Minutes
Argyll and Bute Council · 22 October 2025
Back to Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee — 22 October 2025 and its agenda
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MINUTES of MEETING of PLANNING, PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND LICENSING COMMITTEE held BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on TUESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2025 Present: Councillor Kieron Green (Chair) Councillor John Armour Councillor Gordon Blair Councillor Jan Brown Councillor Graham Hardie Councillor Andrew Kain Councillor Dougie Philand Councillor Peter Wallace Attending: Shona Barton, Governance Manager David Walker, Solicitor Sergeant David Holmes, Police Scotland 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Audrey Forrest, Amanda Hampsey, Daniel Hampsey, Fiona Howard, Mark Irvine and Paul Kennedy. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest. 3. CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982: REQUEST FOR SUSPENSION OF TAXI DRIVER LICENCE (NUMBER 6508) (W CURRIE, ALEXANDRIA) The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. In line with recent legislation for Civic Government Hearings, the parties (and any representatives) were given the options for participating in the meeting today. The options available were by video call, by audio call or by written submission. For this hearing Police Scotland opted to proceed by way of audio call and Sergeant David Holmes joined the meeting by telephone. It was noted that the Licence Holder was not present. Before proceeding further, the Chair invited the Council’s Solicitor to provide an update. Mr Walker advised that it had come to Officers’ attention earlier today that the Licence Holder was currently in hospital and that he had not received the required notice that this hearing had been arranged. It was further noted that the Licence Holder was not in a position to attend today or make arrangements for legal representation. For these reasons, the Committee were advised that in the interest of fairness, this hearing should not go ahead today and that, if required, a suspension hearing would be held at a later date. Given the Licence Holder’s current circumstances, the Committee were advised that the risk of him driving his taxi at this time was low. DECISION The Committee noted the position and agreed not to proceed with the suspension hearing at this time.
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(Reference: Report by Head of Legal and Regulatory Support, submitted)