Item 3 - DRAFT Minute of Licensing Board - 28 October 2025 v5
West Dunbartonshire Council · 13 January 2026
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE LICENSING BOARD At a Meeting of West Dunbartonshire Licensing Board held in the Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall, Clydebank, on Tuesday, 28 October 2025 at 10.04 a.m. Present: Provost Karen Murray Conaghan and Councillors John Millar, Lawrence O’Neill, Chris Pollock and Sophie Traynor. Attending: Michael McDougall, Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board; Lawrence Knighton, Licensing Standards Officer; Marie Grant, Licensing Assistant; and Lynn Straker, Committee Officer. Also Attending: Sergeant David Holmes, Police Scotland. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Fiona Hennebry, Gurpreet Singh Johal and Hazel Sorrell. Councillor John Millar in the Chair DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was noted that there were no declarations of interest in any of the items of business on the agenda. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Minutes of Meeting of the Licensing Board held on 2 September 2025 were submitted and approved as a correct record. VARIATION IN ORDER OF BUSINESS Having heard Councillor Millar, Chair, the Board agreed to vary the order of business as hereinafter minuted. FESTIVE HOURS POLICY 2025/2026 A report was submitted by the Clerk to the Licensing Board proposing a policy to the Licencing Board on an extension to licenses hours during the festive period in terms of Section 67 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (”the Act”).
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After discussion and having heard the Mr McDougall, Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Board agreed:- (a) that the 2025/26 Festive Period is defined as being Monday 8 December 2025 to Friday 2 January 2026 inclusive; (b) that premises licence holders without significant entertainment to trade for one hour more than normal licensed hours during the festive period with the exception of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day where such premises can trade for two additional hours (2.00 a.m.) and Hogmanay; (c) that premises licence holders – with permission to utilise festive extensions - without significant entertainment (public houses, hotel bars and members’ clubs) may trade to 3 a.m. on Hogmanay on condition that last entry to the premises is 11 p.m. and the event is pre- ticketed; (d) that premises licence holders - with permission to utilise festive extensions - offering significant entertainment (nightclubs) may trade until 4 a.m. during the festive period; (e) premises licence holders without permission to utilise festive extensions may apply for extended hours certificates in relation to the festive period; (f) that authority for the granting of applications for extended hours certificates over the Festive Period be delegated to the Clerk to the Licensing Board, if the terms of the application are in accordance with the foregoing agreed recommendations; and (g) that should applications for extended hours certificates be submitted which fall out-with the agreed hours or foregoing recommendations, then any such applications may require to be submitted to the Board for consideration, particularly where objections are forthcoming. DECIDED:- After discussion and having heard the Mr McDougall, Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Board agreed:- (a) that the 2025/26 Festive Period is defined as being Monday 8 December 2025 to Friday 2 January 2026 inclusive; (b) that premises licence holders without significant entertainment to trade for one hour more than normal licensed hours during the festive period with the exception of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day where such premises can trade for two additional hours (2.00 a.m.) and Hogmanay;
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(c) that premises licence holders – with permission to utilise festive extensions - without significant entertainment (public houses, hotel bars and members’ clubs) may trade to 3 a.m. on Hogmanay on condition that last entry to the premises is 11 p.m. and the event is pre- ticketed; (d) that premises licence holders - with permission to utilise festive extensions - offering significant entertainment (nightclubs) may trade until 4 a.m. during the festive period; (e) premises licence holders without permission to utilise festive extensions may apply for extended hours certificates in relation to the festive period; (f) that authority for the granting of applications for extended hours certificates over the Festive Period be delegated to the Clerk to the Licensing Board, if the terms of the application are in accordance with the foregoing agreed recommendations; and (g) that should applications for extended hours certificates be submitted which fall out-with the agreed hours or foregoing recommendations, then any such applications may require to be submitted to the Board for consideration, particularly where objections are forthcoming. APPLICATION FOR PERSONAL LICENCE APPLICATION A report was submitted providing information regarding a Review of a Personal Licence for Mr Andrew Anderson. As Mr Andrew Anderson, Personal Licence Holder, was not in attendance at the meeting, Members agreed to a continuation of the hearing to the next meeting of the Licensing Board. DECIDED:- Members agreed to a continuation of the hearing to the next meeting of the Licensing Board. The meeting closed at 10.32 a.m.