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Trading name: 

Wolfox Express (pka Curry Leaf Cafe)

Applicant name: 

Curry Leaf Express Limited

Address: 

Unit 12
Brighton Station
Queens Road
Brighton
BN1 3ZE

Application type: 
Premises - variation
Case status: 
Superseded
Decision: 
Grant with Conditions
Received date: 
Monday 6 August 2018
Issued: 
Tuesday 6 November 2018
Map: 
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Opening hours

Times: 
  • 06:00:00 - 22:30:00 Excluding Sundays
  • 09:00:00 - 20:00:00 Sunday

Sale by Retail of Alcohol

Alcohol consumed: 
Off the premises
Times: 
  • 12:00:00 - 22:30:00 Excluding Sundays
  • 12:00:00 - 20:00:00 Sunday
Current designated person
Name: 
Fabio Lauro
From: 
Thursday 20 August 2020
Previous designated person
Name: 
Stewart Cumming
From: 
Wednesday 2 May 2018
To: 
Thursday 20 August 2020
Previous designated person
Name: 
Rachida Zitouni
From: 
Tuesday 21 June 2016
To: 
Tuesday 1 May 2018
Responsible authority: 
Fire Service
Consultation period closes: 
Monday 3 September 2018
Responsible authority: 
Police
Consultation period closes: 
Monday 3 September 2018
Mandatory conditions

Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions
S 19; mandatory conditions where licence authorises 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, 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
5. (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.
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.

Conditions consistent with the operating schedule

Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule:

The Prevention of Crime and Disorder:

1. The premises will only sell premium speciality bottled or canned beers, lagers, ciders, ready to drink gin and tonics and Crooked beverages and no other types of alcohol will be sold at the premises. No beers, lagers, ciders, ready to drink gin and tonics and Crooked beverages with an ABV content exceeding 6% will be sold other than premium speciality bottled or canned beer, lager or cider.

2. The selling of alcohol will be ancillary to the main food led purpose of the business, and alcohol will only be supplied with a food order, no alcohol sales will be made without an accompanying food order, the minimum value of the food order being £1.50. The minimum food spend shall be adjusted on an annual basis effective on 1 October each year based on the Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation.

3. In the event of any major events and protests in the City that have a major impact on the railway station, The Sussex Police Football Liaison Officer, a Sussex Police Licensing Sergeant or a Police Inspector (either British Transport Police or Sussex Police, can demand that the premises removes all alcohol from display and retail sale in exceptional circumstances. Any such demand must be in writing.

4. (a) Digital CCTV and appropriate recording equipment to be installed in accordance with Home Office Guidelines relating to UK Police Requirements for Digital CCTV System (PSDB Publication Number 09/05), operated and maintained throughout the premises internally and externally to cover all public areas, including the entrance to the premises. The system shall be on and recording at all times the premises licence is in operation.

(b) The CCTV cameras and recording equipment must be of sufficient quality to work in all lighting levels inside the premises at all times.

(c) CCTV footage will be stored for a minimum of 31 days.

(d) The management will give full and immediate cooperation and technical assistance to the Police in the event that CCTV footage is required for the prevention and detection or suspected or alleged crime. A member of staff must be present at all times who can operate the system and supply copies of these images on request to either Police, Council or other authorised Officer.

(e) The CCTV images will record and display dates and times, and these times will be checked regularly to ensure their accuracy.

(f) Subject to Data Protection guidance and legislation, the management of the premises will ensure that key staff are fully trained in the operation of the CCTV, and will be able to download selected footage onto a disk for the police without difficulty or delay and without charge to Sussex Police.

(g) Any breakdown or system failure will be notified to the police immediately and remedied as soon as practicable.

5. Authorised staff employed by Sussex Police in the role of licensing officer shall have the right of access to the licensed premises during hours of operation for the purpose of inspection of the premises and premises records in order to ensure the promotion of the licensing objectives.

For Public Safety: N/A

For the Prevention of Public Nuisance: N/A

For the Protection of Children from Harm:

6. (a) The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that all staff members engaged or to be engaged, in selling alcohol at the premises shall receive the following induction training. This training will take place prior to the selling of such products:

o The lawful selling of age restricted products;
o Refusing the sale of alcohol to a person who is drunk.

(b) Further verbal reinforcement/refresher training covering the above will be carried out thereafter at intervals not to exceed eight weeks, with the date and time of the verbal reinforcement/refresher training documented.

(c) All such training undertaken by staff members shall be fully documented and recorded. All training records shall be made available to Sussex Police, officers of the local authority and officers from the Trading Standards team upon request.

7. The premises will operate a "Challenge 25" policy whereby any person attempting to buy alcohol who appears to be under 25 will be asked for photographic ID to prove their age. The recommended forms of ID that will be accepted are passports, driving licenses with a photograph or proof of age cards bearing the 'PASS' mark hologram. The list of approved forms of ID may be amended or revised with the prior written agreement of Sussex Police and the Licensing Authority without the need to amend the licence or conditions attaching to it.

8. Signage advertising the "Challenge 25" policy will be displayed in prominent locations inside the premises.

9. The premises shall at all times maintain and operate a refusals recording system (either in book or electronic form) which shall be reviewed by the Designated Premises Supervisor at intervals of no less than 4 weeks and feedback given to staff as relevant. This refusals book shall be available upon request to police staff, local authority staff and officers from the Trading Standards team.

10. The premises will not operate an alcohol delivery business.

Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority

Annex 3 - Conditions Attached after a hearing of a Licensing Panel on 1st October 2018 -

1. No external advertising of alcohol, be it by A frames or posters, to be situated within Brighton Railway Station or fixed to the external walls of the premises.

Conditions 1 and 2 under Annex 2 were also amended at the hearing.

We are an Indian street food kiosk serving takeaway Indian street food, hot drinks, soft drinks and craft beers through two hatches on the Brighton Station concourse. We are looking to vary our existing licence so that we can add in premixed Ready to Drink items such as gin & tonics and also amend the condition that stipulates that alcohol must be served with £1.50"s worth of food.