Ovation

Licensed under the Licensing Act

28 - 32 Gabriels Hill Maidstone Kent ME15 6JG

Premises licence 25/01687/LAPMV

In force

Ovation holds a premises licence from Maidstone Borough Council, reference 25/01687/LAPMV. It was issued on 19 June 2025. The council's register shows it as in force.

The record

Licence type: Premises Licence - Minor Variation
Reference: 25/01687/LAPMV
Status on register: Issued
Issued: 19 June 2025
Venue type: Pub or bar
Food hygiene rating: 4 out of 5 (good), inspected 18 September 2025
Licensing authority: Maidstone Borough Council
Postcode: ME15 6JG
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.

History

19 June 2025Premises Licence - Minor Variation

What the licence permits

Opening hours on the licence: Every day 09:00-04:30
Films: Every day 09:00-04:00
Indoor sporting events: Every day 09:00-04:00
Boxing or wrestling entertainments: Every day 09:00-04:00
Live music: Every day 09:00-04:00
Recorded music: Every day 09:00-04:00
Performances of dance: Every day 09:00-04:00
Anything similar to E, F, or G: Every day 09:00-04:00
Sale or Supply of Alcohol: Every day 09:00-04:00
Late Night Refreshment: Every day 23:00-04:00

Licence conditions (14)

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.
At least one member of staff with a personal licence will be on duty at all times that the premises are open for the sale of alcohol.
All alcoholic drinks in the premises will be served in PET, polycarbonate, shatter to safe, plastic, paper, toughened glass containers or cans with the exception of (1) all alcoholic bottle drinks (2) vessels used for drinking cocktails, wine and champagne.
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.
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.
The premises will undertake the "Challenge 25" Scheme.
All staff involved in the sale or supply of alcohol will be trained in the "Challenge 25" Scheme and such training will be recorded.
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.
The premises shall produce a full Risk Assessment to cover the running of events at the premises. All events whether run as "in house" or by outside organisers will comply with that Risk Assessment unless a separate Risk Assessment is completed for that particular event. These risk assessments either generic or event specific will be agreed by the Police at least 5 days (120 hours) prior to the event taking place.
A refusal recording system 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
The refusal system will be available for inspection to any Police Officer, Local Authority Licensing Officer or Trading Standards Officer at any reasonable time.
No persons under the age of 18 will be permitted in the first and second floor bar areas after 9pm with the exception of staff members working at the time.
No persons under the age of 18 will be permitted in the building unless accompanied by an adult with the exception of staff members working at the time.
A minimum of 3 SIA registered door staff will be employed at the premises whenever the first

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

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