APPROVED Minute - Licensing Committee - 3 December 2025 v2
West Dunbartonshire Council · 3 December 2025
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LICENSING COMMITTEE At a Meeting of the Licensing Committee held in the Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall, 5 Hall Street, Clydebank on Wednesday, 3 December 2025 at 2.00 p.m. Present: Councillors Ian Dickson, Gurpreet Singh Johal, John Millar, Lawrence O’Neill, Chris Pollock and Gordon Scanlan. Attending: Michael McDougall, Manager of Legal Services; Robert Mackie, Senior Licensing Officer; Peter Clyde, Civic Licensing Standards Officer; and Lynn Straker, Committee Officer. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors 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 MEETING The Minutes of the Meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 8 October 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 PRINCIPAL STREET TRADER’S LICENCE (CONTINUATION) A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration requesting the Committee to consider an application for the grant of a Principal Street Trader’s Licence submitted by Mr Michael Gardner. Members first heard from Ms Bowman in terms of her objection to the application and then from Mr Gardner in support of the application.
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After discussion and having heard the Manager of Legal Services, the Applicant and the Objector in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed to grant the application with the standard conditions and an additional condition that the applicant not trade in Bowling until after 1.00 p.m. on Thursdays each week. DECIDED:- The Committee agreed to grant the application with the standard conditions and an additional condition that the applicant not trade in Bowling until after 1.00 p.m. on Thursdays each week. VALEDICTORY MICHAEL MCDOUGALL, MANAGER OF LEGAL SERVICES Councillor O’Neill, Chair, advised the Committee that Michael McDougall, Manager of Legal Services, would be moving on from his role and, on behalf of Members, thanked Mr McDougall for his hard work and dedication in the Licensing Section and wished him well in his future endeavours. The meeting closed at 2.35 p.m.