Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 14 May 2025
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Minute of Meeting Regulatory Functions Board Date Time Venue Wednesday, 14 May 2025 10:00 Remotely by MS Teams, Present: Councillor Audrey Doig, Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, Councillor Janis McDonald, Councillor Cathy McEwan, Councillor John McNaughtan, Councillor Kevin Montgomery, Councillor Sam Mullin, Councillor Andy Steel Chair Councillor McNaughtan, Convener, presided. In Attendance D Campbell, Managing Solicitor (Licensing), K Robb and F McDonald, both Senior Solicitors, D Cunningham, Committee Services & Licensing Officer, J Barron, Committee Services Officer and R McCallum, Licensing & Committee Assistant (all Finance & Resources). Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting. Order of Business In terms of Standing Order 16, the Convener intimated that he proposed to alter the order of business to facilitate the conduct of the meeting by considering item 4 of the agenda after item 6(b) of the agenda and item 8 of the agenda after item 9(b) of the agenda.
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1 Grant of Short-term Let Licence - Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Short-term Let Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally together with the objectors to the application:- Applicant: Philip Hecht Premises: Warlock Gates, Bridesmill Road, Lochwinnoch Mr Hecht, the applicant, joined the meeting together with his wife Mrs Hecht and property management representative Mr Shanks, BNBHost. Mr and Mrs Carter and Mr and Mrs Newdall who had submitted objections to the application also joined the meeting. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Board adjourned to allow members to consider this application. The meeting was reconvened and the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of three years. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of three years. 2 Grant of Private Hire Car Operator’s Licence – Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Private Hire Car Operator’s Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally:- Better Chauffeur Travel Limited There was no appearance by or on behalf of Better Chauffeur Travel Limited, the applicant. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in the applicant’s absence. This was agreed unanimously. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC The Board resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of part I of schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. 3 Renewal of Taxi Operator’s Licence – Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for renewal of a Taxi Operator’s Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally:-
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Licence holder: Eric Egan Licence No.: TX010 Mr Egan, the applicant, together with his daughter Ms Egan, joined the meeting. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of two years and that the applicant continue to be allowed an exception to the Board’s Policy requiring a wheelchair-accessible vehicle to be operated. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of two years and that the applicant continue to be allowed an exception to the Board’s Policy requiring a wheelchair-accessible vehicle to be operated. 4 Renewal of Late Hours Catering Licence There was submitted the undernoted application for renewal of a Late Hours Catering Licence:- Applicant: McDonalds Restaurants Limited Premises: Phoenix Retail Park, Linwood Activity: restaurant and drive-thru Operating hours: Monday to Sunday – 11.00 pm to 5.00 am Licence No.: LHC-016 After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of two years and that the applicant continue to be an exception to the Board’s policy on trading hours. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of two years and that the applicant continue to be an exception to the Board’s policy on trading hours. 5 Grant of Street Traders’ Licences – Personal Appearances There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Street Traders’ Licences. The applicants had been asked to appear personally together with the objectors to application (a):- (a) Applicant: Satpal Singh Authorised goods: hot and cold food and drinks Trading from: layby at Foxbar Road, Paisley, 80m east of roundabout junction with Stravaig Walk/Castleview Drive Operating hours: Monday to Friday - 8.00am to 3.00pm and Saturday - 9.00am to 4.00pm The Managing Solicitor (Licensing) advised the Board that this application had been withdrawn. DECIDED: That it be noted that this application had been withdrawn.
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(b) Applicant: Bassem Hamadeh Authorised goods: Lebanese hot wraps, fries, roll and sausage, soup, soft drinks Trading from: 21 Greenhill Road, Paisley Operating hours: Monday to Friday - 9.30am to 3.00pm Mr Hamadeh, the applicant, joined the meeting. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 11.40 am and resumed at 11.45 am. Sederunt Councillor Montgomery left the meeting prior to the consideration of the following item of business. 6 Variation of Taxi Operator’s Licence – Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for variation of a Taxi Operator’s Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally:- Licence holder: Martin McKillop Variation: exception to policy and standard condition 22 to operate a saloon car Licence No.: TX223 Mr McKillop, the applicant, joined the meeting. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted and that the applicant be allowed an exception to the Board’s policy requiring a wheelchair- accessible vehicle to be operated. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted and that the applicant be allowed an exception to the Board’s policy requiring a wheelchair-accessible vehicle to be operated. 7 Grant of Taxi Driver’s Licence – Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Taxi Driver’s Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally, together with Police Scotland who had submitted a representation to the application:- Gurpinder Singh Kamboj There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Kamboj, the applicant. Sergeant Robertson, on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted a representation to the application, did not join the meeting The Convener proposed that consideration of the application be continued and that the applicant be invited to a future meeting of the
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Board. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That consideration of the application be continued and that the applicant be invited to a future meeting of the Board. Sederunt Councillor McEwan left the meeting prior to the consideration of the following item of business. 8 Grant of Private Hire Car Operators’ Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Operators’ Licences:- (a) Chiya Ahmadpour After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year. Declaration of Interest Councillor Hughes declared an interest in the following item of business for the reason that the applicant was known to her. Councillor Hughes indicated that as she had declared an interest, she would withdraw from the meeting during any discussion and voting thereon (b) Lukasz Kalmuk After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that consideration of the application be continued and that the applicant be invited to a future meeting of the Board. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That consideration of the application be continued and that the applicant be invited to a future meeting of the Board. Sederunt Councillor Hughes re-joined the meeting. 9 Renewal of Private Hire Car Driver's Licence - Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for renewal of a Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally together with Police Scotland who had submitted an objection to the application:-
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Licence holder: Tariq Ahmed Licence No.: P3269 Mr Ahmed, the applicant, accompanied by Ms Bryson, Renfrewshire Cab Company, joined the meeting together with Sergeant Robertson, on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted an objection to the application. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Board adjourned to allow members to consider this application. The meeting was reconvened and the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of two years. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of two years. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 12.30 pm and reconvened at 1.30 pm. 10 Renewal of Private Hire Car Operators’ Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for renewal of Private Hire Car Operators’ Licences. Applicant (a) had been asked to appear personally:- (a) Licence holder: Morteza Honarmanozadeh Licence No.: PH1066 There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Honarmanozadeh, the applicant. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of two years. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of two years. (b) Licence holder: Muhammad Safeer Licence No.: PH1620 After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of two years. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of two years. 11 Grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences:- (a) Abdullah Azizi After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year.
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(b) Ali Musa After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year. (c) Vinod Vincent Pulikottil After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year. (d) Saqib Mahmood Alam After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year. (e) Kehinde Sojobi-Alogi After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year.