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. 104/17 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 105/17 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The licence holder in Case No. 106/17 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

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

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

104/17

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

 

 

 

 

 

105/17

Application for an exemption from a condition of a Private Hire Vehicle Licence

(a) Defer consideration of the application to enable Licensing Officers to work with the trade to find a suitable, alternative solution with regard to the circumstances under consideration, to the satisfaction of both parties and (b) Licensing Enforcement Officers be requested to be mindful of this, and other cases of this nature, when undertaking vehicle inspections.

 

 

 

 

 

106/17

Review of a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence

In the light of the offences and convictions now reported, and the representations now made, the licence holder be issued with a written warning in terms of his future conduct, to remain live for the term of his current licence.