Agenda and minutes

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The Sub Committee required to appoint a Convener.

The Sub Committee resolved:-

(i)         that Councillor Malik be appointed as Convener for today’s meeting; and

(ii)        that Councillor Reynolds be appointed permanent Convener of the Sub Committee.

The Sub Committee had before itan information note prepared by the Chief Officer - Governance in respect of the application which advised that the applicant required a Certificate of Compliance and that the application required to be determined by 1 April 2018.

The applicant was not in attendance.

Mr Munro, Legal Advisor, provided the Sub Committee with a verbal update indicating that Environmental Health had still not received an application for the Certificate of Compliance as of today’s date.

The Sub Committee resolved:-

to refuse the application.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

The press and public were excluded from the meeting for consideration of the applications listed below in terms of Section 50(A)(3)(b) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

The Sub Committee had before it an information note prepared by the Chief Officer - Governance in respect of the application which advised that the application had been placed on the agenda as it required to be determined by 26 March 2018.

Mr Munro, Legal Advisor, provided the Sub Committee with a verbal update on the application.

The applicant was in attendance and spoke in support of the application.

Members asked questions of the applicant.

The Sub Committee resolved:-

(i)         to refuse the application;

(ii)        to agree that should the applicant meet the Group 2 DVLA medical criteria following receipt of a further medical report this would result in a material change of circumstance and therefore a new application could be processed for the applicant; and

(iii)       should the applicant submit a new application, to agree to waive the fee for that single application and the requirement for the applicant to undertake a street knowledge test.

The Sub Committee had before itan information note prepared by the Chief Officer - Governance in respect of the application which advised that the application had been placed on the agenda as it required to be determined by 15 April 2018.

Mr Munro, Legal Advisor, provided the Sub Committee with a verbal update on the application.

The applicant was in attendance and spoke in support of his application.

Members asked questions of the applicant.

The Sub Committee resolved:-

to defer consideration of the application to allow a medical report from OH Assist to be received and to agree that should the applicant meet the Group 2 DVLA medical criteria, the Chief Officer - Governance could grant the application under delegated powers, or otherwise that the application be referred to a meeting of the Licensing Sub Committee prior to 15 April 2018 for consideration.

- COUNCILLOR M. TAQUEER MALIK, Convener