APPROVED Special Licensing Committee - 24 September 2025 (numbered version for Volume)

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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) to note the statutory requirement to review the Council’s policy on temporary
exemptions for short-term lets at this time;
(2) to note the responses received further to the Licensing Service’s review; and
(3) to 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.