Grant of a Market Operator Licence - MO334
Perth and Kinross Council · 8 December 2025
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PERTH AND KINROSS COUNCIL – LICENSING COMMITTEE 8 DECEMBER 2025 REPORT BY STRATEGIC LEAD - LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE TYPE OF APPLICATION Grant of a Market Operator Licence APPLICANT Jacqueline Foster, 2 Council Houses, South Street, Blairgowrie, PH13 9PE PREMISES (if applicable) The Strathmore Community Hub & Car Park, Trades Lane, Coupar Angus, PH13 9DN THE APPLICATION The applicant has applied for a new 3 year market operator licence with proposed operating times of: Every Saturday 8.30am to 12 noon 8.30am to 2.30pm once a month for a craft fair Goods to be sold are: General car boot sale items and homemade crafts A member of the public has made a late objection to this application (copy attached). RELEVANT LICENSING POLICIES N/A LEGAL POSITION The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 provides that a licensing authority must grant the application unless one of the grounds of refusal exists. If, in the opinion of the Committee, a ground of refusal exists then the application must be refused. Any decision to refuse a late hours catering licence must be relevant to one or more the following grounds of refusal as detailed in the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982:- (a) the applicant or, where the applicant is not a natural person, any director of it or partner in it or any other person responsible for its management, is either - (i) for the time being disqualified from holding a licence, after a conviction for a licensing offence, or (ii) the applicant is not a fit and proper person to be the holder of the licence; (b) the activity to which the licence relates would be managed by or carried on for the benefit of a person, other than the applicant, who would be refused the grant or renewal of such a licence if he made the application himself;
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(c) where the licence applied for relates to an activity consisting of or including the use of premises or a vehicle or vessel, those premises are not or, as the case may be, that vehicle or vessel is not suitable or convenient for the conduct of the activity having regard to – (i) the location, character or condition of the premises or the character or condition of the vehicle or vessel; (ii) the nature and extent of the proposed activity; (iii) the kind of persons likely to be in the premises, vehicle or vessel; (iv) the possibility of undue public nuisance; or (v) public order or public safety; or (d) there is other good reason for refusing the application; and otherwise shall grant the application. In deciding whether or not to grant or renew a Licence, the Council will consider each Application on its own merits and will take into account the following: any objections or representations any other relevant considerations OPTIONS The Committee need to consider whether the objection received relates to the activity of a market operator licence. The options open to the Committee are therefore to: grant the application; grant the application for a shorter period of time; defer the application (9 month decision date 02/06/2026) or refuse the application. PROCEDURE Identify parties. Consider any preliminary issues Objector speak to their objection Committee asks any questions to the objector Applicant makes submission Committee asks any questions of the applicant Objectors sum up. Applicant sums up Committee makes decision
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