Item 4 - LSO Report - Application for Variation of Premises Licence - Avocet
West Dunbartonshire Council · 2 September 2025
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Licensing Standards Officers Report LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OCCASIONAL LICENCE APPLICATIONS PREMISES: WDLPREM323 Sweeney’s Cruises, Boatyard, Riverside, Balloch, G83 8SS PREMISES LICENCE HOLDER: Sweeney’s Cruises, Boatyard, Riverside, Balloch, G83 8SS These applications relate to an application for a Premises Licence for Motor Vessel “Avocet”. The applicant has requested a 9am commencement hour and therefore these applications may be contrary to the Licensing Board’s Statement of Licensing Policy; specifically Paragraph 32.2 relating to on sales hours which states; 32.2 For applications relating to premises licences where the consumption of alcohol is a main activity and significant entertainment facilities throughout the licensing hours are not provided (on-sale hours), subject to paragraph 32.4, the Licensing Board considers that the commencement of the sale of alcohol shall ordinarily be no earlier than 11 a.m and no later than 12 midnight Sunday to Thursday and 1a.m. Friday and Saturday other than when an occasional extension is in place, and in accordance with paragraph 34 of this policy. The Licensing Board will recognise the importance of tourism in certain locations within the Licensing Board’s area and other determining factors such as the location of the licensed premises and may allow exceptions to this general rule. In accordance with the Licensing Board’s Statement of Licensing Policy the Licensing Standards Officer recommends that for the purposes of the licensing objective of protecting children and young persons from harm, that the conditions narrated in the Board's policy at Appendix 1, Part A – Children and Young Persons Access (see undernote) are applied. Licensing Standards Officer Date: 18 August 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
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UNDERNOTE – details of conditions 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 in to 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 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