Item 3 - DRAFT Minute of Licensing Board - 29 October 2024 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 Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, on Tuesday, 29 October 2024 at 10.00 a.m. Present: Provost Karen Murray Conaghan and Councillors Fiona Hennebry, Chris Pollock and Sophie Traynor. Attending: Michael McDougall, Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board; Peter Clyde and Lawrence Knighton, Licensing Standards Officers; Carol-Ann Anderson, Licensing Assistant and Lynn Straker, Committee Officer. Also Attending: Sergeant David Holmes, Police Scotland; Audrey Junner, Solicitor and Representative and Ms Hannah Sheikh, Applicant for Application for Provisional Premises Licence - 6/8 Webster Street, Clydebank G81 1AZ; Mr Gulzar Ahmed and Mr Spencer, Objectors to Application for Provisional Premises Licence - 6/8 Webster Street, Clydebank G81 1AZ; Mr Raymond Yip, Applicant for Personal Licence. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Gurpreet Singh Johal, John Millar, Lawrence O’Neill and Hazel Sorrell. Michael McDougall in the Chair STATEMENT BY CHAIR Mr McDougall, Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board, opened the meeting and advised the Convenor and Depute Convenor had submitted their Apologies for the meeting. Provost Murray Conaghan, seconded by Councillor Traynor, moved for Councillor Pollock to sit as Convenor and the Motion was carried. Councillor Chris Pollock 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.
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MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS The Minutes of the Licensing Board meeting held on Tuesday, 3 September 2024 were submitted and approved as a correct record. APPLICATION FOR A PROVISIONAL PREMISES LICENCE An application was submitted for consideration for a Provisional Premises Licence for 6/8 Webster Street, Clydebank G81 1AZ. Members first heard from Objectors to the Application – Mr Gulzar Ahmed and Mr Spencer and then heard from Sergeant David Holmes, Police Scotland who noted no comment or objection to the application. Members then heard from Solicitor and Representative to the Application Ms Audrey Junner in support of the application. ADJOURNMENT Councillor Pollock, Convenor, adjourned the meeting for a short recess. The meeting reconvened at 10.31 a.m. with all Members listed in the sederunt present. After further discussion and having heard the Solicitor in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, Members agreed to grant the application as detailed in the Licensing Standards Officer report and with the additional condition that CCTV is installed internally and externally of the store. DECIDED:- Members agreed to grant the application subject to conditions as detailed in the Licensing Standards Officer report and with the additional condition that CCTV is installed internally and externally of the store. APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A PERSONAL LICENCE A report was submitted by the Clerk of the Licensing Board regarding an application of a Personal Licence for Mr Raymond Yip. Members first heard from Sergeant David Holmes, Police Scotland who detailed the letter from Chief Constable, Police Scotland and the reasons why it was felt Mr Yip was not a fit and proper person to hold the Licence. Members then heard from Mr Yip in support of the application. ADJOURNMENT
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Councillor Pollock, Convenor, adjourned the meeting for a short recess. The meeting reconvened at 10.59 a.m. with all Members listed in the sederunt present. After further discussion and having heard the applicant, Sergeant David Holmes and Mr McDougall in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, Members agreed to refuse to grant the application, on the basis that Members do not consider Mr Yip is a fit and proper person to hold the Licence. DECIDED:- Members agreed to refuse to grant the application on the basis that Members do not consider Mr Yip is a fit and proper person to hold the Licence. The meeting closed at 11:02 a.m.