Agendas, reports and minutes

A special meeting of the Highland Licensing Committee will take place in the Council Chamber, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Tuesday, 21 July 2015 at 10.00 am. 

You are invited to attend and a note of the business to be considered is attached. 

Webcast notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter. 

Members are reminded that during determination of licensing items, in order to be entitled to participate in any vote, members must be present throughout all of the proceedings. 

Members are further reminded that mobile devices, including mobile phones, can be used for following the agenda/reports and delivering speeches but should not be used for any form of communication (text or tweet) during the meeting. 

Yours faithfully 

Alaisdair Mackenzie, Legal Manager
(for Depute Chief Executive/Director of Corporate Development) 

Business 

(Chair – Dr Ian Cockburn) 

1. Apologies for absence
Leisgeulan 

2. Declarations of interest 
Foillseachaidhean com-pàirt

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting. Any member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place. 

3.  Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
Application for street trader’s licence
Achd Riaghaltais Chatharra (Alba) 1982 
Iarrtas airson ceadachd neach-malairt sràide

3.1 Application for a street trader’s licence – Jonathan Ross

There is circulated Report No HLC/062/15 by the Legal Manager relating to an application which has been received from Jonathan Ross for the grant of a street trader’s licence (Nairn Ward).

The Committee is invited to determine this matter in accordance with the Council’s hearings procedure.

4.  The Committee is asked to resolve that, under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the public be excluded from the meeting during discussion of the following item on the ground that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of part 1 of schedule 7A of the Act.

5.  Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
Taxi driver’s / operator’s licences
Achd Riaghaltais Chatharra (Alba) 1982
Iarrtasan airson cheadachdan do dhràibhearan / oibrichean tagsaidh

5.1 Taxi driver’s licence – Waqas Butt

There is circulated to members only Report No HLC/063/15 by the Legal Manager relating to a licensed taxi driver (Inverness West Ward).

The Committee is invited to determine this matter in accordance with the Council’s hearings procedure.