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Trading name: 

Hove & Kingsway Bowling Club

Applicant name: 

Hove & Kingsway Bowling Club

Address: 

Hove And Kingsway Bowls Clubhouse
Outdoor Sports Hub
Kingsway
Hove
BN3 4GP

Application type: 
Club Premises - new or provisional
Case status: 
Licence Issued
Decision: 
Grant with Conditions
Received date: 
Monday 16 December 2024
Issued: 
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Expiry date: 
Wednesday 18 February 2026
Ward: 
Westbourne & Poets' Corner

Performance of Dance

Times: 
  • 11:00:00 - 23:00:00 Every Day

Performance of Live Music

Times: 
  • 11:00:00 - 23:00:00 Every Day

Performance of Recorded Music

Times: 
  • 11:00:00 - 00:00:00 Monday-Saturday
  • 11:00:00 - 23:00:00 Sunday

Opening hours

Times: 
  • 11:00:00 - 00:00:00 Monday-Saturday
  • 11:00:00 - 23:00:00 Sunday

Sale by Retail of Alcohol

Alcohol consumed: 
Both on and off the premises
Times: 
  • 11:00:00 - 00:00:00 Monday-Saturday
  • 11:00:00 - 23:00:00 Sunday
Responsible authority: 
Fire Service
Consultation period closes: 
Monday 13 January 2025
Responsible authority: 
Police
Consultation period closes: 
Monday 13 January 2025
Mandatory conditions

Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions
S 19; mandatory conditions where licence authorises supply of alcohol
1. (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 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).

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

3. (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.

4. 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.

Minimum Drinks Pricing

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 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+(DxV)
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.

Responsible person" is defined in Section 153(4) of the Licensing Act 2003.

S62: The general conditions
(1) Under the rules of the club persons may not—
(a)be admitted to membership, or
(b)be admitted, as candidates for membership, to any of the privileges of membership,
without an interval of at least two days between their nomination or application for membership and their admission.
(2) Under the rules of the club persons becoming members without prior nomination or application may not be admitted to the privileges of membership without an interval of at least two days between their becoming members and their admission.
(3) is that the club is established and conducted in good faith as a club
(4) is that the club has at least 25 members.
(5) is that alcohol is not supplied, or intended to be supplied, to members on the premises otherwise than by or on behalf of the club.

S73: Certificate authorising supply of alcohol for consumption off the premises
(3). The supply of alcohol for consumption off the premises must be made at a time when the premises are open for the purposes of supplying alcohol, in accordance with the club premises certificate, to members of the club for consumption on the premises.
(4). Any alcohol supplied for consumption off the premises must be in a sealed container.
(5). Any supply of alcohol for consumption off the premises must be made to a member of the club in person

Conditions consistent with the operating schedule

See conditions under Annex 3

Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority

Annex 3 - Conditions attached after a hearing by the Licensing Authority 10 February 2025

Prevention of Crime and Disorder

1. An incident log must be kept at the premises and made available on request to the
Police or an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority. It must be completed within
24 hours of an incident and must record the following

All crimes reported to the premises,
All ejections of patrons
Any complaints received relating to Licensed Activities.
Any incidents or disorder
Any visits from Responsible Authorities


Public Safety

2. A current Fire Risk Assessment will be conducted, kept on the premises and made
available for an Officer of any Responsible Authority on request

3. All customers using the outside area must only use plastic drinking receptacles.

Prevention of Public Nuisance

4. The premises licence holder will operate the business with general consideration in
respect of the surrounding areas, neighbours and businesses.

5. Appropriate signs, requesting patrons leave quietly and with consideration for
neighbours in the vicinity, will be displayed clearly and prominently at exits.

6. Clear and prominent signs will be displayed in any outside area used by patrons for
smoking, requesting patrons be quiet and considerate to neighbours

7. When regulated entertainment is provided music volumes will be monitored by a responsible person and all doors and windows to be closed, except for access and egress. A record shall be kept of the monitoring. Records shall be retained for no less than six months and shall be made available upon request by enforcement officers.

8. Deliveries, recycling and rubbish should not be dropped off, collected or placed outside except between the hours of 7am and 9pm.

9. No noise or vibration shall emanate from the premises that gives rise to a nuisance.

10. A direct telephone number for the manager at the premises shall be publicly available at all times the premises is open. This telephone number is to be made available to residents and businesses in the vicinity.

Protection of Children from Harm

11. All staff responsible for selling alcohol shall receive induction and/or refresher
training (at least annually) commensurate with their role and responsibilities in
relation to the Licensing Objectives, the sale of alcohol, and the times and conditions
of the premises licence.

12. Training shall include the Challenge 25 Age Verification Policy, ID verification,
Underage Sales, Proxy Sales, and the requirement and process for completing both
the incident log and refusal log (detailed below). Training will be documented and
training records will be kept at the premises. Training records shall be made available to the Police and/or Local Authority upon request and shall be kept for at least one year

13. A challenge 25 age verification scheme will operate at the premises whereby any
person who appears to be under 25 years of age, and unknown to the staff member
serving as a person over 18 years of age, shall not be served alcohol unless they
provide identification to prove they are over 18 years of age.

14. The recommended forms of ID that will be accepted are passports, official Photographic Identity Cards issued by EU states bearing a hologram or ultraviolet feature, driving licences with a photograph, photographic military ID or proof of age cards bearing the 'PASS' mark hologram. The list of recommended forms of ID may be amended or revised with the prior written agreement of Sussex Police, the Licensing Authority and Trading Standards without the need to amend the licence or conditions attaching to it.

15. Appropriate signage advertising the operation of the Challenge 25 scheme must be
displayed in the vicinity of all points of sale for alcohol.

16. There shall be a register for the recording of all alcohol sale refusals, including attempted under-age sales, proxy sales and refusals to those who appear intoxicated. Details to be recorded shall include the date, time, name of the person refused and the reason for the refusal. The register shall be available for immediate inspection by any authorised officer of the responsible authorities and shall be securely retained by the licence holder for a for a period of 12 months from the date of the last entry.

17. No 18th Birthday parties permitted

This application arises out of a Government Funded redevelopment project known as Kingsway to the Sea which has seen Hove Kingsway Bowling Club at the centre of this exciting new development benefitting from the construction of a new club house Work completed earlier this year and the club is now relocated and fully operational in the new building This application seeks to enable Hove and Kingsway Bowling Club to operate its established and existing club activities from the new club house situated a short distance from the previous premises In writing the application we have taken the opportunity to update the Operating Schedule to reflect current standards of operation We have also had regard to the Licensing Act 2003 the current Government Guidance issued by the Secretary of State under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2004 and the Brighton Hove City Council Statement of Licensing Policy The proposed Operating Schedule sets out the measures and safeguards appropriate to ensure the Licensing Objectives are robustly promoted Through the Licensing Guys Ltd the applicant wishes to engage fully with all responsible authorities and other interested parties Should any person wish to discuss any aspect of the application or proposed activities early contact and dialogue would be welcomed