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Renfrewshire Council · 14 January 2026
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Notice of Meeting and Agenda
Regulatory Functions Board
Date Time Venue
Wednesday, 14 January
2026
10:00 Remotely by MS Teams,   
Membership
Councillor John McNaughtan (Convener):     Councillor Cathy McEwan (Depute Convener): 
Councillor Audrey Doig:  Councillor Neill Graham:  Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes:  Councillor
Bruce MacFarlane:  Councillor Janis McDonald:  Councillor Kevin Montgomery:  Councillor Sam
Mullin:  Councillor Andy Steel: 
Further Information - online meetings only
This meeting is on-line only but is a meeting which is open to members of the public by prior
arrangement. A copy of the agenda and reports for this meeting will be available for inspection
prior to the meeting at the Customer Service Centre, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley
and online at http://renfrewshire.cmis.uk.com/renfrewshire/CouncilandBoards.aspx
For further information, please email democratic-services@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Members of the Press and Public - contact details
Members of the press and public wishing to attend the meeting should contact democratic-
services@renfrewshire.gov.uk to allow the necessary arrangements to be made.
MARK CONAGHAN
Head of Corporate Governance
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Recording of Meeting
This meeting will be recorded for subsequent broadcast via the Council's internet site. If you
have any queries regarding this please contact committee services on democratic-
services@renfrewshire.gov.uk
To find the recording please follow the link which will be attached to this agenda once the
meeting has concluded.
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Items of business  
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements
Members are asked to declare an interest or make a transparency
statement in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief
explanation of the nature of the interest or the transparency statement.
1 Grant of Late Hours Catering Licence – Personal
Appearance
Submit the undernoted application for grant of a Late Hours Catering
Licence. The applicant has been asked to appear personally:-
Applicant: Madiha Amir
Premises: Ubys, 53 High Street, Paisley
Activity: Food takeaway
Operating hours: Monday to Thursday - 11.00 pm to 12.00 midnight and
Friday to Sunday 11.00 pm to 2.00 am
2 Variation of Late Hours Catering Licence – Personal
Appearance
Submit the undernoted application for variation of a Late Hours Catering
Licence. The applicant has been asked to appear personally together
with Police Scotland who has submitted an objection to the application:-
Applicant: Hafiz Muhammad Kashif
Premises: Mr Kebab, 36 Causeyside Street, Paisley
Activity: Food takeaway
Operating hours: Variation application to extend hours Friday and
Saturday to 11.00 pm to 3.00 am (from 11.00 pm to 2.00 am)
Licence No: LHC-136
3 Surrender and Re-issue of Taxi Operators’ Licences
Submit the undernoted applications for the surrender and re-issue of
Taxi Operators’ Licences:-
(a) Present Operator: Skyedale Limited
Proposed Operator: John Clark
Licence No.: TX 086
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(b) Present Operator: James Patrick Reid
Proposed Operator: Sudheer Iqbal
Licence No.: TX 184
4 Grant of Taxi Drivers’ Licences – Personal Appearances
Submit the undernoted applications for grant of Taxi Drivers’ Licences.
The applicants have been asked to appear personally:-
(a) Mark Craig
(b) Mohammed Yahyah
EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
The Board may by resolution exclude the press and public from the
meeting during consideration of the following items of business as
it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted,
that if members of the press and public are present, there could 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.
5 Grant of Taxi Driver’s Licence
Submit the undernoted application for grant of a Taxi Driver’s Licence:-
Rami Abdelkader 
Adjournment
The meeting will adjourn following consideration of item 6(g) and
reconvene at 1.30 pm.
6 Grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences
Submit the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’
Licences. Applicants (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) have been asked to
appear personally together with Police Scotland and applicant (h) has
been asked to appear personally:-
(a) Blair Ardern
(b) Hafiz Aftab Ahmed
(c) Paul Kaney
(d) Faruk Ahmadi
(e) Merwais Qurashee
(f) Kawan Ahmadi
(g) Naseerullah Seddiqui
(h) Jakir Hossain
(i) Samuel Dappa
(j) Hamayoon Mohammadi
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(k) Abdo Alfarhan
(l) Rene Alexis Mejia Morales
(m) Yasser Obaied
(n) Mohammed Yahya Hakim Muhammed
(o) Sayed Gholam Reza Mohajer
(p) Belal Naseri
(q) Vinod Amminabhavi
(r) Saiju Madathil Thekkethil Simon
7 Landlord Registration - Personal Appearance
Submit the undernoted application for Landlord Registration. The
applicant has been asked to appear personally together with the
Council’s Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure and
complainers:-
Applicant: Ashley Martin
Registration No.: 1384931/350/15032
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