Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 21 August 2024
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Minute of Meeting Regulatory Functions Board Date Time Venue Wednesday, 21 August 2024 10:00 Council Chambers (Renfrewshire), Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN Present: Councillor Audrey Doig, Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor Janis McDonald, Councillor Cathy McEwan, Councillor John McNaughtan, Councillor Sam Mullin, Councillor Andy Steel Chair Councillor McNaughtan, Convener, presided. In Attendance R Graham, Senior Solicitor (Litigation & Regulatory Services), E Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer and K Marriott and R McCallum, both Licensing & Committee Assistants (all Finance & Resources). Apologies Councillors Hughes and Montgomery. Declarations of Interest Councillor McNaughtan declared an interest in item 5(a) for the reason that he had prior knowledge of the application which had been discussed at a meeting of the Paisley East & Whitehaugh Community Council which he had attended. Councillor McNaughtan indicated that as he had declared an interest, he would withdraw from the meeting during any discussion and voting on the item. Transparency Statements There were no transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
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1 Grant of Late Hours Catering Licence - Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Late Hours Catering Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally for the first time:- Applicant: Greggs PLC Premises: Ground Floor Main Terminal (International Arrivals) Glasgow Airport Activity: hot and cold food and drinks. Operating hours: Monday to Sunday – 11.00 pm to 5.00 am There was no appearance by or on behalf of the applicant. Ms Simpson, TLT Solicitors, was invited into the meeting and advised that she would be representing the applicant at 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. 2 Grant of Skin Piercing & Tattooing Licence - Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Skin Piercing & Tattooing Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally for the first time together with the late objector to the application:- Applicant: Paulina Wesolowska Premises: Unit B, 71 Causeyside Street, Paisley The Senior Solicitor (Litigation & Regulatory Services) advised that this application had been granted under delegated authority for a period of one year. DECIDED: That it be noted that the application had been granted under delegated authority for a period of one year. 3 Renewal of Taxi Driver's Licence - Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for renewal of a Taxi Driver’s Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally for the first time:- Joseph Jaconelli There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Jaconelli, the applicant. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr Jaconelli’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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4 Notification of Public Processions There were submitted the undernoted notifications of Public Processions:- (a) Applicant: Renfrewshire Council Events Team Procession route: Central Road, Smithill Street, Gauze Street, Mill Street, Bridge Street, Cotton Street, Gauze Street, High Street, St Mirren Street, Causeyside Street, Orchard Street, Bridge Street, Cotton Street, Gauze Street, Smithill Street and Central Road Reason for procession: Paisley Halloween Festival Date: 25 October 2024 at 7.00 pm (b) Applicant: Renfrewshire Council Events Team Procession route: Central Road, Smithill Street, Gauze Street, Mill Street, Bridge Street, Cotton Street, Gauze Street, High Street, St Mirren Street, Causeyside Street, Orchard Street, Bridge Street, Cotton Street, Gauze Street, Smithill Street and Central Road. Reason for procession: Paisley Halloween Festival Date: 26 October 2024 at 7.00 pm The Convener proposed that both notifications be considered together and that separate decisions be taken. This was agreed unanimously. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed (i) that in relation to notification (a), the terms of standard condition 14 “that no band shall play before 8.00 am or later than 8.00 pm” be disapplied and (ii) that in relation to notification (b), the terms of standard condition 14 “that no band shall play before 8.00 am or later than 8.00 pm” be disapplied. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: (a) That the terms of standard condition 14 be disapplied in relation to notification (a); and (b) That the terms of standard condition 14 be disapplied in relation to notification (b). Declaration of Interest Councillor McNaughtan, having previously declared an interest in item 5(a) vacated the Chair, left the meeting and took no part in the discussion or voting thereon. Sederunt Councillor McEwan, Depute Convener, assumed the Chair. 5 Grant of Short-term Let Licences - Personal Appearances Under reference to item 1 of the Minute of the meeting of this Board held on 22 May 2024, consideration was resumed of application (a) for grant of a Short-term Let Licence and there were submitted applications (b) and (c) for grant of Short-term Let Licences. Applicant (a) had been asked to appear personally for the third time together with the
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objectors to the application and applicants (b) and (c) had been asked to appear personally for the first time:- (a) Applicant: Carol-Anne Brown Premises: Flat 5/1, 1 Abbey Place, Paisley Mrs Brown, the applicant, and Mr Brown, her husband, were invited into the meeting together with Ms White, Mr McCue and Mr Stewart who also represented Ms McDonald, objectors to the application. There was no appearance by or on behalf of Ms Graham, Ms Cunningham or Paisley East & Whitehaugh Community Council, objectors to the application. The Senior Solicitor (Litigation & Regulatory Services) advised that consideration of this application had been continued from previous meetings of the Board to allow further inquiries to be made in relation to insurance for the premises. Further that as the application had been part heard, only those members present when this application previously called could consider this part heard application at this meeting. Sederunt Councillors N Graham, McDonald and Mullin, having not been present when the application had been part heard at the meetings of this Board held on 13 March and 22 May 2024, left the meeting and took no part in any discussion or voting thereon. 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. Chair Councillor McNaughtan re-joined the meeting prior to consideration of the following item of business. Sederunt Councillors N Graham, McDonald and Mullin rejoined the meeting prior to consideration of the following item of business. 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. (b) Applicant: Short Stay Solutions Limited Premises: Flat 0/1, 59 Oakshaw Street West, Paisley (c) Applicant: Short Stay Solutions Limited Premises: 136 Barrangary Road, Bishopton
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Ms Mtetwa, on behalf of the applicant, was invited into the meeting. The Convener proposed that applications 5(b) and 5(c) be considered together but that separate decisions be made. This was agreed unanimously. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed (i) that application 5(b) be granted for a period of three years; and further (ii) that application 5(c) be granted for a period of three years. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: (a) That application 5(b) be granted for a period of three years; and (b) That application 5(c) be granted for a period of three years. 6 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 for the first time:- Keen Tawanda Tsuro Mr Tsuro, the applicant, was invited into 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. 7 Grant of Private Hire Car Operator's Licence and Grant of Private Hire Car Driver's Licence - Personal Appearance There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of a Private Hire Car Operator’s Licence and grant of a Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally for the first time in connection with his application for grant of a Private Hire Car Operator’s Licence only:- Fardeen Quraishi The Senior Solicitor (Litigation & Regulatory Services) advised that Mr Quraishi was before the Board in relation to his application for grant of a Private Hire Car Operator’s Licence only. After consideration of all matters before the Board in relation to Mr Qurashi’s application for grant of a Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. Mr Quraishi, the applicant, was then invited into the meeting. After consideration of all matters before the Board in relation to Mr Quraishi’s application for grant of a Private Hire Car Operator’s Licence, 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.
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DECIDED: (a) That Mr Quriahi’s application for grant of a Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence be granted for a period of one year; and (b) That consideration of Mr Quraishi’s application for grant of a Private Hire Car Operator’s Licence be continued and that he be invited to a future meeting of the Board. 8 Grant of Private Hire Car Drivers' Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences. Applicants (a), (b), (c), (i), (j), (k), (l) and (m) had been asked to appear personally for the first time together with Police Scotland who had submitted objections to applications (i) and (j) and representations to applications (k), (l) and (m):- (a) Ibrahim Selman Mr Selman, the applicant, was invited into 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. (b) Ahmed Elsaban There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Elsaban, the applicant. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr Elsaban’s absence. This weas 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 granted refused. (c) Sameer Iqbal Siddique There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Siddique, the applicant. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr Siddique’s absence. This was agreed unanimously. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted until 24 January 2025. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted until 24 January 2025. (d) Muhammad Ashraf Karim Bibi 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) Yousaf Riaz Meher 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.
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DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year. (f) Kinsley Aigbe 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. (g) Masudul Islam 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. (h) Jack Kamanzi 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 12.20 pm and reconvened at 1.30 pm. (i) Kasim Sattar Mr Sattar, the applicant, was invited into 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 refused. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be refused. (j) Lewis Burns There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Burns, the applicant. Sergeant Robertson, on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted an objection to the application, was invited into the meeting. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr Burns’ 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. (k) Alan Easdale
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Mr Easdale, the applicant, was invited into the meeting together with Sergeant Robertson, 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 for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year. (l) Abdul Sattar Mr Sattar, the applicant, was invited into the meeting together with Sergeant Robertson, 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 for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year. (m) Abdul Sedeqey Mr Sedeqey, the applicant, was invited into the meeting together with Sergeant Robertson, 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 for a period of one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year.