Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
No. Item

553.

Welcome

554.

Apologies and re-constitution of the Committee membership

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

555.

Declarations of disclosable pecuniary, other registrable and non registrable interests

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

556.

Exclusion of Press and Public

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That by virtue of the next items of business being exempt information under Paragraphs 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be now excluded from the meeting.

 

 

557.

Licensing Hearing - Taxi

Report of Chief Executive enclosed.

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee received a report from the Head of Legal and Democratic Services requesting that they determine whether the applicant of a hackney carriage drivers’ licence be a fit and proper person to hold a licence due to the number of penalty points accumulated on the driver’s DVLA licence exceeding 7, being the number which could be accepted under the Council’s Policy and Guidelines on Relevant Convictions without reference to the Sub-committee.

 

The applicant and his representative attended the hearing and made submissions and responded to questions by the Sub-committee.

 

RESOLVED : That the hackney carriage driver’s licence application be refused.

 

 

558.

Licensing Hearing - Taxi

Report of Chief Executive enclosed.

Minutes:

The Sub-committee received a report from the Head of Legal and Democratic Services informing them of an application for a private hire driver’s licence and requesting that the Sub-committee determine whether the applicant was a fit and proper person to hold such a licence in the light of information received from the other local authority he currently held a licence with.

 

The applicant attended the hearing and made submissions and responded to questions by the Sub-committee.

 

RESOLVED : That the private hire driver’s licence application be approved.