Item 5 - Lomondgate Premier Inn Application - LSO Report
West Dunbartonshire Council · 17 June 2025
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Licensing Standards Officers Report LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 PROVISIONAL PREMISES LICENCE APPLICATION PREMISES: Premier Inn, Lomondgate Drive, Dumbarton, G82 2QU PREMISES LICENCE HOLDER: Whitbread Group PLC,Whitbread Court, Houghton Hall Business Park, Porz Avenue, Dunstable, LU5 5XE The Licensing Standards Officer makes the following comments: This application may be contrary to the Licensing Board’s Statement of Licensing Policy; namely Part 4: - Overprovision. For the Boards information these premises are located within IZ15 which is an IZ considered to be overprovided for in terms of alcohol provision. Should the Licensing Board consider granting this application, the LSO recommends that the following licence conditions, as detailed in appendix 1 “Style Conditions” of the Board’s Statement of Licensing Policy should be applied; Part A – Children and Young Persons Access The holder of the premises licence must make sure that:- 1. Children are supervised at all times by an appropriate adult while on the licensed premises. 2. Children and Young Persons will only be permitted into licensed premises where the primary purpose of allowing them access is to consume a meal or attend a private pre-booked function [or insert reason]. 3. No gaming and/or amusements with prizes machines are to be located in the part or parts of the licensed premises where children and young people are permitted. 4. In the case of events which are to be held exclusively for children, or children and young persons, such as a discotheque, adequate supervision and stewarding arrangements should be in place in relation to children attending the event. 5. Where televisions or video machines are intended to be used in areas where children are permitted, the programmes or video films must be of a type
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suitable for family and children’s viewing. 6. Toilets should be of a suitable type and standard for children. 7. When meals are sold within licensed premises, a children’s menu shall be available or the menu should clearly state that children portions are available. This would not be satisfied by the provision of for example soft drinks and snacks but would require to be of the plated food variety in addition to any form of sandwiches etc, which may be available. 8. Electrical sockets within the part of parts of the premises to which children have access should, when not in use, have plug caps thereon. 9. Where open fires or electrical or gas fires or radiators are within part or parts of the premises to which children have access, it is expected that such fires and radiators etc. will be securely guarded. Part B - Off sales The holder of a premises licence shall ensure that:- 1. A refusal register is maintained in the premises recording all incidences of refused sales, including the date and time, the reason for refusal and the member of staff refusing the sale. 2. The refusal register is inspected by the Designated Premises Manager, or his nominated representative, at least on a fortnightly basis. 3. The refusal register is made available for inspection by the Police and Licensing Standards Officers on request. The refusal register may be kept in electronic form, in which event the obligation imposed by condition 3 above may be discharged by making available for inspection as aforesaid a printed copy of the refusal register’s entries. The Board may consider extending the terminal hour for off sale type premises up to 10pm provided that suitable enhanced control measures have been put in place to promote the licensing objectives. Enhanced control measures must include CCTV cameras covering the interior of the premises and the exterior area adjacent to the entrance to the premises. 4 Off Sale Premises and CCTV The minimum CCTV requirements for off sales premises wishing to trade after 8.00 pm will be that:-
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(a) The system is recordable and viewable at source and does so during all hours that the premises is open. (b) The images recorded should be date and time coded for the purposes of crime prevention. (c) Suitable surveillance is offered of the licensed area of the premises as denoted on the Layout Plan. Premises Licence Holders should note that camera footage should be retained for a period of time that complies with recommendations made by the Information Commissioner in terms of the Data Protection Act. Licensing Standards Officer Date: 21 May 2025. Contact: Lawrence Knighton, Licensing Standards Officer, Regulatory and Regeneration Services, Council Offices, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton. G81 1TG. E-mail: lawrence.knighton@west-dunbarton.gov.uk