LAST DAY FOR REPRESENTATIONS - 17 SEPTEMBER 2025
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PREMISES:
We have had Ashtons Coffee Lounge (9 Market Street) for 15 years and the opportunity has arisen for us to take over the lease of 8 Market Street from October this year.
We would like to continue trading as a coffee shop (9am - 16h00) at 9 Market Street and would like to apply for an alcohol licence for the coffee shop as we have been asked on many occasions over the lunch time period for a glass of wine or beer.
We will be converting 8 Market Street into a bar/kitchen/lounge (15h00 - 23h00) and will be calling it The Loft. (Some occasional live music).
These are different addresses but my husband and I will be running both. They do have the potential to link together (at the moment via a boarded up doorway) and each has their own main entrance. We are hoping that one alcohol licence could cover both businesses.
The off sale of alcohol will be for customers seated at our tables across from our main entrances on the Market Square as shown on the floor plans for both addresses.
We will be serving a small menu of light food, adhering to the SFBB standards set out by the Environmental Health.
Safety equipment and exits will be installed and signed as per government regulations and recommendations.
We will implement a number of Best Practice Measures including a refusals and incident log and staff training.
CONDITIONS OFFERED BY THE APPLICANT AS FOLLOWS:
GENERAL
We will have in place Challenge 25 and have signage to reflect this.
Persons dealing in illegal substances will be banned and the authorities contacted. Signage will outlay this to the customers.
We will stop serving customers that display drunken behaviour.
A notice requesting a quiet exit from the premises to not disturb the local residents will be in place.
THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND DISORDER
Will display signage to warn that the sale of narcotics and other illegal substances will not be tolerated. Such persons will be banned and reported to the police.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Drunken behaviour will not be tolerated and there will be warnings on display that we reserve the right not to serve intoxicated persons showing drunken behaviour and if non-compliance, the authorities called.
THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC NUISANCE
Clear and legible notices shall be prominently displayed at all exits requesting patrons to respect the needs of local residents and businesses and to leave the vicinity as quickly and quietly as possible.
THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM HARM
There will be in place a written age verification policy in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol, which will specify a Challenge 25 proof of age requirement. This means that staff working at the premises will ask individuals who appear to be under 25 years of age, attempting to purchase alcohol, to produce identification. Unless such identification is produced the sale of alcohol will be refused. This will include the refusal of adults purchasing alcohol on behalf of children under 18.
ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS
Conditions yet to be entered.