APPROVED Minute of Licensing Committee - 18 February 2026 - v3
West Dunbartonshire Council · 18 February 2026
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1521 LICENSING COMMITTEE At a Meeting of the Licensing Committee held in the Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall, 5 Hall Street, Clydebank on Wednesday, 18 February 2026 at 2.00 p.m. Present: Councillors Ian Dickson, John Millar, Lawrence O’Neill, Chris Pollock and Gordon Scanlan. Attending: Heather McLaughlin, Section Head – Citizen and Regulatory; Robert Mackie, Senior Licensing Officer; Lawrence Knighton, Civic Licensing Standards Officer; Aidan Cameron, Building Standards Surveyor; Ms Nicola Bell; Mr Charles Mailey; Mr Michael McDougall TLT Solicitors; Mrs Tracey McKernan; Mr David McKernan; Mr Will East; and Carly Chisholm and Lynn Straker, Committee Officers. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Gurpreet Singh Johal, Fiona Hennebry and Hazel Sorrell. Councillor Lawrence O’Neill in Chair DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was noted that there were no declarations of interest in the item of business on the agenda. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS The Minutes of the Meetings of the Licensing Committee held on 25 September 2025 (Special), 3 December 2025 (Ordinary) and 13 January 2026 (Special) were submitted and approved as correct records. OPEN FORUM The Committee noted that no open forum questions had been submitted by members of the public.
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1522 APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A SHORT TERM LET LICENCE A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration requesting the Committee to consider an application for grant of a Short-Term Let Licence submitted by Haven Properties (Levenside) Ltd., Haven, Fisherwood Road, Alexandria G83 8SW to operate on a home sharing basis at The Boathouse, Haven, Fisherwood Road, Alexandria G83 8SW. Members first heard from the Section Head Citizen and Regulatory Services in introduction to the application and then from Mr Aidan Cameron, Building Standards Surveyor outlining the Building Services objection to the application. Members then heard from the applicant in response to Mr Cameron’s comments. Members agreed to grant the application, subject to the mandatory and local conditions with the addition of the following condition: "The premises will not be used as a short-term let until the Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration is satisfied that the matters relating to building standards matters are resolved." DECIDED:- Members agreed to grant the application, subject to the mandatory and local conditions with the addition of the following condition: "The premises will not be used as a short-term let until the Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration is satisfied that the matters relating to building standards matters are resolved. APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A SHORT TERM LET LICENCE A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration requesting the Committee to consider an application for grant of a Short Term Let Licence submitted by Mr Charles Mailey, Islay, 51 Hillbank Street, Bonhill Alexandria G83 9AR to operate on a secondary letting basis at Quarry Cabins, 51 Hillbank Street, Bonhill Alexandria G83 9AR. Members first heard from the Section Head – Citizen and Regulatory Services in introduction to the application advising that an objection to the application had been received from both Building Standards and Planning in response to the consultation process. An updated response had been received on 16 February 2026 from Planning and this was read out to the Committee. Members then heard from Mr Aidan Cameron, Building Standards Surveyor, outlining the Building Services objection to the application. Members then heard from the applicant in response to Mr Cameron’s comments. Members agreed to grant the application subject to the mandatory and local conditions with the addition of the following condition: "The premises will not be used as a short-term let until the Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration is satisfied that the matters relating to building standards matters are resolved."
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1523 DECIDED:- Members agreed to grant the application subject to the mandatory and local conditions with the addition of the following condition: "The premises will not be used as a short-term let until the Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration is satisfied that the matters relating to building standards matters are resolved. APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF A TAXI LICENCE A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration requesting the Committee to consider an application for the variation of a Taxi Licence submitted by Mr Tin Sang Chow and Mrs Tracey McKernan. Members first heard from the Section Head Citizen and Regulatory Services in introduction to the application advising Members that the request to increase the carrying capacity of the vehicle from 4 passengers to 7 passengers, without the vehicle being wheelchair accessible, was contrary to the existing policy. Members then heard from Mr Michael McDougall, Solicitor, acting on behalf of the applicants, who addressed the reasons for the request to deviate from the Council’s policy for this specific vehicle. Members also heard from Mr David McKernan in his capacity as operational manager of Lomond & Clyde Taxis from where the vehicle will be dispatched for hire. ADJOURNMENT Councillor O’Neill, at the suggestion of Councillor Millar, adjourned the meeting for a short recess to allow Members to physically review the vehicle in question which had been made available for inspection. The meeting reconvened at 2.40 p.m. with all those listed in the sederunt present. After further discussion, and having heard from Mr McDougall, the Senior Licensing Officer, and Mr McKernan, in answer to Members’ questions, Members agreed to grant the application, allowing the vehicle to be licensed to carry 7 passengers without the need for the vehicle to be wheelchair accessible with the caveat that, should a request be made in future for the vehicle to be used under any other taxi or private hire car licence, the exemption would no longer apply and the vehicle would revert back to being licensed for 4 passengers. DECIDED:- Members agreed to grant the application, allowing the vehicle to be licensed to carry 7 passengers without the need for the vehicle to be wheelchair accessible with the caveat that, should a request be made in future for the vehicle to be used under any other taxi or private hire car licence, the exemption would no longer apply and the vehicle would revert back to being licensed for 4 passengers.
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1524 The meeting closed at 2.52 p.m.