Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 5 September 2024
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Minute of Meeting Regulatory Functions Board Date Time Venue Thursday, 05 September 2024 10:00 Remotely by MS Teams, Present: Councillor Audrey Doig, Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor Janis McDonald, Councillor John McNaughtan, Councillor Kevin Montgomery, Councillor Andy Steel Chair Councillor McNaughtan, Convener, presided. In Attendance D Campbell, Managing Solicitor (Licensing), E Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer, J Barron, Committee Services Officer, A Easdon, Committee Services & Licensing Officer, E Graham and K Marriott, both Licensing & Committee Assistants and C Young, Fair Trading & Licensing Officer (all Finance & Resources). Apologies Councillors Hughes, McEwan and Mullin. Declarations of Interest There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting. Transparency Statements Councillor Steel indicated that he had a connection to item 6(a) by reason of having had correspondence with the applicant as a constituent a number of years ago. However, he indicated that he had applied the objective test and did not consider he had an interest to declare.
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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 4 and 5(a) and (b) of the agenda before item 3 of the agenda; item 8(a) of the agenda before item 7(c) of the agenda; and item 11 of the agenda before item 8(e) of the agenda. 1 Grant of Late Hours Catering Licence - Personal Apearance 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: Krispy Kreme Premises: Airside Departures, Glasgow Airport, Paisley Activity: donuts and hot and cold drinks Operating hours: Monday to Sunday - 3:30 am to 5.00 am Mr Fretwell, on behalf of 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. 2 Renewal of Late Hours Catering Licence There was submitted the undernoted application for renewal of a Late Hours Catering Licence:- Applicant: TH UK & Ireland Limited Premises: Tim Hortons, Unit 1 Linwood Road, Paisley Activity: restaurant Operating hours: Monday to Sunday - 11.00 pm to 5.00 am Licence No.: LHC120 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. 3 Variation of Private Hire Car Driver's Licence There was submitted the undernoted application for Variation of a Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence:-. Applicant: Christopher Henderson Variation: increase to 8 passengers Licence No.: PH1639
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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. 4 Surrender and Re-issue of Taxi Operators' Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for surrender and re-issue of Taxi Operators’ Licences:- (a) Present Operator: Martin Treacy Proposed Operator: Allan Inches Licence No.: TX204 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: William Mottram Proposed Operator: Anthony Fleming Licence No.: TX003 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. 5 Grant of Private Hire Car Driver's Licence - Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally for the first time:- Marc McLafferty There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr McLafferty, the applicant. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr McLafferty’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. 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 paragraphs 3 and 6 of part I of schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
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6 Surrender and Re-issue of Taxi Operators' Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for surrender and re-issue of Taxi Operators’ Licences:- (a) Present Operator: Colin Brown Proposed Operator: Gurwinder Singh Licence No.: TX209 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: Neil McCaig Proposed Operator: John Boal Licence No.: TX061 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. (c) Present Operator: Michael Allen Proposed Operator: Graeme Anderson Licence No.: TX190 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. 7 Grant of Taxi Drivers' Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Taxi Drivers’ Licences. Applicant (b) had been asked to appear personally for the first time together with Police Scotland who had submitted an objection to the application:- (a) Zard Ali Tanha 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) Alisdair Connell Mr Connell, 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
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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. 8 Grant of Private Hire Car Operator's Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Operators’ Licences:- (a) Matiullah Wafa 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) Peter Ajoku 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. 9 Grant of Private Hire Car Driver's Licence There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licence:- Jamal Amer Horani 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. 10 Grant of Private Hire Car Operator's Licence - Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Private Hire Car Operators’ Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally for the first time:- Salman Faateh Mr Faateh, the applicant, was invited into the meeting and advised that he wished to withdraw his application for grant of a Private Hire Car Operator’s Licence. DECIDED: That it be noted that Mr Faateh had withdrawn his application for grant of a Private Hire Car Operator’s Licence.
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Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 11.10 am and reconvened at 11.20 am. 11 Grant of Private Hire Car Drivers' Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences. The applicants had been asked to appear personally for the first time together with Police Scotland who had submitted an objection to application (b) and a representation to application (c):- (a) Adelana Baoluyi Akinrinbola There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Akinrinbola, the applicant. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr Akinrinbola’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. (b) Waheed Akhtar Mr Akhtar, 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. (c) Ismail Sadat Mr Sadat, 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. 12 Grant of Temporary Public Entertainment Licence - Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Temporary Public Entertainment Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally for the first time together with Police Scotland and the Council’s Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure who had submitted representations to the application:- Applicant: Ramte Limited Authorised activity: live performances and musical shows
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Premises: The Old Church, 5 Wellmeadow Street, Paisley Operating hours: 7 days per week – 11.00 am to 1.00 am Ms Patterson, on behalf of the applicant, and her representative, Mr McGowan, were invited into the meeting together Sergeant Robertson, on behalf of the Chief Constable and Mr Keenan, on behalf of the Council’s Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure who had submitted representations 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 subject to the usual standard conditions but that the operating hours be restricted to ‘Sunday to Thursday from 11.00 am to 12 midnight and from 11.00 am to 1.00am on Friday and Saturday’ and also subject to the additional conditions requested by Police Scotland in their letter of representation dated 19 August 2024 and the Council’s Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure dated 26 August 2024. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted subject to the usual standard conditions but that the operating hours be restricted to ‘Sunday to Thursday from 11.00 am to 12 midnight and from 11.00 am to 1.00am on Friday and Saturday’ and also subject to the additional conditions requested by Police Scotland in their letter of representation dated 19 August 2024 and the Council’s Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure dated 26 August 2024. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 1.10 pm and reconvened at 1.40 pm. Seerunt Councillor Montgomery left the meeting prior to consideration of the following item of business. Councillor Hughes joined the meeting prior to consideration of the following item of business. 13 Grant of Private Hire Car Drivers' Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences. The applicants had been asked to appear personally for the first time together with Police Scotland who had submitted objections received outwith the statutory timescale to applications (a) and (b):- (a) Dila Ram Gaire There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Gaire, the applicant. 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: That consideration of the application be continued and that the applicant be invited to a future meeting of the Board. (b) Jordan MacPherson There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr MacPherson, the applicant. Sergeant Robertson, was invited into the meeting, on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted an objection to the application received outwith the statutory timescale to the application. The Convener proposed that the application be considered in Mr MacPherson’s absence. This was agreed unanimously. On hearing the reasons for the lateness of objection, the Convener proposed that the objection be taken into account when the application was being considered. This was agreed unanimously. 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. (c) Abdulai Ouidraougo Mr Ouidraougo, the applicant, was invited into 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 one year. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the application be granted for a period of one year. (b) Jordan MacPherson Under reference to item 13(b) above, Mr MacPherson, 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 received outwith the statutory timescale to the application. The Managing Solicitor (Licensing) advised Mr MacPherson that when his application called before the Board earlier, he was not in attendance and that on hearing the reasons for the lateness of the objection, the Board had decided (i) that the objection be taken into account when the application was being considered; and (ii) that the Board had decided that consideration of the application be continued to allow the applicant to be in attendance. The Board then heard again from Sergeant Robertson and from Mr MacPherson. 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.
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14 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:- Applicant: Sidharth Sidharth Licence No.: P0718 The Managing Solicitor (Licensing) advised that this application had been granted under delegated authority for a period of two years. DECIDED: That it be noted that this application had been granted under delegated authority for a period of two years. 15 Hearing into Possible Suspension or Revocation of Private Hire Car Driver's Licence - Personal Appearance The Board considered the possible suspension or revocation of the undernoted licence. The licence holder had been asked to appear personally for the first time together with Police Scotland:- Licence holder: Rafal Bednarek Licence No.: P0845 Mr Bednarek, the licence holder, was invited into the meeting together with Sergeant Robertson, on behalf of the Chief Constable. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Managing Solicitor (Licensing) asked Mr Bednarek if he wished to address the Board on any action the Board might impose prior to any motions being made in relation to his Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence. Mr Bednarek then addressed the Board. Following consideration of Mr Badnarek’s’ submission, the Board adjourned to allow members to consider the matter. The meeting was reconvened and the Convener proposed that Mr Bednarek’s Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence be suspended for the unexpired portion of the duration of the licence with immediate effect. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That Mr Bednarek’s Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence be suspended for the unexpired portion of the duration of the licence with immediate effect.