Item 3b - DRAFT Minute of Special Meeting of Licensing Committee - 10 March 2025 v2
West Dunbartonshire Council · 16 April 2025
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LICENSING COMMITTEE At a Special Meeting of the Licensing Committee held in the Civic Space, 16, Church Street, Dumbarton on Monday, 10 March 2025 at 10.02 a.m. Present: Councillors Ian Dickson, Lawrence O’Neill and Chris Pollock. Attending: Michael McDougall, Manager of Legal Services; Lorraine Charles, Building Standards Surveyor and Lynn Straker, Committee Officer. Also Attending: Ms Marcela Morton, Applicant. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Gurpreet Singh Johal, Fiona Hennebry, John Millar, Gordon Scanlan and Hazel Sorrell. Councillor Lawrence O’Neill in 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 Meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 19 February 2025 were submitted and approved as a correct record. OPEN FORUM The Committee noted that no open forum questions had been submitted by members of the public. 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 Ms Marcela Morton for Whiteleys Farm - House 1.
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Members first heard from Ms Lorraine Charles, Building Standards Surveyor. Members then heard from the Applicant in support of the application and in response to Ms Charles’ comments. After discussion and having heard the Applicant in further detail and in answer to Members’ questions, 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 Ms Marcela Morton for Whiteleys Farm - House 2. Members first heard from Lorraine Charles, Building Standards Surveyor. Members then heard from the Applicant in support of the application and in response to Ms Charles’ comments. After discussion and having heard the Applicant in further detail and in answer to Members’ questions, 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 Members first heard from Lorraine Charles, Building Standards Surveyor. Members then heard from the Applicant in support of the application and in response to Ms Charles’ comments. After discussion and having heard the Applicant in further detail and in answer to Members’ questions, 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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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." The meeting closed at 10.22 a.m.