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Agenda Document Pack - General Purposes Committee - 30/04/2024

Midlothian Council · 30 April 2024
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Notice of Meeting and Agenda 
General Purposes Committee 
Venue:  Council Chambers/Hybrid, 
Midlothian House, Dalkeith, EH22 1DN 
Date:  Tuesday, 30 April 2024 
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 
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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 
4          Minute of Previous Meeting
4.1 Minute of the General Purposes Committee Meeting of 19 March
2024
3 - 4 
5          Public Reports 
6          Private Reports 
Exclusion of Members of the Public
(A) TO CONSIDER RESOLVING TO DEAL WITH THE UNDERNOTED
BUSINESS IN PRIVATE IN TERMS OF PARAGRAPHS 6, 9 AND 11 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ACT 1973 - THE RELEVANT REPORTS ARE THEREFORE NOT FOR
PUBLICATION; AND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. 
6.1 Applications for Consideration Summary Report -  30 April
2024 
7          Date of Next Meeting 
The next meeting will be held on Monday, 10 June 2024 at 10am 
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1-993 
Minute of Meeting 
General Purposes Committee 
Date Time Venue
Tuesday 19 March 2024 2.00 pm Council Chambers/Hybrid 
Present: 
Councillor Virgo (Chair) Councillor Bowen 
Councillor Cassidy Councillor Curran
Councillor Drummond Councillor Imrie 
Councillor McCall Councillor McEwan
Councillor McManus Councillor Milligan
Councillor Parry Councillor Pottinger
Councillor Russell Councillor Scott
Councillor Smaill Councillor Winchester  
In attendance: 
Alan Turpie, Legal and Governance Manager / Monitoring Officer
Derek Oliver, Chief Officer Place 
Laura Gunning, Principal Officer Public Health
Ian Wilson, Environmental Health Officer
Janet Ritchie, Democratic Services Officer
Hannah Forbes, Democratic Services Assistant 
General Purposes Committee 
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Item 4.1
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1. Welcome and Apologies 
The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting of the General Purposes
Committee. 
Apologies were received on behalf of Councillor McKenzie and Councillor
Alexander 
2. Order of Business 
The order of business was as set out on the agenda. 
3. Declarations of interest 
No declarations of interest were received. 
4. Minute of Previous Meeting 
The Minute, and the Private Addendum to the Minute, of the Meeting of 
14 November 2023 was submitted and approved as a correct record, moved by
Councillor McEwan, seconded by Councillor Pottinger 
5. Public Reports 
No items for discussion. 
6. Private Reports 
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:- 
6.1 Short-Terms Let Licensing – Determination of a Licence Application - Dalkeith 
7. Date of Next Meeting 
The date of the next meeting is Tuesday 30 April 2024 at 10 am 
The meeting terminated at 14.27 pm 
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