The Orchard Spot

Licensed under the Licensing Act

The Orchard Spot Spot Lane Downswood Maidstone Kent ME15 8SE

Premises licence 12/03446/LAPRE

In force

The Orchard Spot holds a premises licence from Maidstone Borough Council, reference 12/03446/LAPRE. It was issued on 5 November 2012. The council's register shows it as in force.

The record

Licence type: Premises Licence
Reference: 12/03446/LAPRE
Status on register: Issued
Issued: 5 November 2012
Venue type: Pub or bar
Food hygiene rating: 5 out of 5 (very good), inspected 26 March 2026 (as The Orchard)
Licensing authority: Maidstone Borough Council
Postcode: ME15 8SE
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 10:00-02:30
Live music: Every day 08:30-02:00
Recorded music: Every day 00:00-00:00
Facilities for making music: Every day 08:30-02:00
Facilities for dancing: Every day 08:30-02:00
Sale or Supply of Alcohol: Every day 10:00-02:00
Performances of dance: Every day 08:30-02:00
Anything similar to E, F, or G: Every day 08:30-02:00
Late Night Refreshment: Every day 08:30-02:00

Licence conditions (5)

Permitted Hours Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours. In this condition, permitted hours means: a. On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, Good Friday or New Year's Eve, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. b. On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Year's Eve, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m. c. On Good Friday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m. d. On Christmas Day, 12 noon to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. e. On New Year's Eve, except on a Sunday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. f. On New Year's Eve on a Sunday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m g. On New Year's Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year's Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day (or, if there are no permitted hours on the following day, midnight on 31st December). The above restrictions do not prohibit: (a) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises; (b) 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; (c) during the first thirty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption as ancillary to the meals; (d) consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises; (e) the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered; (f) the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club; (g) 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; (h) the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or (i) the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of
(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, the permitted hours on weekdays shall extend until two o'clock in the morning following, except that- (a) the permitted hours shall end at midnight on any day on which music and dancing is not provided after midnight; and (b) on any day that music and dancing end between midnight and two o'clock in the morning, the permitted hours shall end when the music and dancing end or, as the case may be, when the gaming ends;
(2) In relation to the morning on which summer time begins, paragraph (1) of this condition shall have effect- (a) with the substitution of references to three o'clock in the morning for references to two o'clock in the morning.
(3) Except as provided in (4) below, the permitted hours on Sundays shall extend until thirty minutes past midnight in the morning following, except that- (a) the permitted hours shall end at midnight on any Sunday on which music and dancing is not provided after midnight; (b) where music and dancing end between midnight on any Sunday and thirty minutes past midnight, the permitted hours on that Sunday shall end when the music and dancing end or, as the case may be, when the gaming ends.
(4) On Sundays immediately before bank holidays other than Easter Sunday, the permitted hours shall extend until 2 a.m. in the morning following, except that- (a) the permitted hours shall end at midnight on any Sunday on which music and dancing is not provided after midnight; (b) where music and dancing end between midnig

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

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