Item 3 - DRAFT Licensing Board Minute - 10 January 2023 v.4
West Dunbartonshire Council · 7 March 2023
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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, 10 January 2023 at 10.02 a.m. Present: Councillors Gurpreet Singh Johal, June McKay, Lawrence O’Neill, Chris Pollock and Hazel Sorrell. Attending: Michael McDougall, Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board; Peter Clyde, Licensing Standards Officer; Marie Grant, Licensing Assistant and Lynn Straker, Committee Officer. Also Attending: Sergeant David Holmes, Police Scotland; John Stevenson and Karen O’Dell, Environment Health Representatives; Mrs Caroline Louden, Solicitor from TLT Solicitors and Representative for Application for Variation of Premises Licence – Ardoch House; Mr Peter Cockhill, Manager of Ardoch House and Mr Ian MacAndrew, representative from CHAS; Mr Andrew Hunter, Solicitor from Harper Macleod, Representative of Application for Premises Licence – Betting (Other) – William Hill; Mr Andrew Ashton, Divisional Licensing and Development Manager – William Hill (Applicant) and Owen Scott, Manager – William Hill (Applicant) Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Ian Dickson, Jonathan McColl and John Millar. 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 Licensing Board meeting held on Tuesday, 1 November 2022 were submitted and approved as a correct record.
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APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF PREMISES LICENCE An application was submitted for a Variation of Premises Licence for Ardoch House, Gartocharn, Alexandria, G83 8ND. Having heard the Licensing Standards Officer and Environmental Health representatives comments in relation to the application, Members of the Board then heard from Mrs Caroline Louden, Solicitor in support of the application. Having heard from Mr Peter Cockhill, Manager of Ardoch House in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, Members of the Board agreed to grant the application for Variation of Premises Licence with the following amendments: • Operating Plan narrates that the temporary marquee will be in situ for a maximum number of 12 occasions and only within the period 1st April to 30th September each year; • reference to “marquees” in the description of premises is amended to “marquee”; and • addition of a local condition narrating that the outdoor licensed area must not be used after 12.00 midnight. DECIDED:- Members of the Board agreed to grant the application for Variation of Premises Licence with the following amendments: • operating Plan narrates that the temporary marquee will be in situ for a maximum number of 12 occasions and only within the period 1st April to 30th September each year; • the reference to “marquees” in the description of premises is amended to “marquee”; and • the addition of a local condition narrating that the outdoor licensed area must not be used after 12.00 midnight. APPLICATION FOR PREMISES LICENCE – BETTING (OTHER) An application was submitted for consideration for Premises Licence for William Hill, 33 Sylvania Way South, Clyde Shopping Centre, Clydebank, G81 1EA. Mr Michael McDougall, Depute Clerk, confirmed to Members that the application had been advertised in accordance with the relevant legislation. Having heard from Mr Andrew Hunter, Solicitor and Mr Andrew Ashton, Divisional Licensing and Development Manager for William Hill, in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, Members agreed to grant the Application for Premises Licence – Betting (Other) as presented. DECIDED:- Members agreed to grant the Application for Premises Licence – Betting (Other) as sought.
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CONSULTATION ON RESTRICTING ALCOHOL ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION A report was submitted by Clerk to the Licensing Board informing the Licensing Board (“the Board”) about a Scottish Government consultation that partly relates to alcohol licensing and to ask the Board to approve a response. Having heard the Depute Clerk to the Licensing Board in further detail of the proposed response, Members of the Board agreed to note the terms of the Scottish Government consultation and approve the proposed response. The meeting closed at 10.45 a.m.