Compliance evidence your licensing committee will accept
Nightclubs operate under premises licence conditions that demand provable evidence: door staff badges, capacity counts, refusals, sound readings, and incident records that hold up under police and council review.
Sound familiar?
Every nightclub operator knows these headaches
Premises licence reviews escalate fast
A handful of complaints to the licensing authority can trigger a review. Without timestamped evidence of door supervision, capacity, refusals, and noise readings, your defence is weak.
SIA door supervisor admin eats hours
Every door supervisor needs an in-date SIA badge. Track expiries, ACS provider details, body cam policies, and per-shift assignments across casual and contracted staff without spreadsheets.
Incident reports must hold up to police scrutiny
Assaults, drink spiking, and ejections need structured records: police reference, CCTV availability, evidence list, witness details. Free-text incident books fail at review.
Capacity, sound, and refusals records get lost
Door staff write refusals on scraps. Sound readings sit on the DJ booth clipboard. Capacity counters are mental notes. None of it survives a Section 53A review.
Purpose-built for late-night licensed venues
Paddl turns the operational chaos of a nightclub into structured, time-stamped, court-ready evidence. Every refusal, incident, capacity check, and sound reading is captured the moment it happens and kept for as long as you need it.
SIA door supervisor tracking
Track every door supervisor profile with SIA badge number, expiry, ACS provider, body cam ID, and per-event assignment. Compliance RAG status flags expiring badges before they fail.
Quick visitor check-in for casual door staff
One-shift door supervisors get a self-fill link to enter their badge details before they start. No account needed. Auto check-out at the end of the shift.
Police-grade incident reporting
Structured incident form with categories agreed with licensing officers: assault, drink spiking, ejection, weapon, drug-related. Captures police reference, CCTV, evidence, severity, and follow-up actions.
Capacity monitoring and logs
Set max capacity per location. Door staff log occupancy at intervals through the night. Logs are timestamped, location-tagged, and exportable for fire safety and licensing review.
Sound and noise readings
Record decibel readings from the DJ booth or measurement points specified by your premises licence. Threshold alerts when readings approach the limit.
Refusals book that lawyers love
Door staff log every refusal in seconds: fake ID, intoxication, capacity, ejection. Each entry is timestamped and tied to a door supervisor profile. Filterable by date, reason, and door staff.
Premises licence document store
Store the licence itself, the operating schedule, plans, and the DPS appointment. Renewal alerts before expiry. Share with police and licensing officers in one click.
Risk assessments for Martyn's Law
AI-generated public protection assessments under the Terrorism Protection of Premises Act 2025. Map procedures to standard or enhanced tier requirements based on your capacity.
What nightclub operators achieve
Real improvements from nightclubs using Paddl
Common questions about nightclubs
What records does a UK nightclub need to keep for licensing compliance?
Most premises licences require evidence of door supervision (SIA badge tracking), capacity monitoring, refusals records, incident logs, and noise readings. Operating schedules also commonly require written drug, search, and dispersal policies. Paddl captures all of this digitally with timestamps, location tags, and staff attribution.
How does Paddl help with SIA door supervisor compliance?
Every door supervisor gets a profile with SIA badge number and expiry, ACS provider details, body cam ID, and shift history. The system flags badges within 30 days of expiry and prevents shift assignment to staff without an in-date badge. Casual door staff can self-fill their details before a one-off shift via a 12-hour token link.
Will Paddl incident reports be accepted by police and licensing committees?
The incident reporting form was built with input from licensing officers and police liaison. It captures structured fields: incident type, time, location, people involved, witness details, injury severity, emergency services, police reference number, CCTV availability, evidence collected, and follow-up actions. Records are immutable with append-only amendments, which is the standard licensing committees expect.
Does Paddl help with Martyn's Law (Terrorism Protection of Premises Act 2025)?
Yes. Paddl generates public protection risk assessments aligned with the Act's standard tier (capacity 200 to 799) and enhanced tier (800+) requirements. The Martyn's Law Readiness Checker tool gives you an immediate score against the four legal pillars, and the platform stores your procedures, training records, and incident evidence in one place.
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