance every 12 months.

       Recordings must be kept for a minimum of 31 days.  This period may be reduced for premises

       that have a large number of cameras, long recording times with high-resolution recordings that

       will make it impossible for the premises to adhere to the 31 days.  Police Licensing Section

      must be consulted in these circumstances.

      Unauthorised persons should not be allowed access to the system or allowed to view personal

      data as it could contravene the data and compromise any criminal premises must be

      Protected and made secure to prevent any unlawful viewing or disclosure.

      The Designated Premises Supervisor or Premises Licence Holder must be able to

       demonstrate that they have devised a recording management system that prevents recordings

       being tempered with, stolen and misplaced or failure to record.  Recording equipment shall

       be housed in a secure room/cabinet where access and operation is strictly limited to

       authorised persons.

       In the event of a system malfunction, the Designated Premises Supervisor or Premises

       Licence Holder must immediately notify the Licensing Authority 0151225 3478 and Police

       Licensing Department 0151 7774830 .  Details of this malfunction must be recorded in the

       premises incident book.  Arrangments for its repair must be made without delay.

   

  2.  Doors and windows in public areas will be kept closed as a matter of course except for access

       and egress during the playing of amplified music.

   

  3.  The used bottle storage area for the hotel will be in the basement and will not be moved to

        public highway level until shortly prior to the scheduled times for collection.

   

  4.  In so far as this consent relates to the ground floor restaurant/bar area the premises shall not be

       open for business for non-resident hotel guests outside the hours of 08.00 and 02.00.

   

  5.  Noise control measures shall be employed within the development such that sound

       generated within the commercial entertainment areas does not give rise to noise levels

       exceeding NR30 in any nearby residential accommodation (expressed in terms of the

       maximum sound pressure level in each octave band) as determined by the Councils

       Environmental Health Service.

   

  6.  In so far as this permission relates to the ground floor restaurant/bar area, all windows and

       doors into the premises shall remain in the closed position after 23.00 hours other than use of

       doors for access to and from the premise.

   

  7.  Knockback or equivalent Challenge 21 proof of age scheme shall be in place with all relevant

       staff to be trained prior to serving and age restricted products with refresher training every 6

       months, records to be kept for inspection by Responsible Authorities.

   

  8.  Refusals system in place (til prompt or book) to be monitored by Designated Premises

       Supervisor or nominated representative and made available to relevant Responsible

       Authorities on request.

• ANNEX 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY

   

  Not Applicable.

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  See plan submitted, with the premises licence application and retained by the Licensing Unit.