APPROVED Licensing Board Minute - 1 November 2022 v.4
West Dunbartonshire Council · 1 November 2022
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE LICENSING BOARD At a Hybrid Meeting of West Dunbartonshire Licensing Board held in the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton on Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 10.00 a.m. Present: Councillors Ian Dickson, Gurpreet Singh Johal, Jonathan McColl, June McKay, John Millar, Chris Pollock and Hazel Sorrell. Attending: Michael McDougall, Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board; Lawrence Knighton, Licensing Standards Officer and Lynn Straker and Nicola Moorcroft, Committee Officers. Also Attending: Sergeant David Holmes, Police Scotland; Brian Dunlop, Solicitor and Representative for Application for Variation of Premises License. Apologies: An apology for absence was intimated on behalf of Councillor Lawrence O’Neill. Councillor June McKay 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 the Joint Meeting of the Licensing Board and Local Licensing Forum held on Tuesday, 6 September 2022 were submitted and approved as a correct record. LICENSING POLICY STATEMENT A report was submitted by the Clerk to the Licensing Board informing the Licensing Board of the requirement to publish a Licensing Policy Statement by the end of November 2023 and setting out the issues that the Board will have to consider when preparing its Policy and the work that it is proposed that officers will undertake.
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The Depute Clerk advised the Board of a proposed timetable for publishing its Policy and an Assessment of Overprovision and having heard the Depute Clerk and the Licensing Standing Officer and in answer to Members’ questions, the Board agreed:- (1) to carry out an informal consultation to gather statistical evidence to inform its Overprovision Assessment and to identify particular issues to consider when preparing its Policy; (2) to request the assistance of West Dunbartonshire Council, Police Scotland, West Dunbartonshire Alcohol Drug Partnership, and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in providing statistical evidence; (3) to request that the Licensing Forum considers any statistical evidence provided to it and produces a report outlining its recommendations regarding, first, any issues that the Board might wish to consider as part of its next Policy and, second, localities where Overprovision may exist; (4) to call on the Licensing Standards Officers to produce a report that outlines the numbers of licensed premises within localised intermediate data zones and that this report also includes details of licensed hours and capacities of premises; (5) that the Clerk is authorised to work along with the West Dunbartonshire Alcohol and Drugs Partnership and other partners in the Council, Police Scotland, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and any other relevant body to identify and agree on the exact data which is to be gathered with the additional requirement of requesting information relating to changing drinking habits as a result of COVID; (6) to seek views from Police Scotland, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Community Councils, the West Dunbartonshire Alcohol Drug Partnership, and trade on any issues that the Board might wish to consider as part of its next Policy; and (7) to note the proposed timetable for preparation of the next Policy with the additional requirement of specific dates to be added to paragraph 4.1 of the report. APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF PREMISES LICENCE A report was submitted by the Clerk to the Licensing Board requesting consideration of an application for Variation of Premises Licence for Stevie’s Super Save, 46 Beeches Road, Clydebank, G81 6HS. The Board heard from the Depute Clerk and the Licensing Standards Officer in explanation of the application. Having heard Mr Dunlop, Solicitor and Representative for the Application and Sergeant Holmes in answer to Members’ questions, the Board agreed to approve the
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Application with the addition of a condition requiring: (i) the CCTV system is recordable and viewable at source and does so during all hours the premises is open; (ii) the images recorded should be date and time coded for the purposes of crime prevention; and (iii) suitable surveillance is offered of the licensed area of the premises as denoted on the layout plan. DECIDED:- The Board agreed to approve the application with the additional condition requiring: (i) the CCTV system is recordable and viewable at source and does so during all hours the premises is open; (ii) the images recorded should be date and time coded for the purposes of crime prevention; and (iii) suitable surveillance is offered of the licensed area of the premises as denoted on the layout plan. ARGYLL AND WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE LICENSING REPORT 2021 – 2022 The Argyll and West Dunbartonshire Licensing Report 2021 – 2022 was submitted by the Chief Constable of Police Scotland. Having heard Sergeant David Holmes and the Depute Clerk, and in answer to Members’ questions, the Board agreed to note the report. DECIDED:- The Board agreed to note the contents of the report. The meeting closed at 10.33 a.m.