Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 12 March 2025
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Minute of Meeting Regulatory Functions Board Date Time Venue Wednesday, 12 March 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 Sam Mullin, Councillor Andy Steel Chair Councillor McNaughtan, Convener, presided. In Attendance D Campbell, Managing Solicitor (Licensing), K Robb, Senior Solicitor, R Graham, Senior Solicitor (Litigation & Regulatory Services) (for Item 7 only), E Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer, D Cunningham and A Easdon, both Committee Services & Licensing Officers, C Young, Civic Licensing Standards Officer/Licensing Standards Officer and K Marriott and R McCallum, both Licensing & Committee Assistants (all Finance & Resources). Apology Councillor Montgomery. 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 7 of the agenda before item 6(b) of the agenda and item 8 of the agenda after item 10 of the agenda.
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1 Grant of Late Hours Catering Licences – Personal Appearances There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Late Hours Catering Licences. The applicants had been asked to appear personally:- (a) Applicant: BKUK Group Limited Premises: Burger King, Linwood Road, Paisley Activity: Fast-food Drive Thru Operating hours: Monday to Sunday – 11.00 pm to 5.00 am Mr Hassard, Hassard Licensing Limited, and Mr McKenna, Regional Operations Manager, BKUK Group Limited, joined the meeting on behalf of the applicant. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year and that the applicant 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 one year and that the applicant be an exception to the Board’s policy on trading hours. (b) Applicant: BKUK Group Limited Premises: Burger King, Hillington Industrial Estate, Hillington Road, Glasgow Activity: Fast-food Drive Thru Operating hours: Monday to Sunday – 11.00 pm to 5.00 am Mr Hassard, Hassard Licensing Limited, and Mr McKenna, Regional Operations Manager, BKUK Group Limited remained in the meeting, having not left following the previous item of business. After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that the application be granted for a period of one year and that the applicant 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 one year and that the applicant be an exception to the Board’s policy on trading hours. 2 Renewal of Late Hours Catering Licence There was submitted the undernoted application for renewal of a Late Hours Catering Licence:- Applicant: Motor Fuel Limited Premises: MFG Petrol Station, Main Road, Elderslie Activity: Petrol Station Operating hours: Monday to Sunday – 11.00 pm to 5.00 am Licence No.: LHC-115 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.
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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. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 10.15 am and resumed at 10.25 am. Sederunt Councillor Mullin joined the meeting during the following item of business. As the application had been part heard, Councillor Mullin took no part in the discussion or voting thereon. 3 House in Multiple Occupation Licence – Personal Appearance There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a House in Multiple Occupation licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally together with those who had submitted representations to the application:- Applicant: Luse Real Estate Limited Premises: Flat 2/1, 2 John Neilson Avenue, Paisley Mr D Longwe, Mr N Longwe and Ms C Longwe, from the applicant company, joined the meeting together with Mrs M Allan, Mr D McNidder, Mr G McNidder and Mr Orr who had submitted representations to the application, accompanied by Mr Morrow who also spoke on behalf of Mr G McNidder. 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 Surrender and Re-issue of Taxi Operators’ Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for surrender and re-issue of Taxi Operators’ Licences. Applicants (a) had been asked to appear personally:- (a) Present Operator: Raymond Stanley Proposed Operator: Victor Morosan Licence No.: TX036 Mr Morosan, one of the applicants, joined the meeting. There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Stanley. 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.
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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 paragraphs 3, 6 and 12 of part I of schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. (b) Present Operator: Graeme Anderson Proposed Operator: Paul Anderson Licence No.: TX098 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: James McGregor Proposed Operator: Sarabjit Singh Licence No.: TX138 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 Operators’ Licences There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Operators’ Licences:- (a) Sofi Ullah 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) Muhammad Ibrahim After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Convener proposed that consideration of the application be continued and the applicant, if required, be invited to a future meeting of the Board. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That consideration of the application be continued and the applicant, if required, be invited to a future meeting of the Board.
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6 Grant of Private Hire Car Drivers' Licences - Personal Appearances There were submitted the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences. Applicants (a) and (b) had been asked to appear personally together with Police Scotland who had submitted an objection received outwith the statutory timescale to application (a) and an objection to application (b):- (a) Piotr Wicinski Mr Wicinkski, the applicant, joined the meeting together with Sergeant Robertson on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted an objection 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. 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. (b) Henry Coyle Prior to joining the meeting, Mr Coyle, the applicant, verbally indicated that he wished to withdraw his application and that he would not be joining the meeting. The Managing Solicitor (Licensing) advised that confirmation of this would be required in writing. The Convener proposed that consideration of the application be continued until later in the meeting to allow the applicant to provide written confirmation of his withdrawal to the Licensing Section. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That consideration of the application be continued until later in the meeting to allow the applicant to provide written confirmation of his withdrawal to the Licensing Section. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 12.55 pm and resumed at 1.00 pm. 7 Landlord Registration Appeal There was submitted a report by Director of Finance & Resources relative to a Landlord Registration Appeal. DECIDED: That the recommendations detailed in the report be approved.
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Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 1.10 pm and resumed at 1.45 pm. 8 Grant of Private Hire Car Drivers' Licences - Personal Appearance Under reference to item 6(b) above, consideration was resumed of application (a) and there were submitted applications (b), (c) and (d) for grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences. Applicant (a) had been asked to appear personally together with Police Scotland who had submitted an objection to the application:- (a) Henry Coyle There was no appearance by or on behalf of the applicant or Police Scotland. The Managing Solicitor (Licensing) confirmed that written confirmation had been received from the applicant that he wished to withdraw his application. DECIDED: That it be noted that the application had been withdrawn. (b) Ahmed Ali Altahir 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) Amar Osman 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) Abdul Khalid Rahmani 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 Taxi Driver’s Licence There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a Taxi Driver’s Licence:- Faramarz Derakhshanpoor 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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10 Grant of Landlord Registration - Personal Apperarance Under reference to item 8 of the Minute of the meeting of this Board held on 30 October 2024 consideration was resumed of the undernoted application for grant of Landlord Registration. The applicant had been asked to appear personally together with Police Scotland:- George Fulton Mr Fulton, the applicant, joined the meeting together with Sergeant Robertson, on behalf of the Chief Constable. 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 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 11 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 received outwith the statutory timescale to the application together with a further letter also received outwith the statutory timescale to the application:- Applicant: Kevin Kerr Licence No.: P0495 There was no appearance by or on behalf of Mr Kerr, the applicant. Sergeant Robertson remained in the meeting having not left following 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:- On hearing the reasons for the lateness of the objection and the further letter, the Convener proposed that the objection and further letter be taken into account when the application was being 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.