The Old Post Office

Licensed under the Licensing Act

The Old Post Office High Street Marden Kent TN12 9DP

Premises licence 21/00034/LAPRE

In force

The Old Post Office holds a premises licence from Maidstone Borough Council, reference 21/00034/LAPRE. It was issued on 23 February 2021. The council's register shows it as in force.

The record

Licence type: Premises Licence
Reference: 21/00034/LAPRE
Status on register: Issued
Issued: 23 February 2021
Venue type: Restaurant or café
Food hygiene rating: 5 out of 5 (very good), inspected 27 January 2025 (as The Old Post Office Coffee House)
Licensing authority: Maidstone Borough Council
Postcode: TN12 9DP
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

Opening hours on the licence: Every day 07:00-22:00
Sale or Supply of Alcohol: Every day 09:00-21:00

Licence conditions (8)

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 and egress to the premises, fire exits and all areas 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.
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.
A refusal recording 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. Time of refusal b. Item refused c. Name of description of the person refused d. Reason for Refusal e. Name of staff member making the refusal.
The refusal register will be available for inspection to any Police Officer, Local Authority Licensing Officer or Trading Standards Officer at any reasonable time.
A Challenge 25 scheme will be adopted at the premises. All staff involved in the sale or supply of alcohol will be trained in the scheme and such training will be recorded. Such records will be available to the Police or other responsible authority upon request.
The premises will undertake the "Challenge 25" Scheme which will be advertised within the premises by way of sufficient posters to make the public aware.
Only Home Office approved ID of proof of age will be accepted by staff. This will include photographic driving licence, a passport or a 'PASS' marked proof of age card
Supervision of number of people at the premises, vigilance to any anti-social behaviour.

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