Minutes of the Midlothian Licensing Board held on 27 February 2023
Midlothian Council · 27 February 2023
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1 MONDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2023 LICENSING BOARD PAPER NO 1 MINUTES of MEETING of MIDLOTHIAN LICENSING BOARD held in Council Chambers, Midlothian House, Buccleuch Street, Dalkeith on Monday, 19 December 2022, at 10am Present: Connor McManus (Chairman), Russell Imrie, Margot Russell, Peter Smaill, Pauline Winchester, Stephen Curran and Douglas Bowen. Apologies: Dianne Alexander and Derek Milligan 1 Minutes The Minutes of Meeting dated 14 November 2022 were approved. 2 Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 - Application for Variation of Premises Licence – Madisons, 5A Newmills Road, Dalkeith With regard to the Application by Old Hanover Ltd., the Board heard the applicant’s agent, Alistair Macdonald in support of the application. Mr Macdonald advised that the on sale hours until 2am be withdrawn. The Board then heard PC Iain Anderson in support of the report from Police Scotland and Moira Cartwright in support of the LSO report. After hearing all parties, the Board granted the amended Application and agreed that the licence holder contact Environmental Health to discuss setting of noise levels in connection with live music events. Mr Macdonald advised that the date of live music events shall be confirmed to Police Scotland, 10 days prior to the date of the events.
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2 3 Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 – Application for Provisional Grant of New Premises Licence - Whisky Merchants Trading Ltd., Unit 3, Borthwick View, Pentland, Loanhead. With regard to the Application by Whisky Merchants Trading Ltd., the Clerk advised that the agent, Mr Costello, had been delayed on a business trip in Hong Kong and was unable to attend the Meeting. The Clerk advised the Board, that all reports were satisfactory in connection with the application and asked the Board if they were of a mind to grant the application. The Board agreed to grant the Application. 4 Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 – Application for Grant of Personal Licence – Laura Pottinger With regard to the Application by Laura Pottinger, the Board noted her non attendance and agreed that they would consider her application at the next Licensing Board Meeting. The meeting terminated at 10.30am. .