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 licence holder in Case No. 26/18 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 37/18 did not attend the hearing but a representative did attend on his behalf and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The licence holder in Case No. 38/18 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

The applicant in Case No. 39/18 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.6

RESOLVED: That, after consideration of the information contained in the case papers and, where relevant, any additional information submitted to, or reported at, the hearing, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

26/18

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

The suspension on the licence to remain in place pending the outcome of the licence holder’s appeal to the Court regarding the criminal matter, at which point a full review of the licence is to be undertaken based upon the information available at that time.

 

 

 

 

 

37/18

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

Defer consideration of the application on the grounds that the applicant did not attend the meeting, and grant him one further opportunity to attend.

 

 

 

 

 

38/18

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

The licence holder be issued with a written warning with regard to his future conduct, to remain on his licence for the remainder of its current term.

 

 

 

 

 

39/18

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

Grant the licence for the term of one year as applied for, but in the light of the offences and conviction now reported, the applicant be given a written warning as to his future conduct.