APPROVED Minute of Licensing Board - 14 January 2025 v2
West Dunbartonshire Council · 14 January 2025
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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, 14 January 2025 at 10.00 a.m. Present: Councillors Gurpreet Singh Johal, Lawrence O’Neill, Chris Pollock, Hazel Sorrell and Sophie Traynor. Attending: Michael McDougall, Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board; Peter Clyde, Licensing Standards Officer; Carol-Ann Anderson, Licensing Assistant and Natalie Roger and Lynn Straker, Committee Officers. Also Attending: Sergeant David Holmes, Police Scotland; Mr Ozgar Koca, representative for Major Variation of Premises Application – The Doghouse, Balloch; Mr Lewis Barn and Mr John Hesketh, Solicitor and Representative for Application for Provisional Premises Licence – Chivas Brothers. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Provost Karen Murray Conaghan and Councillors Fiona Hennebry and John Millar. APPOINTMENT OF CONVENOR In the absence of the Convenor, Members agreed that Councillor Sorrell should chair the meeting. Accordingly, the meeting was briefly adjourned as Councillor Sorrell assumed the Chair. Councillor Hazel Sorrell 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 at this point in the meeting. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS The Minutes of the Licensing Board meeting held on Tuesday, 29 October 2024 were submitted and approved as a correct record.
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APPLICATION FOR A MAJOR VARIATION TO PREMISES LICENCE An application was submitted for consideration for a Major Variation to Premises Licence for The Doghouse, 54 Balloch Road, Balloch G83 8LE. Members first heard from Mr McDougall, Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board in introduction to the application and then from Mr Peter Clyde, Licensing Standards Officer in detail of his comments and recommendations for the application. Members then heard from Mr Koca, Applicant, in support of the application. ADJOURNMENT Councillor Sorrell, Convenor, adjourned the meeting for a short recess. The meeting reconvened at 10.39 a.m. with all Members listed in the sederunt present. After further discussion and having heard Mr Koca in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, Members agreed to grant the application subject to the conditions narrated in in the Licensing Standards Officer report and with the additional conditions that a member of staff is in attendance in the outdoor area when in use and that table service is compulsory at all times the outdoor area is in use. DECIDED:- Members agreed to grant the application subject to the conditions narrated in in the Licensing Standards Officer report and with the additional conditions that a member of staff is in attendance in the outdoor area when in use and that table service is compulsory at all times the outdoor area is in use. APPLICATION FOR A PROVISIONAL PREMISES LICENCE An application was submitted for consideration for a Provisional Premises Licence for Chivas Brothers, Duty Paid Store, Kilmalid, Stirling Road, Dumbarton G82 2SS. Members first heard from Mr Peter Clyde in regards to comments from Licensing Standards Officer and concerns regarding Overprovision in the area and then heard from Sergeant David Holmes, Police Scotland with regards to protected convictions held by the applicant. Members then heard from Mr Barn, Solicitor and Representative in support of the application. After discussion and having heard the Solicitor in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, Members agreed to grant the application. DECIDED:- Members agreed to grant the application.
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GAMBLING ACT 2005 AND STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES A report was submitted by the Clerk of the Licensing Board finalising the Licensing Board's Statement of Principles and Local Area Profile in relation to its functions under the Gambling Act 2005 (the 2005 Act) ahead of its publication. After discussion and having heard the Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Board agreed:- (1) to note the responses received further to the public consultation; (2) to note the updated Statement of Principles and Local Area Profile; and (3) to authorise the Clerk to finalise and publish the Statement of Principles and Local Area Profile (subject to any minor amends thought necessary by the Clerk). PERSONAL LICENCE APPLICATION A report was submitted by Clerk of the Licensing Board providing information regarding a Personal Licence application for Ms Elspeth Glasgow. It was noted the applicant was unable to attend the hearing. After discussion, Members agreed to continue the application to the next meeting of the Licensing Board. DECIDED:- Members agreed to continue the application to the next meeting of the Licensing Board. PERSONAL LICENCE APPLICATION A report was submitted by Clerk of the Licensing Board providing information regarding a Personal Licence application for Mr Michael Docherty. It was noted the applicant was unable to attend the hearing. After discussion, Members agreed to continue the application to the next meeting of the Licensing Board. DECIDED:- Members agreed to continue the application to the next meeting of the Licensing Board. The meeting closed at 10:56 a.m.