Minute of Meeting of Licensing Committee of 10 July 2023 for Approval
Perth and Kinross Council · 21 August 2023
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LICENSING COMMITTEE Minute of hybrid meeting of the Licensing Committee held in the Council Chambers, 2 High Street, Perth, on Monday 10 July 2023 at 10:00am. Present: Bailie C Ahern, Councillors K Allan, B Brawn (Substitute for H Anderson), S Carr, M Frampton, K Harvey, I Massie (Substitute for Bailie M Williamson), I MacPherson, C Reid and G Stewart. In Attendance: J Guild, M McLaren, S Michie, M Pasternak, R Ramsay and D Rankine (all Corporate and Democratic Services), J Gordon and R Jamieson (Police Scotland) (Item P1 onwards). Apologies for Absence: Bailies R Brock and M Williamson, Councillors H Anderson, D Illingworth and W Robertson. Councillor I MacPherson, Convener, Presiding. 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES The Convener welcomed all present to the meeting. Apologies for absence were noted as above. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST No Declarations of Interest were made in terms of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct. 3. MINUTES (i) The Minute of Meeting of the Licensing Committee of 29 May 2023 was submitted and approved as a correct record. (ii) The Minute of Meeting of the Licensing Committee of 30 May 2023 was submitted and approved as a correct record. 4. GRANT OF SHORT TERM LET LICENCE – PROVISIONAL LICENCE NO. PK11236N There was submitted a report by the Head of Legal and Governance Services (23/205), along with two letters of objection, in relation to the Grant of a Short Term Let Licence – Provisional Licence No. PK11236N. Mrs Jill Davidson, applicant, attended the meeting, addressed the Committee and answered Members’ questions. Resolved: Application for a Short Term Let Licence – Provisional Licence No. PK11236N, be granted for a period of three years.
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IT WAS AGREED THAT THE PUBLIC AND PRESS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN ORDER TO AVOID THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WHICH IS EXEMPT IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE 7A TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973. P1. GRANT OF TAXI DRIVER LICENCE –TD2227 There was submitted a report by the Head of Legal and Governance Services (23/206) together with a letter of representation dated 31 May 2023 from Police Scotland, regarding Grant of Taxi Driver Licence TD2227. The applicant was in attendance. The representative of Police Scotland addressed the Committee and answered Members’ questions. The applicant also addressed the Committee and answered Members’ questions. Resolved: Application for Taxi Driver Licence No. TD2227, be granted for a period of three years. P2. GRANT OF TAXI DRIVER LICENCE – TD2237 There was submitted a report by the Head of Legal and Governance Services (23/207) together with two letters of objection dated 8 June 2023 from Police Scotland, regarding Grant of Taxi Driver Licence TD2237. The applicant was in attendance. The representative of Police Scotland addressed the Committee and answered Members’ questions. The applicant also addressed the Committee and answered Members’ questions. FOLLOWING TWO ADJOURNMENTS, THE COMMITTEE RECONVENED. Resolved: Application for Taxi Driver Licence No. TD2237, be refused.