Agenda - Licensing Committee - 7 October 2026
West Dunbartonshire Council · 7 October 2026
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Official Meeting of the Licensing Committee Date: Wednesday, 7 October 2026 ___________________________________________________________________ Time: 14:00 ___________________________________________________________________ Venue: Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton G82 1QL ___________________________________________________________________ Contact: Lynn Straker, Committee Officer Email: lynn.straker@west-dunbarton.gov.uk committee.admin@west-dunbarton.gov.uk Dear Member Please attend a Meeting of the Licensing Committee as detailed above. The business is shown on the attached agenda. Yours faithfully PETER HESSETT Chief Executive
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Official Distribution: Councillor Ian Dickson Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal (Vice Chair) Councillor Jonathan McColl Councillor John Millar Councillor Lawrence O’Neill (Chair) Councillor Chris Pollock Councillor Gordon Scanlan Councillor Hazel Sorrell All other Councillors for information. Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration Date Issued: 22 September 2026
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Official MEETING OF LICENSING COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2026 AGENDA 1 APOLOGIES 2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members are invited to declare if they have an interest in any of the undernoted items of business on this agenda and, if so, state the reasons for such declarations. 3 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING x - x Submit for approval, as a correct record, the Minute of meeting of Licensing Committee held on 5 August 2026. 4 OPEN FORUM The Committee is asked to note that no open forum questions have been submitted by members of the public. 5 HEARING REGARDING POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OR x - x REVOCATION OF A TAXI / PRIVATE HIRE CAR DRIVER LICENCE Submit report by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration requesting the Committee to consider a request from the Civic Licensing Standards Officer for the review of a Taxi/Private Hire Car Driver's Licence held by Mr Gerard Divers. 6 APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A TAXI / PRIVATE HIRE x - x CAR DRIVER’S LICENCE Submit report by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration requesting the Committee to consider an application for grant of a Taxi/Private Hire Car Driver's Licence for Mr Amer Hajali. 7/
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Official 7 APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A TAXI / PRIVATE HIRE x - x CAR DRIVER’S LICENCE Submit report by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration requesting the Committee to consider an application for grant of a Taxi/Private Hire Car Driver's Licence for Mr Gary McCallum. 8 APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A TEMPORARY TAXI / x - x PRIVATE HIRE CAR DRIVER’S LICENCE Submit report by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration requesting the Committee to consider an application for grant of a Temporary Taxi/Private Hire Car Driver's Licence for Mr Farhat Ullah. 9 PROPOSED CHANGE TO KNOWLEDGE TEST PROCEDURE x - x FOR TAXI / PRIVATE HIRE CAR DRIVER APPLICANTS Submit report by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration seeking approval from the Committee to change the procedure for Applicants when applying for the grant of a Taxi/Private Hire Car Driver's Licence. ____________________________________________________________