Agenda item

Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing - Individual Cases

Report of the Chief Licensing Officer.

 

 

*(NOTE: The report at item 5 in the above agenda is not available to the public and press because it contains exempt information described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended))

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

4.1

The Chief Licensing Officer submitted details in respect of four cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

 

 

4.2

The applicant in Case No. 111/16 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 112/16 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No. 113/16 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

The applicant in Case No. 114/16 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.6

RESOLVED: That the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

111/16

Application for a first Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence

(a) Grant a licence for the shorter term of six months in the light of the offences and convictions now reported, and subject to the applicant completing all the necessary courses required of a new driver and (b) any renewal application after the six month period be referred to the Sub-Committee for determination.

 

 

 

 

 

112/16

Application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence

Refuse to grant a licence on the grounds that, in the light of the offences and convictions now reported and the representations now made, the Sub-Committee did not consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

 

 

 

 

 

113/16

Application to renew a Private Hire Vehicle Licence

Agree to grant a licence for six months on the grounds that the applicant has provided sufficient evidence to convince the Sub-Committee that there are exceptional reasons to deviate from the current policy relating to the age limit of vehicles.

 

 

 

 

 

114/16

Application to renew a Private Hire Vehicle Licence

Agree to grant a licence for six months on the grounds that the applicant has provided sufficient evidence to convince the Sub-Committee that there are exceptional reasons to deviate from the current policy relating to the age limit of vehicles.