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Trading name: 

Sussex Square Service Station

Applicant name: 

Rontec Watford Limited

Address: 

236 Eastern Road
Brighton
BN2 5JJ

Application type: 
Premises - variation
Case status: 
Licence Issued
Decision: 
Grant with Conditions
Received date: 
Friday 9 October 2020
Issued: 
Monday 8 February 2021
Expiry date: 
Saturday 13 September 2025
Map: 
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Late Night Refreshment

Times: 
  • 23:00:00 - 05:00:00 Every Day

Opening hours

Times: 
  • 00:00:00 - 00:00:00 Every Day

Sale by Retail of Alcohol

Alcohol consumed: 
Off the premises
Times: 
  • 06:00:00 - 00:00:00 Every Day
Current designated person
Name: 
Sandeep Kumar Prasad
From: 
Monday 10 July 2023
Previous designated person
Name: 
Tandabany Mourougane
To: 
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Previous designated person
Name: 
Mr Sathiyaseelan Thiyagarajah
From: 
Monday 21 October 2013
To: 
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Previous designated person
Name: 
Mothilal Kailasanathan
From: 
Thursday 24 May 2012
To: 
Sunday 20 October 2013
Previous designated person
Name: 
Martin Eric Long
To: 
Thursday 24 May 2012
Responsible authority: 
Fire Service
Consultation period closes: 
Friday 6 November 2020
Responsible authority: 
Police
Consultation period closes: 
Friday 6 November 2020
Mandatory conditions

Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions

S 19; mandatory conditions where licence authorises supply of alcohol
- 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
- every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence

1.—(1) 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.

(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 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.

2. 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).

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

4.—(1) 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.

(2) 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.

5. 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
(c) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.

Conditions consistent with the operating schedule

Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule -

1. A CCTV system will be installed, or the existing system maintained, such system to be fit for the purpose.

2. The CCTV system shall be capable of producing immediate copies of recordings on site. Copies of recordings will be capable of being recorded digitally on to CD/DVD or other equivalent medium.

3. Any recording shall be retained and stored in a suitable and secure manner for a minimum of 30 days and shall be made available, subject to compliance with Data Protection legislation, to the police for inspection on request.

4. The CCTV system will incorporate a camera covering the entrance door and the alcohol display areas and will be capable of providing an image which is regarded as identification standard. The precise positions of the cameras may be agreed, subject to compliance with Data Protection legislation, with the police from time to time.

5. The system will display, on any recording, the correct time and date of the recording.

6. A system will be in place to maintain the quality of the recorded image.

7. The CCTV system will be maintained so as to be fully operational throughout the hours that the premises are open for any licensable activity.

8. An incident book/register shall be maintained to record:
- All incidents of crime and disorder occurring at the premises.
- Details of occasions when the police are called to the premises.
This book/register will be available for inspection by a police officer or other officer on request.

9. There shall be no self-service of spirits except for spirit mixtures.

10. There shall be no sale of single cans of beer, lager or cider from the premises.

11. The Premises Licence Holder shall not sell beer, lager or cider with an alcohol content over 6% ABV (alcohol by volume).
This restriction shall not apply in respect of the specialist branded, premium priced products- for example craft ales, local or microbrewery specialist products, boxed gifts or national celebratory/commemorative beer, lager or cider.

12. The entrance door to the shop will be closed to customers between the hours of 2300 and 0500. Any sales between these hours will be made through the night pay window.

Public Safety
The applicant will at all times maintain adequate levels of staff. Such staff levels will be disclosed, on request, to the licensing authority and police.

Prevention of Public Nuisance
Adequate waste receptacles for use by customers shall be provided in and immediately outside the premises.

Protection of Children from Harm
1. The premises licence holder will ensure that an age verification policy will apply to the premises whereby all cashiers will be trained to ask any customer attempting to purchase alcohol, who appears to be under the age of 25 years (or older if the licence holder so elects) to produce, before being sold alcohol, identification being a passport or photocard driving licence bearing a holographic mark or other form or method of identification that complies with any mandatory condition that may apply to this licence.
2. All staff engaged or to be engaged in the sale of alcohol on the premises shall receive training in age restricted sales.
- Induction training must be completed and documented prior to the sale of alcohol by the staff member.
- Refresher/reinforcement training must be completed and documented at intervals of no more than 6 months.
- Training records will be available for inspection by a police officer or other officer on request.
3. All cashiers shall be trained to record refusals of sales of alcohol in a refusals book/register. The book/register will contain:
- details of the time and date the refusal was made.
- the identity of the staff member refusing the sale.
- details of the alcohol the person attempted to purchase.
This book/register will be available for inspection by a police officer or other officer on request.

Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority

N/A

The premises is a petrol forecourt store located at 236 Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 5JJ. The variation is to do the following: 1. Extension of the hours for the sale of alcohol to 24 hours daily. 2. Provision of late night refreshment between the hours of 2300 and 0500 daily. 3. To include in Annex 2 the conditions in boxes b to e of Section 16 of the application. 4. To remove the embedded restrictions on the licence. 5. To remove the restrictions to the sale of alcohol on Christmas Day and Good Friday.