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. 19/17 did not attend the hearing, and the Sub-Committee considered the case in his absence.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 20/17 had withdrawn his application prior to the meeting.

 

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No. 21/17 attended the hearing with his brother and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

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

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

19/17

Application for the renewal of a Private Hire Vehicle Licence

Agree to grant a licence for a period of 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.

 

 

 

 

 

21/17

Application for a new 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 does not consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.