Item 3a - DRAFT Minute of Special Licensing Committee - 24 September 2025
West Dunbartonshire Council · 18 February 2026
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LICENSING COMMITTEE At a Special Meeting of the Licensing Committee held in the Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall, 5 Hall Street, Clydebank on Wednesday, 24 September 2025 at 12.01 p.m. Present: Councillors John Millar, Lawrence O’Neill, Chris Pollock and Gordon Scanlan. Attending: Peter Hessett, Chief Executive; Michael McDougall, Manager of Legal Services and Lynn Straker, Committee Officer. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Ian Dickson, Fiona Hennebry, Gurpreet Singh Johal and Hazel Sorrell. Councillor Lawrence O’Neill 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. LICENSING OF SHORT-TERM LETS – REVIEW OF TEMPORARY EXEMPTIONS POLICY A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration informing Members that a review of the Council’s policy regarding temporary exemptions for short-term lets has been carried out. After discussion and having heard the Manager of Legal Services in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed:- (1) note the statutory requirement to review the Council’s policy on temporary exemptions for short-term lets at this time; (2) note the responses received further to the Licensing Service’s review; and (3) approve the terms of the updated policy on temporary exemptions as set out at Appendix 1 to this report. The meeting closed at 12.06 p.m. ITEM 3A
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