East Devon District Council

Rockfish (Sidmouth)

The Esplanade, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8BE

Completed application 061334 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 04/03/2026 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• provision of late night refreshment
• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEXE 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  1.              (a)              There shall be no sale or supply of alcohol when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of this premises licence or at a time when the said premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or when his/her licence is suspended.

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

  2.              (1)              The responsible person must ensure that staff on relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises.

  (2)              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-

  (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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

  (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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

  (d)              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;

  (e)              dispensing alcohol directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of disability).

  3.              The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

  4.              (1)              The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder must ensure that an age verification policy is adopted in respect of the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

  (2)              The designated premises supervisor in relation to the premises licence must ensure that the supply of alcohol at the premises is carried on in accordance with the age verification policy.

  (3)              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 either-

  (a)              a holographic mark, or

  (b)              an ultraviolet feature.

  5.              The responsible person must 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;

  (b)              these measures are displayed in a menu, price list or other printed material which is available to customers on the premises; and

  (c)              where a customer does not in relation to a sale of alcohol specify the quantity of alcohol to be sold, the customer is made aware that these measures are available.”

  6.              (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.

  (2)              For the purposes of the condition set out in paragraph 7(1) -

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

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

   

  P = D + (D×V)

  where-

  (i)              P is the permitted price,

  (ii)              D is the amount 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)              “value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994.

  (3)              Where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph 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.

  (4)              (1)              Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph 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.

• ANNEXE 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  1.               The premises must operate as a restaurant where the consumption of alcohol is ancillary to the consumption of food.

  2.              Consumption of alcohol and food/drink will not be permitted in the external licensed area after 22:00.

  3.              All staff engaged in licensable activity at the premises must receive training and information in relation to the following:

                  The Challenge 25 scheme in operation at the premises, including the forms of identification that are acceptable

                  The hours and activities permitted by the Premises Licence issued under the Licensing Act 2003 and conditions attached to the Licence

                  How to complete and maintain the refusal register in operation at the premises (in relation to the sale of alcohol)

                  Recognising the signs of drunkenness

                  The operating procedures for refusing service to any person who is drunk, under-age or appears to be under-age, or appears to be making a proxy purchase

                  Action to be taken in the event of an emergency, including reporting an incident to the emergency services.

  4.              Training must be recorded in documentary form and must be regularly refreshed at no greater than 12 month intervals.

  5.              Training records must be made available for inspection and copying at reasonable times upon request of an authorised officer of a responsible authority.

  6.              Training records must be retained for at least 12 months.

  7.              The premises must install, operate and maintain comprehensive digital colour CCTV:

                  All public areas of the licensed premises including entry and exit points must be covered, including any outside areas under the control of the Premises Licence holder

                  The system must record clear images permitting the identification of individuals, and in particular enable facial recognition images (a clear head and shoulder image) of every person entering and leaving in any light condition

                  The CCTV system must continually record whilst the premises are open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises

                  All equipment must have a constant and accurate time and date generation

                  All recordings must be stored for a minimum of 30 days with date and time stamping

                  Viewable copies of recordings must be provided to the Police or local authority officers as soon as is reasonably practicable with a maximum of 7 days and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 (ar any replacement legislation)

                  The CCTV system must be capable of downloading images to a recognisable viewable format

                  There must be security measures in place to ensure the integrity of the system to prevent the tampering with or deletion of images.

  8.              An alcohol sales refusal register must be kept at the premises and be maintained to include details of all alcohol sales refused:

                  The register must include the date and time of refusal, the reason for refusal, details of the person refusing the sale,

                  description of the customer, and any other relevant observations

                  The refusals register must be made available for inspection and copying on request of an authorised officer of a responsible authority

                  All entries must be made within 24 hours of the refusal.

  9.              An incident log shall be kept and maintained at the premises which will include a log of the following, including pertinent details:

                  Any incidents of disorder or of a violent or anti-social nature

                  All crimes reported to the venue, or by the venue to the police

                  All ejections of patrons

                  Any complaints received

                  Seizures of drugs or offensive weapons

                  Any faults in the CCTV system

                  Any visits by a responsible authority (under the Licensing Act 2003) or emergency service.

  10.              Records must be completed within 24 hours of any incident, and will contain the time and date, the nature of the incident, the people involved, the action taken and details of the person responsible for the management of the premises at the time of the incident.

  11.              The logs shall be kept for at least 12 months following the date of entry and be made available for inspection and copying upon request of an authorised officer of a responsible authority.

  12.              Alcohol sold for consumption off the premises must be sold in sealed containers only.

  13.              The collection of glasses and bottles shall be undertaken at regular intervals to ensure that there is no build-up of empties in and around the premises.

  14.              Noise or vibration must not emanate from the premises such as to cause persons in the neighbourhood to be unreasonably disturbed.

  15.              A suitable sign at the exit requesting the patrons make as little noise as possible when leaving the premises must be displayed.

  16.              No glass or bottles must be deposited in any skip, bin or other container located outside the premises between the hours of 22:00 and 08:00.

  17.              There must be in place a written age verification policy in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol, which must specify a Challenge 25 proof of age requirement :

                  This means that staff working at the premises must ask individuals who appear to be under 25 years of age, attempting to purchase alcohol, to produce identification

                  The only acceptable identification documents must be a photo driving licence, a passport, or an identification card carrying the PASS hologram

                  Unless such identification is produced the sale of alcohol must be refused

                  The premises must display prominent signage

                  This policy must include documented steps taken to prevent adults from purchasing alcohol for or on behalf of children under the age of 18.

   

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

   

  None.

   

   

• ANNEXE 4 - PLAN APPROVED BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY

   

  The licensable activities authorised by this licence will be confined to the areas that are outlined in RED on the plan submitted to and approved by the Licensing Authority.