Betty's Newsagents

Licensed under the Licensing Act

Betty's News 197 Upper Fant Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8BX

Premises licence WK/200709226

In force

Betty's Newsagents holds a premises licence from Maidstone Borough Council, reference WK/200709226. It was issued on 5 September 2007. The council's register shows it as in force.

The record

Licence type: Premises Licence
Reference: WK/200709226
Status on register: Issued
Issued: 5 September 2007
Venue type: Off-licence or shop
Food hygiene rating: 5 out of 5 (very good), inspected 21 July 2016 (as Bettys Newsagents)
Licensing authority: Maidstone Borough Council
Postcode: ME16 8BX
First seen by On Licence: 23 September 2026

Licensable activities

Maidstone Borough Council's register does not list activities for this licence. The full licence, with its conditions and hours, is held by the council.

What the licence permits

Sale or Supply of Alcohol: Mon to Sat 08:00-23:00

Licence conditions (17)

MC1 - The supply of alcohol
MC1.1 - Where a premises licence authorises the supply of alcohol, the licence must include the following conditions: -
(a) at a time where there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises licence, or
(b) at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended.
As Attached
Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hour.
in this condition, permitted hours means:
On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
On Sundays, other than Christmas Day, 10 a.m. to 10.30 p.m.
On Christmas Day, 12 noon to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
On Good Friday, 8 a.m. to 10.30 p.m.
The above restrictions do not prohibit:
(a) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises, unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel;
(b) the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;
(c) the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trader or club.
(d) the sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of members of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces.
Alcohol shall not be sold in an open container or be consumed in the licenced premises.

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

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