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Helensburgh Service Station, Cardross Road, Helensburgh, G84 7LA

Argyll and Bute Council · 24 September 2024
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ITEM 5(a) 
Argyll and Bute Licensing Board
24th September 2024
APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A PROVISIONAL PREMISES
LICENCE 
NAME OF PREMISES: Helensburgh Service Station, Cardross Road, Helensburgh, G84 7JN
APPLICANT:    Motor Fuel Limited, Gladstone Place, 10 Bricket Road, St. Albans, AL1 3JX
AGENT:    Harper MacLeod, 45 Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3PE
DESCRIPTION OF PREMISES:
The premises are located at Cardross Road, Helensburgh, G84 7JN.
The premises as a general convenience store adjacent to petrol/derv filling station forecourt. The
site has car parking separate from the fuel pumps. The premises do not form part of the nearby
retail supermarket premises.
The petrol/derv filling station forecourt area is not part of the area to be licensed. The premises
offer substantial general convenience separate from, and supplementary to, the offer of petrol/derv. 
The applicant considers that persons within the locality of the premises are reliant on the premises
to a significant extent on the premises as a principal source of petrol or derv or groceries and
thereby satisfy the criteria of section 123(5) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act and as such are not
excluded premises. 
LICENSED HOURS APPLIED FOR 
ON SALES OFF SALES
Monday N/A 10.00 to 22.00
Tuesday N/A 10.00 to 22.00
Wednesday N/A 10.00 to 22.00
Thursday N/A 10.00 to 22.00
Friday N/A 10.00 to 22.00
Saturday N/A 10.00 to 22.00
Sunday N/A 10.00 to 22.00

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ITEM 5(a) 
SEASONAL VARIATION:- N/A 
ACTIVITIES:- Recorded music. 
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSON’S CONDITIONS:- N/A 
CAPACITY OF PREMISES: - Off Sales – 13.17m2                                                 
LSO COMMENTS:  See attached report
POLICE COMMENTS:  No Police objections   
OBJECTIONS/REPRESENTATIONS:   None
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION:-
(1) The applicant has commissioned a Customer Profiling Research Report (June 2024) from Taylor
McKenzie Research which outlines the findings from a customer research interviewing program
carried out between Tuesday, 25th June and Sunday, 30th June. The Report is included with the
papers.
(2) The applicant has included the home delivery of groceries, food and drinks including alcoholic
drinks.