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 three cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

 

 

4.2

The applicant in Case No. 17/17 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 18/17 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No. 12/17 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

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

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

17/17

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

Grant the licence for the term of 12 months as requested.

 

 

 

 

 

18/17

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

Refuse to grant a licence as the Sub-Committee does not consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence, in the light of the offences and convictions now reported and the responses given to the questions raised.

 

 

 

 

 

12/17

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

Grant a licence for the shorter term of 12 months, in the light of the offences now reported and, on renewal, authority be given to grant the applicant a licence for up to the maximum term of 36 months subject to there being no further cause for concern.