87 - 88 Bank Street

Licence summary from On Licence, 27 September 2026

Premises: 87 - 88 Bank Street
Address: 87 - 88 Bank Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1SD
Licence: Premises licence, 19/04346/LAPRE
Status: In force (register: Issued)
Issued: 28 February 2020
Licensing authority: Maidstone Borough Council

What the licence permits

Opening hours on the licence: Every day 10:00-03:30
Plays: Every day 10:00-03:00
Films: Every day 10:00-03:00
Indoor sporting events: Every day 10:00-03:00
Boxing or wrestling entertainments: Every day 10:00-03:00
Live music: Every day 10:00-03:00
Recorded music: Every day 10:00-03:00
Sale or Supply of Alcohol: Every day 10:00-03:00
Performances of dance: Every day 10:00-03:00
Anything similar to E, F, or G: Every day 10:00-03:00
Late Night Refreshment: Every day 23:00-03:00

Licence conditions (9)

The Premises Licence Holder will install and maintain a knife arch/metal detecting arch at the customer entrance to the Premises. All customers entering or re-entering the Premises shall pass through the knife arch/metal detecting arch and be searched in accordance with the Premises' search policy.
The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that all performers and their pre-registered entourages attending the Premises are searched with a metal detecting wand and follow-up searches conducted in accordance with the Premises' search policy.
The Licence holder shall erect and maintain clear and prominent notices on the exterior of their premises advising patrons that those attending: a. It is a condition of entry that customers agree to be searched; b. Police will be informed if anyone is found in possession of controlled substances or weapons
Door supervisors will undertake body searches, at least one male and one female door supervisor must be available to undertake the body searches of the same customer gender before gaining entry to the premises.
Door Supervisors shall be responsible for the lawful searching and / or exclusion of those suspected of carrying illegal drugs, offensive weapons who attempt to gain entry into the premises.
There will be a door control policy that outlines clear instruction and understanding of the door supervisor's responsibilities at the premises. This policy will contain: a. How door staff prevent overcrowding b. Supervise the queue to ensure that it is managed in a way that avoids rowdy, unpleasant behaviour and to keep customers quiet as to not disturb neighbours in the vicinity c. A procedure for door staff engaged in searching persons as a condition of entry d. To ensure the dispersal of patrons from the curtilage and grounds of the licensed premise immediately after the end of licensable activities e. Prevent patrons from leaving the premises with open containers and bottles f. To provide evidence by written statement to police in any criminal investigation as and when required. g. The toilets shall be regularly monitored.
When the Premises are used for the sale of alcohol to the public, a minimum of 4 door staff will be employed from 20:00 hours or when licensable activity is taking place. In addition to this a further one door supervisor per 100 customers. CCTV Control Room will be manned by a suitably licensed Operative controlling and viewing the CCTV.
CCTV will be provided in the form of a recordable system, capable of providing pictures of evidential quality in all lighting conditions particularly facial recognition. a. Cameras shall encompass ingress and egress to the premises, emergency routes, fire exits and all public areas including where the sale and supply of alcohol occurs. b. Equipment must be maintained in good working order, be correctly time and date stamped, recordings MUST be kept on the hard drive and kept for a period of 31 days and handed to Police upon reasonable request. c. The premises licence holder must ensure at all times a DPS or appointed member of staff is capable and competent at downloading CCTV footage in a recordable format to the Police and Local Authority upon reasonable request. d. In the event of technical failure of the CCTV equipment the premises licence holder or DPS must report the failure to the Police Licensing Officer within 24 hours unless the CCTV will be repaired before that time (west.division.licensing@kent.police.uk)
The premises shall have a written drug policy, this will detail the strategies to minimise the use and supply of illegal drugs within the premises. This will entail an agreed procedure for the handling and retention of any article seized. Where premises consider a drug's safe to deposit drugs found, there will be a clear policy for the handling and packaging of seized items. For premises with a suitable 'drug safe' the items secured within the safe

Licensed hours are the most a premises may open or trade under its licence, not its actual opening times.

Compiled from Maidstone Borough Council's public licensing register. The council's register is the authoritative record. https://onlicence.uk/premises/87-88-bank-street-me14-c6a706701c