Item 9 - The Keep Bar - Non Payment of Annual Fees 2025-2026
West Dunbartonshire Council · 3 March 2026
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Regulatory 16 Church Street DUMBARTON G82 1QL Our Ref: WDLBPREM/0142 Your Ref: Date: 4 February 2026 E-Mail Address: lawrence.knighton@west-dunbarton.gov.uk The Clerk West Dunbartonshire Licensing Board c/o West Dunbartonshire Council 16 Church Street Dumbarton G82 1QL Dear Sir, LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 (“the 2005 Act”): SECTION 36 PREMISES LICENCE REVIEW APPLICATION PREMISES: Prem 0142 The Keep Bar 16 Castlehill Road Dumbarton G82 5BL PREMISES LICENCE HOLDER: Clyde Lets Ltd In terms of section 36 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, as a Licensing Standards Officer, I hereby makes application to the Licensing Board for a review of the premises licence in respect of the premises known as The Keep Bar 16 Castlehill Road Dumbarton G82 5BL. I make this application in terms of Section 36(3)(a) that one or more of the conditions to which the premises licence is subject have been breached and that the notice issued pursuant to this breach has not been complied with; namely; Para 10 of Schedule 3 to the 2005 Act – Payment of Annual or Recurring Fees – the licence holder has failed to pay the annual fee for 2025-2026 By way of background, this condition requires the holder of a premises licence (whether it be in effect or suspended) to make payment of an annual fee to the Licensing Board. For these particular premises the annual fee is £220. The 2005 Act requires that the annual fee be paid to the Licensing Board before the 1 October each year. The Premises Licence holder was notified of the need to pay the annual fee by letter on the 28 August 2025. On 25 October 2025 a reminder letter was sent to both the Premises Licence Holder and also to the premises marked for the attention of the Designated Premises Manager (DPM). This letter detailed that the annual fee had not been paid by the due date and encouraged the Licence Holder/DPM to make contact with the Licensing Team to rectify this matter. No contact was forthcoming. Given that the annual fee for 2025-2026 had not been paid, and that no contact had been made with the Licensing Office, a compliance notice was issued on 27 January 2026 under Section 14
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of the Licensing Act. This notice was sent to the registered office of the licence holder and copied to the premises. The notice specified that the annual fee should be paid no later than the 1 February 2026. This notice has not been complied with. Section 14 of the Licensing Act states that if a compliance notice is not complied with, the Officer should make a premises licence review application in respect of the licence. This is the basis for the application to review this licence. I therefore request that the Licensing Board consider the aforementioned grounds for review and take such steps as it consider necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the Licensing Objectives under the terms of Section 39(2) of the Act. Yours faithfully, Lawrence Knighton Licensing Standards Officer