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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Apologies for absence were
intimated on behalf of Councillors Audrey Forrest, Paul Donald Kennedy, Mark
Irvine, Gordon Blair and Amanda Hampsey. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Minutes: There were no declarations of interest intimated. |
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CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982: APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A TAXI CAR LICENCE: C HEADS, PORT ELLEN Report by Head of Legal and Regulatory Support Minutes: 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 way of written
representation as she was unavailable to join the meeting. The
Chair outlined the procedure that would be followed and invited the Committee
Manager to read out the written representation submitted by the Applicant. APPLICANT I
have been working in the hospitality industry as a hotel receptionist and a bar
maid on Islay for the last year and have been struggling daily to get taxis
available to transport guests. There just isn't enough taxi providers on
Islay to deal with the huge influx of visitors to the island and this is only
going to be compounded by the 3 new distilleries that are currently under
construction. In my opinion there is such an increase in demand for more
taxi services on the island. Thank you for your time at this hearing and
I look forward to hearing the outcome. DEBATE Councillor
Armour having recently been on Islay fully appreciated the need for taxis and
was supportive of the application, saying it would be a huge asset to the
Island. Councillor
Brown looked for clarification that the Applicant already had a taxi driver
licence and was only applying for a taxi operator licence. This was confirmed by Ms Clanahan. As
there was no further comments, Councillor Green was happy to move to approve
the licence adding that the LVSA had been discussed at previous meetings and
the information within the document was now several years old. DECISION The
Committee agreed to grant a Taxi Car Licence to Ms C Heads and noted that
written confirmation of this would be sent to her within 7 days. (Reference: Report by Head of Legal and Regulatory Support, submitted) |