Dundee City Licensing Board - 19/02/2026
At a MEETING of the LICENSING BOARD held remotely on 19th February, 2026.
Present:-
COUNCILLORS
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Jimmy BLACK |
Roisin SMITH |
George McIRVINE |
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Stewart HUNTER |
Georgia CRUICKSHANK |
Pete SHEARS |
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Ken LYNN |
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Daniel COLEMAN |
Councillor Stewart HUNTER, Convener, in the Chair.
The minute of meeting of this Board of 15th January, 2026 was held as read.
I DECLARATION OF INTEREST
There were no declarations of interest.
II LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005
(a) NEW GRANTS
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No |
Premises |
Applicant
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1 |
Westport Bar 64/66 North Lindsay Street Dundee |
City Centre Pubs (Dundee) Ltd |
The Board, having heard from a Licensing Standards Officer, the Building Control Manager and the Boards Legal Adviser, agreed to approve the application subject to full late night conditions being imposed, a 3.50 door charge for persons entering the premises after 12 midnight and all relevant consents to be obtained from Building Standards.
(b) VARIATIONS (MAJOR)
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No |
Premises |
Applicant
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1 |
Eagle Coaching Inn 155/159 King Street Broughty Ferry Dundee |
Greene King Retailing Ltd |
The Board, having heard from the Boards Legal Adviser, agreed to defer this item to the March Board to allow the applicant to resolve outstanding matters with Building Control and Planning.
III PREMISES LICENCE - REVIEW HEARING
In accordance with Schedule 3, Para 10 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, each premises licence holder must pay the annual fee by 1st October each year. The Licensing Department by law, have to send a reminder letter out before the annual fee is due. This letter was sent out to the registered address of the premises or their legal agent during August, 2025. If people had failed to pay by 1st October, 2025, then a second letter reminding them to pay immediately was sent out. LSOs contacted premises who had still failed to pay. The premises that had still not paid are listed below.
Accordingly, the Board agreed to hold review hearings in respect of the undernoted premises:-
(i) DISCOVERY BEERS AND FOOD, UNIT 6, QUEENS HOTEL BUILDING
Having heard from the Licensing Standards Officer and the Board's Legal Adviser, it was noted that the annual fee had not been paid, therefore the Board agreed to revoke the licence.
(ii) POLEPARK BAR, 22/28 POLEPARK ROAD
Having heard from the Licensing Standards Officer and the Board's Legal Adviser, it was noted that the annual fee had not been paid, therefore the Board agreed to revoke the licence.
(iii) THE SMALL TOWN CLUB, UPPER FLOOR, 3 SESSION STREET
Having heard from the Licensing Standards Officer and the Board's Legal Adviser, it was noted that the annual fee had not been paid, therefore the Board agreed to revoke the licence.
IV PROPOSED GENERAL EXTENSION TO LICENSING HOURS DURING 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP
There was submitted Report No 68-2026 by the Boards Legal Adviser, requesting the Board considers whether to grant a general extension to licensing hours during the 2026 FIFA World Cup from 11th June, 2026 to 19th July, 2026 under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.
The Board agreed:-
(i) that all premises with an on-sales facility may open beyond their existing terminal hour as undernoted, provided the premises had permission to show televised sport and appropriate conditions for access for children and young persons on their operating plan;
(ii) that for all tournament matchdays, qualifying premises may open until 01.00 hours for the purposes of televising any fixtures, or 30 minutes after any 11.00 pm kick-off match needs, whichever was later;
(iii) that where the fixtures involve the Scotland Mens National Team, premises may remain open until 30 minutes after the match ends even if this was after the closing hours permitted under paragraph (ii) above;
(iv) that there was no obligation on any qualifying premises to take advantage of these extended hours if they do not wish to do so [Section 67(5) of the 2005 Act];
(v) that any premises which wish to remain open beyond the hours stated above would be required to make an application for extended hours under Section 68 of the 2005 Act; and
(vi) that all qualifying premises which wish to open in accordance with the terms of the general extension were reminded that the conditions of their premises licence would remain in force whilst they are open and appropriate risk assessments would be undertaken to seek to ensure compliance with the five licensing objectives during the extended hours. NB the Board does not intend to ask premises to enforce the minimum entry charge in these circumstances.
Stewart HUNTER, Convener.