Agenda and minutes

Apologies were intimated from Audrey Forrest and Luna Martin.

It was noted there were no declarations of interest.

The minutes of the meeting held on 8^th September 2022 were submitted and approved.

The applicant wishes to vary the licence as follows:-

1)  To add on-sales hours.

2)  To increase the terminal hour for off-sales.

3)  Increase in off-sales capacity to 31.75m2.

4)  Addition of an on-sales capacity of 16 persons.

5)  Minor amendment to the seasonal variation wording.

6)  Addition of Children and Young Person's conditions.

7)  Creation of a small bar and seating area for customers.

8)  Change of Premises Manager.

Summary Sheet attached – Item 4(a)

The applicant, Andy McMaster attended and spoke to the terms of the application which sought to; add on-sales hours; increase the terminal hour for off-sales; increase off-sales capacity to 31.75m2; add an on-sales capacity of 16 persons; include a minor amendment to the seasonal variation wording; add children and young person's conditions; create a small bar and seating area for customers and change the premises manager. Mr McMaster explained that he wanted to expand the business to allow his customers to sit in and have a glass of wine.

Raymond Park, Licensing Standards Officer advised that he had been working with Mr McMaster regarding the variation and he had no issues with the application.

Jan Brown commended Mr McMaster for growing his business and wished him every success.

The Chair agreed and moved to grant the application as applied for.

With no-one else being otherwise minded, this became the decision of the Board.

The applicant wishes to vary the licence as follows:-

1)    To amend the terminal hour on a Sunday from to 17.30 to 21.30.

Summary Sheet attached – Item 4(b)

The applicant, Alexander McLellan attended and spoke to the terms of the application which sought to amend the terminal hour on a Sunday from 5.30pm to 9.30pm.

Eric Dearie, Licensing Standards Officer advised that he had no issues with the application.

The Chair moved to grant the application as applied for.

With no-one else being otherwise minded, this became the decision of the Board.

The applicants wish to vary the licence as follows:-

1)  Amend Children and young person’s access to  provide for resident children and young person’s access at all times.

2)  To include accommodation and Club or other group meetings as activities.

3)  At Question 5 to add the wording 'All activities stated above will be available to resident guests at all times.

4)  Change to the layout and location plans to include the self-catering cottages within the licensed area.

5)  The description of the premises is to be amended.

It was noted that a further request had been received to continue the application. The Chair moved to continue the application to the Board meeting in February.

With no-one else being otherwise minded, this became the decision of the Board.

The licence holder wishes to vary the licence as follows:-

1)  To amend the off sales start time from 11am to 10am.

2)  To amend the wording at Question 5(f).

3)  To amend the layout plan to show addition of an adjacent adapted container to form a standalone grocery shop with off-sales facility.

Summary Sheet attached – Item 5(b)

Tom Ireland, premises manager attended and spoke to the terms of the application which sought to: amend the off sales start time from 11.00am to 10.00am; amend the wording at Question 5(f) and amend the layout plan to show the addition of an adjacent adapted container to form a standalone grocery shop with an off-sales facility. Mr Ireland said he wanted to extend the premises licence to the container shop for off sales as this was the only shop within the village.

Raymond Park, Licensing Standards Officer advised that the container shop had been trading under occasional licences for some time. He had no concerns with the application but noted that the relevant building standards certificate had yet to be issued.

The Chair enquired about the timeframe regarding this matter. Mr Park referred to previous correspondence on 12^th October 2022 and stated that documentation was still outstanding from the licence holder.

Mr Ireland explained that he was liaising with David MacLachlan, team leader, building standards to resolve a few outstanding issues.

Graham Hardie suggested that the application be continued until the outstanding issues had been resolved. This was supported by Liz McCabe and Jan Brown.

The Chair asked how long the premises had been trading under occasional licences. Susan Mair, Depute Clerk advised that it had been approximately 18 months and the current occasional licence will expire on 14th November 2022.

Paul Donald Kennedy asked Mr Ireland if he intended to submit further occasional licence applications and he replied no, as he understood he was not permitted to do so.

Mr Park said that he had provided this advice due to the lack of the building standards certificate.

Having considered the foregoing, the Chair moved to continue the application to the February Board meeting to allow the outstanding issues to be resolved.

Mr Park asked if Mr Ireland could, in the meantime, apply for further occasional licences. The Chair agreed to this as long as the outstanding issues were resolved by February 2023.

A list of personal licences to be revoked is attached.

The list of personal licence holders (Appendix 1) who had not undertaken the required refresher training within the prescribed timescale was noted and the Board agreed to revoke their personal licences.

A list of personal licences to be revoked is attached.

The list of personal licence holders (Appendix 2) who had not submitted an application to renew their licence was noted and the Board agreed to revoke their licences.

Report by the Clerk to the Board on the outcome of the consultation exercise in respect of the revision of the Gambling Policy

Attached is a copy of the Report.

Susan Mair, Depute Clerk advised that this was a follow up report from the September Board meeting. Ms Mair advised that the consultation process had been carried out and she was now seeking the members’ approval to finalise the policy and if agreed, it would come into effect on 30th December 2022.

The Chair stated that the Board were in agreement with the amendments and moved to approve the amended gambling policy.

With no-one else being otherwise minded, this became the decision of the Board.

Attached is a copy of the Chief Constables Report 2021-2021

Sergeant David Holmes attended and referred to the Annual Licensing Report for 2021-22 by the Chief Constable in accordance with section 12A of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (Appendix 3).

The Board noted the contents of the report and thanked Police Scotland for their continued assistance.

The next meeting of the Licensing Board will be held on Tuesday 28^th February 2023 at 11.00am.

The next meeting of the Licensing Board will be held by Skype on Tuesday 28^th February 2023 at 11.00am.