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Argyll and Bute Council · 15 September 2026
Back to Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee (Civic Hearings) — 15 September 2026 and its agenda
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MINUTES of MEETING of PLANNING, PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND LICENSING COMMITTEE (CIVIC HEARINGS) held BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on TUESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 Present: Councillor Gordon Blair (Chair) Councillor Kieron Green Councillor Fiona Howard Councillor Willie Hume Councillor Andrew Kain Councillor Reeni Kennedy-Boyle Councillor Liz McCabe Councillor Luna Martin Attending: Stuart McLean, Committee Manager David Walker, Solicitor 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Jan Brown, Daniel Hampsey, Graham Hardie, Paul Kennedy and Peter Wallace. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest. 3. CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982: APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A TAXI CAR LICENCE (J & J ZAN-KREYSER TAXIS LTD, ROTHESAY, ISLE OF BUTE) The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. In line with recent legislation for Civic Government Hearings, the parties (and any representatives) were given the options for participating in the meeting today. The options available were by video call, by audio call or by written submission. For this hearing the Applicant opted to proceed by way of video call and was forwarded the MS Teams invite. It was noted that the Applicant had not joined the meeting and following attempts to contact him the Committee agreed to proceed with determining the application in his absence. The Chair outlined the procedure that would be followed and invited the Members of the Committee to debate and determine the application. Councillor Kennedy-Boyle advised that this was the largest Taxi Operator on the Island of Bute and that they provided a very good service. They played a big part in supporting the tourism sector, offering larger vehicles for hire. Councillor Kennedy-Boyle confirmed that she would be happy to support this application. Councillor Green commented that generally he heard a consistent theme at these hearings that there was difficulty in customers getting taxis and that increased numbers would be preferred. On that basis, and due to there being no objections to this application, he advised that he would be supportive of granting this licence. Councillor McCabe advised that she would also be happy to support the application and advised that this was a very popular company that was very well used.
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Councillor Blair also advised that he was happy to have the opportunity to grant this licence. DECISION The Committee agreed to grant a Taxi Operator Licence to J & J Zan-Kreyser Taxis Ltd. (Reference: Report by Head of Legal and Regulatory Support, submitted)