Agenda Document Pack - General Purposes Committee - 03/10/2023
Midlothian Council · 3 October 2023
Back to General Purposes Committee — 3 October 2023 and its agenda
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Notice of Meeting and Agenda General Purposes Committee Venue: Council Chambers/Hybrid, Midlothian House, Dalkeith, EH22 1DN Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023 Time: 10:00 Executive Director : Place Contact: Clerk Name: Democratic Services Clerk Telephone: Clerk Email: democratic.services@midlothian.gov.uk Further Information: This is a meeting which is open to members of the public. Privacy notice: Please note that this meeting may be recorded. The recording may be publicly available following the meeting. If you would like to know how Midlothian Council collects, uses and shares your personal information, please visit our website: www.midlothian.gov.uk Page 1 of 6
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1 Welcome, Introductions and Apologies 2 Order of Business Including notice of new business submitted as urgent for consideration at the end of the meeting. 3 Declaration of Interest Members should declare any financial and non-financial interests they have in the items of business for consideration, identifying the relevant agenda item and the nature of their interest. 4 Minute of Previous Meeting 4.1 Minute of General Purposes Meeting 22 August 2023 submitted for approval 5 - 6 4.2 Private Addendum of Minute of General Purposes Meeting 22 August 2023 5 Public Reports 5.1 Midlothian Council Short Term Lets (STL) Licensing Policy – annual review and proposed amendments - Withdrawn Exclusion of Members of the Public (A) TO CONSIDER RESOLVING TO DEAL WITH THE UNDERNOTED BUSINESS IN PRIVATE IN TERMS OF PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 6 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 7A TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973 - THE RELEVANT REPORTS ARE THEREFORE NOT FOR PUBLICATION; AND (B) TO NOTE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY SUCH RESOLUTION, INFORMATION MAY STILL REQUIRE TO BE RELEASED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004. 6 Private Reports 6.1 Short-Terms Let Licensing – Determination of a Licence Application - Burnside House, Bilston Gardens, Bilston EH25 9RR 6.2 Short-Terms Let Licensing – Determination of a Licence Application - 55F St Andrew’s Street, Dalkeith EH22 1BP 6.3 Applications for consideration Summary Report 03 October 2023 Page 2 of 6
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7 Date of Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 14 November 2023 at 10:00 am. Page 3 of 6
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1-993 Minute of Meeting General Purposes Committee Date Time Venue Tuesday 22 August 2023 10.00 am Virtual via MS Teams Present: Councillor Virgo (Chair) Councillor Alexander Councillor Bowen Councillor Cassidy Councillor Curran Councillor Imrie Councillor McCall Councillor McKenzie Councillor McEwan Councillor McManus Councillor Parry Councillor Scott Councillor Smaill Councillor Winchester In attendance: Alan Turpie, Legal and Governance Manager / Monitoring Officer Derek Oliver, Chief Officer Place Inspector Copland, Police Scotland Janet Ritchie, Democratic Services Officer Hannah Forbes, Democratic Services Assistant General Purposes Committee Tuesday 3 October 2023 Item 4.1 Page 5 of 6
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1. Welcome and Apologies Councillor Virgo welcomed all to the meeting. Apologies for absence was intimated on behalf of Councillors Drummond, Milligan, Pottinger and Russell 2. Order of Business The order of business was amended with Item 6.4 application for Street Trader’s Licence (Food) taken as first item of business under Private Reports 3. Declarations of interest Councillor Curran declared an interest in items 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 and would leave the meeting during these discussions. 4. Minute of Previous Meeting 4.1 The Minute of Meeting 28 March 2023 was submitted approved as a correct record subject to the following amendment – Councillor Scott and Councillor Smaill were in attendance. 5. Public Reports No items for discussion. Exclusion of Members of the Public In view of the nature of the business to be transacted, the Committee agreed that the public be excluded from the meeting during discussion of the undernoted item, as contained in the Addendum hereto, as there might be disclosed exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3, 6 and 14 of Part I of Schedule 7A to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973:- 6.4 Application for Street Trader’s Licence (Food) 6.1 Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence 6.2 Application for Grant of Private Hire Car Licence 6.3 Taxi Driver’s Licence Page 6 of 6