Tap
Licence summary from On Licence, 28 September 2026
- Premises
- Tap
- Address
- 3 Wellington Parade Blackfen Road Sidcup Bexley DA15 9NB
- Licence
- Premises licence, 25/00912/LAPRE
- Status
- In force (register: Issued)
- Issued
- 11 April 2025
- Licensing authority
- London Borough of Bexley
What the licence permits
- Opening hours on the licence
- Mon to Thu 09:00-23:30, Fri and Sat 09:00-00:30, Sun 10:00-23:00
- Sale or Supply of Alcohol
- Mon to Thu 11:30-23:00, Fri and Sat 11:30-00:00, Sun 11:30-22:30
Licence conditions (11)
- The premises shall maintain a CCTV system. The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the venue is open for licensable activities and/or when customers remain on the premises. All recordings shall be time and date stamped, maintained for a 31 day period and be made available to the Police or authorised officer of the licensing authority upon request.
- The CCTV system shall: a. Cover all entry points used by the public. b. Enable frontal identification of persons entering in any light condition. c. Be maintained by a suitably qualified person.
- Sufficient competent persons shall be authorised by the premises licence holder to provide the Police with downloaded CCTV data (footage and/or images) in an appropriate recorded format (usually to a disc, memory stick or data file sent electronically) when formally requested to do so. The authorised person(s) should be sufficient to enable such data to be obtained by the police within 48 hours of a formal request being made.
- Sufficient competent persons should be authorised by the premises licence holder to ensure that at all times the premises is open to the public, a member of staff is available to show the Police, when formally requested to do so, any images/footage from CCTV system immediately.
- A Challenge 25 policy shall be enforced, where any person reasonably looking under the age of 25 shall be asked to prove their age when attempting to purchase alcohol; signs to this effect shall be displayed at the premises.
- The only acceptable forms of ID shall be those photographic identification documents recognised in the Home Office guidance; including passports, photo-card driving licence or proof of age card bearing a PASS hologram.
- A book or other form of record, a version of which must be in English, shall be kept in which shall be recorded the date, time and circumstances of a. any challenge made in accordance with the "Challenge 25" scheme. b. any disorder, ejection or other relevant incident that occurs on the premises. This book, or record, shall be kept on the premises at all times they are open and shall be made available for inspection immediately upon demand by any police or community support officer or authorised person. The Designated Premises Supervisor shall check the book on at least a monthly basis to ensure all staff are using it and shall sign and date it immediately after the latest entry.
- Appropriate induction training shall be undertaken with all relevant staff who do not hold a Personal Licence to cover appropriate subjects for their role including: a. The responsible sale of alcohol. b. The prevention of under-age sales of alcohol, the Challenge 25 policy and in checking and authenticating accepted forms of identification. c. The responsibility to refuse the sale of alcohol to any person who is drunk. d. Fire safety & emergency evacuation procedures Refresher training shall take place with staff involved in the sale of alcohol annually thereafter.
- All training shall be recorded and training records made available on request to an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority or the Police.
- The premises shall maintain written reports and registers. These shall be kept for a minimum of 12 months and made available to the police and any authorised officer of the licensing authority on request. Records shall be maintained of the following: a. Any complaint against the premises in respect of any of the licensing objectives b. Any crime reported at the premises c. Any fault in the CCTV system All written reports and registers shall be regularly checked by the DPS
- Table-top taps shall be set to 'disabled' by default, until a member of staff has verified that each customer at that table is over the age of 18 an
Licensed hours are the most a premises may open or trade under its licence, not its actual opening times.
Compiled from London Borough of Bexley's public licensing register. The council's register is the authoritative record. https://onlicence.uk/premises/tap-da15-79f909ce63