Prior to the commencement of the meeting, the Convener intimated that this meeting would be recorded for subsequent broadcast via the Council's internet site.

Councillors Audrey Doig, McDonald, McEwan and Mullin.

There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting. 

The Board resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of part I of schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

There was submitted the undernoted application for grant of a temporary Public Entertainment Licence. The applicant had been asked to appear personally for the first time together with Jacqui Fairlie who had submitted an objection to the application and Police Scotland who had submitted a representation to the application: - 

Applicant: Alexandra Isobel Graham 
Authorised activity: Jow in the Park charity event 
Location: land at Gryffe Castle, Kilmacolm Road, Bridge of Weir 
Operating: Saturday 2 September 2023 – 12 noon to 10.30 pm

Ms Graham, the applicant, and her friend, Ms McMillan, both joined the meeting by video call, together with Ms Fairlie, the objector to the application, who joined the meeting by telephone call and Sergeant Robertson who joined the meeting by video call, on behalf of the Chief Constable who had submitted a representation to the application.

The Managing Solicitor (Licensing) advised that the applicant had accepted the additional conditions requested by the Council’s Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure contained in a memorandum dated 24 August 2023 and the additional conditions contained in the letter from Police Scotland dated 28 August 2023, being attached to the licence should it be granted by the Board.

After consideration of all matters before the Board, the Board adjourned to allow members to consider this application. The meeting was reconvened and the Convener proposed that the application be refused. This was agreed unanimously.

DECIDED: That the application be refused.