Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 14 January 2026
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Minute of Meeting Regulatory Functions Board Date Time Venue Wednesday, 14 January 2026 10:00 Remotely by MS Teams, Present: Councillor Audrey Doig, Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, Councillor Bruce MacFarlane, Councillor Janis McDonald, Councillor John McNaughtan, Councillor Sam Mullin, Councillor Andy Steel Chair Councillor McNaughtan, Convener, presided. In Attendance D Campbell, Managing Solicitor (Licensing), D Cunningham, Committee Services & Licensing Officer, J Barron, Committee Services Officer, E Graham and K Marriott, both Licensing & Committee Assistants and C Young, Civic Licensing Standards Officer/Licensing Standards Officer (all Finance & Resources). Recording of Meeting Prior to the commencement of the meeting, the Convener intimated that this meeting would be recorded for subsequent broadcast via the Council's internet site. Apologies Councillors McEwan and Montgomery. Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
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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 items 3(a) and 3(b) of the agenda before item 2 of the agenda and items 6(d) and 6(g) of the agenda before item 6(b) of the agenda. 1 Grant of Late Hours Catering Licence – Personal Appearance Under reference to item 1(a) of the Minute of the meeting of this Board held on 29 October 2025, consideration was resumed of the undernoted application for grant of a Late Hours Catering Licence. The applicant had 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 There was no appearance by or on behalf of Ms Amir, the applicant. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Ms Amir’s absence. This was agreed unanimously. The Managing Solicitor (Licensing) advised that Ms Amir had intimated that she wished to amend the operating hours to Sunday to Thursday from 11.00 pm to 12 midnight and Friday and Saturday from 11.00 pm to 2.00 am. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year but with operating hours restricted in accordance with the Board’s policy on trading hours. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year but with operating hours restricted in accordance with the Board’s policy on trading hours. 2 Surrender and Re-issue of Taxi Operators’ Licences There were submitted 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 After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted. (b) Present Operator: James Patrick Reid Proposed Operator: Sudheer Iqbal Licence No.: TX 184
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After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted. 3 Variation of Late Hours Catering Licence – Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for variation of a Late Hours Catering Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally together with Police Scotland who had submitted an objection to the application:- Applicant: Hafiz Muhammad Kashif Premises: Mr Kebab, 36 Causeyside Street, Paisley Variation: to vary operating hours on Fridays and Saturdays to 11.00 pm to 03.00 am Lic No: LHC-136 Mr Kashif, the applicant, joined the meeting together with Sergeant Craig 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 refused. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be refused. 4 Grant of Taxi Drivers’ Licences – Personal Appearances There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Taxi Drivers’ Licences. The applicants had been asked to appear personally:- (a) Mark Craig There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Craig, the applicant. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr Craig’s absence, this was agreed unanimously. After consideration of all matters before the Board the Convener proposed that the application be refused. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be refused. (b) Mohammed Yahyah There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Yahyah, the applicant. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr Yahyah’s absence, this was agreed unanimously. After consideration of all matters before the Board the Convener proposed that the application be refused. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be refused.
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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. 5 Grant of Taxi Driver’s Licence There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Taxi Driver’s Licence:- Rami Abdelkader 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. 6 Grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences Under reference to items 6(b) and 6(p) of the Minute of the meeting of this Board held on 13 November 2025 and item 5(f) of the Minute of the meeting of this Board held on 29 October 2026, consideration was resumed of applications (a), (b) and (h) for grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences and there were submitted applications (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q) and (r) for grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences. Applicants (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) had been asked to appear personally together with Police Scotland and applicant (h) had been asked to appear personally:- (a) Blair Ardern Mr Ardern, the applicant, joined the meeting together with Sergeant Craig on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted an objection, and a further objection received outwith the statutory timescale, to the application. On hearing the reasons for the lateness of the further objection, the Convener proposed that the further objection be taken into account when the application was being considered. This was agreed unanimously. Mr Ardern did not object to the late objection being taken into account. 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 refused. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be refused. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 11.30 am and resumed at 11.40 am.
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(b) Faruk Ahmadi Mr Ahmadi, the applicant, joined the meeting together with Sergeant Craig on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted an objection received outwith the statutory timescale to the application. On hearing the reasons for the lateness of the objection, the Convener proposed that the objection be taken into account when the application was being considered. This was agreed unanimously. Mr Ahmadi did not object to the late objection being taken into account. 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 refused. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be refused. (c) Naseerullah Seddiqui Mr Seddiqui, the applicant, joined the meeting. Sergeant Craig remained in the meeting having not left after the previous item of business on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted a representation to the application. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted until 16 May 2026. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted until 16 May 2026. (d) Hafiz Aftab Ahmed There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Ahmed, the applicant. Sergeant Craig remained in the meeting having not left after the previous item of business on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted a representation received outwith the statutory timescale to the application. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr Ahmed’s absence. This was agreed unanimously. On hearing the reasons for the lateness of the representation, the Convener proposed that the representation be taken into account when the application was being considered. This was agreed unanimously. After consideration of all matters before the Board, Councillor N Graham, seconded by Councillor MacFarlane, moved that the application be refused. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be refused. Sederunt Councillor Steel left the meeting prior to the consideration of the following item of business.
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(e) Paul Kaney There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Kaney, the applicant. Sergeant Craig remained in the meeting having not left after the previous item of business on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted an objection received outwith the statutory timescale to the application together with a further letter, also received outwith the statutory timescale to the application. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr Kaney’s absence. This was agreed unanimously. On hearing the reasons for the lateness of the objection, the Convener proposed that the objection be taken into account when the application was being considered. This was agreed unanimously. The Managing Solicitor (Licensing) advised that the further letter, letter 2, contained details of matters which could only be considered if the interests of justice so required. On hearing further from Police Scotland, the Convener proposed that the interests of justice required that this further letter also be considered. This was agreed unanimously. 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 refused. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be refused. (f) Merwais Qurashee There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Quarashee, the applicant. Sergeant Craig remained in the meeting having not left after the previous item of business on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted an objection received outwith the statutory timescale to the application. Sergeant Craig requested that consideration of the application be continued to allow Police Scotland to submit additional information. The Convener proposed that consideration of the application be continued to allow Police Scotland to submit additional information 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 to allow Police Scotland to submit additional information and that the applicant be invited to a future meeting of the Board. Sederunt Councillor Steel rejoined the meeting prior to the consideration of the following item of business. (g) Kawan Ahmadi There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Ahmadi, the applicant. Sergeant Craig remained in the meeting having not left after the previous item of business on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted an objection received outwith the statutory timescale to the application. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr Ahmadi’s absence. This was agreed unanimously. On hearing the reasons for the lateness of the objection, the Convener proposed that the objection be taken into account when the application was being considered. This was agreed unanimously.
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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 refused. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be refused. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 1.55 pm and resumed at 2.30 pm. Sederunt Councillor Hughes was not in attendance when the meeting resumed. (h) Jakir Hossain Mr Hossain, accompanied by his daughter, 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. (i) Samuel Dappa 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. (j) Hamayoon Mohammadi 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. (k) Abdo Alfarhan 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. (l) Rene Alexis Mejia Morales 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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(m) Yasser Obaied 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. (n) Mohammed Yahya Hakim Muhammed 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. (o) Sayed Gholam Reza Mohajer 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. (p) Belal Naseri 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. (q) Vinod Amminabhavi 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. (r) Saiju Madathil Thekkethil Simon After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted until 14 May 2026. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted until 14 May 2026. Declaration of Interest At this point in the meeting Councillor MacFarlane declared in interest in the following item of business by reason of having prior knowledge of the application. Councillor MacFarlane indicated that as he had declared an interest, he would leave the meeting during any discussion and voting on the item.
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7 Landlord Registration - Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for Landlord Registration. The applicant had been asked to appear personally together with the Council’s Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure and complainants:- (a) Applicant: Ashley Martin Registration No.: 1384931/350/15032 There was no appearance by or on behalf of Ms Martin, the applicant. Mr Syed and Dr Tait, complainants, joined the meeting together with Ms McEwan and Mr Keenan on behalf of the Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure. The Convener proposed that the application be heard in the Ms Martin’s absence. This was agreed unanimously. 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 refused. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be refused.