On Licence

Bliss

Licence summary from On Licence, 28 September 2026

Premises
Bliss
Address
14 King Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1DE
Licence
Premises licence, 22/04122/LAPRE
Status
In force (register: Issued)
Issued
14 December 2022
Licensing authority
Maidstone Borough Council
Food hygiene rating
5 out of 5 (very good)

What the licence permits

Opening hours on the licence
Mon to Thu 09:00-23:00, Fri and Sat 09:00-03:00, Sun 09:00-23:00
Live music
Mon to Thu 20:00-23:00, Fri and Sat 20:00-03:00, Sun 20:00-23:00
Recorded music
Mon to Thu 20:00-23:00, Fri and Sat 20:00-03:00, Sun 20:00-23:00
Sale or Supply of Alcohol
Mon to Thu 11:00-23:00, Fri and Sat 11:00-03:00, Sun 11:00-23:00
Performances of dance
Mon to Thu 20:00-23:00, Fri and Sat 20:00-03:00, Sun 20:00-23:00
Late Night Refreshment
Fri and Sat 23:00-03:00
Licence conditions (12)
  1. 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 all ingress, egress and include all areas to which the public have access, including fire escapes, stairwells and where the supply of alcohol occurs (with the exception of areas agreed by the Police, for example toilet cubicles). b. The CCTV shall be recording at all times that the premises are open to the public. c. 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. d. The Premises Licence Holder must ensure at all times a DPS or appointed members of staff is capable and competent at downloading CCTV footage in a recordable format to the Police and Local Authority upon reasonable request. e. The Police or local authority will be given a copy of the CCTV in a suitable format within 48 hours of any reasonable request.
  2. Toughened or polycarbonate glass will be used at the premises. All drinks will be supplied in polycarbonate or suitably toughened glass. Exception would be for bottled drinks and drinking of wine, champagne and cocktails.
  3. The DPS will be responsible for the maintaining of an incident book at the premises and this book will log all incidents which are "out of the ordinary" whether police are called or not.
  4. All persons that sell or supply alcohol to customers must have licensing training. a. Training should take place within six weeks of employment and any new employees will be supervised until the training has taken place. b. Refresher training should be repeated a minimum of every six months or earlier if required due to changes of legislation. c. Training records must be kept on the premises and shall contain the nature, content and frequency of all training. d. Records must be made available for inspection by Police, Police Licensing Officer and authorised officers from the Local Authority upon request either electronically or hard copy.
  5. The premises will undertake the "Challenge 25" Scheme.
  6. All staff involved in the sale or supply of alcohol will be trained in the "Challenge 25" Scheme and such training will be recorded.
  7. The only proof of age that will be accepted by staff will be a photographic driving licence, a passport or a 'PASS' marked proof of age card.
  8. A refusal register will be in operation at the premises. All staff involved in the sale of alcohol will be fully trained in the system and it will record the following: a. Item refused. b. Name of description of the person refused. c. Reason for refusal. d. Name of staff member making refusal
  9. The register will be available for inspection to any Police Officer, Local Authority Licensing Officer or Trading Standards Officer at any reasonable time.
  10. 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 would not be considered as being in possession. For premises that do not have a drug safe they must have a written agreement with police as to a procedure in the collection or delivering drugs to police.
  11. Door staff will be employed at the premises, these staff will be on duty Friday and Saturday from 2000hrs until 30 minutes after the premises closes to the public. In addition to this a further one door supervisor per 150 customers.
  12. If premises is open on Christmas Eve and/or New Years Eve then at least 3 door supervisor will be employed from 20:00h

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/bliss-me14-71e8ba30d8