Minutes
Argyll and Bute Council · 19 March 2025
Back to Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee — 19 March 2025 and its agenda
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MINUTES of MEETING of PLANNING, PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND LICENSING COMMITTEE held BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on WEDNESDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2025 Present: Councillor Kieron Green (Chair) Councillor John Armour Councillor Jan Brown Councillor Fiona Howard Councillor Andrew Kain Councillor Liz McCabe Attending: Shona Barton, Governance Manager David Walker, Solicitor 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Gordon Blair, Audrey Forrest, Amanda Hampsey, Daniel Hampsey, Graham Hardie, Mark Irvine, Paul Kennedy and Peter Wallace. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest. 3. CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982: APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A TAXI CAR LICENCE (T SINGH, HELENSBURGH) 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 the Applicant opted to proceed by written submission. A copy of this was circulated to the Committee in advance of the hearing in a supplementary Agenda pack. The Chair outlined the procedure that would be followed and invited comments from Members. MEMBERS’ QUESTIONS AND DEBATE The Council’s Solicitor, Mr Walker, advised that it had been previously noted that Mr Singh did not have the correct insurance for his vehicle. This had since been followed up by the Licensing Team and he confirmed that Mr Singh now had the correct insurance. Councillor Armour advised that as there were no objections to this application and having noted that the LVSA survey was a bit out of date, he would be happy to grant this licence. Councillor Brown agreed with Councillor Armour and said that due to no one saying that the Committee were over providing cars in the area, she would be happy to approve this application. Councillor Green also confirmed he would be happy to approve the application.
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DECISION The Committee agreed to grant a Taxi Car Licence to Mr Singh and noted that he would receive written notification of this within 7 days. (Reference: Report by Head of Legal and Regulatory Support, submitted)