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. 28/19 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee. The applicant was accompanied by Councillor Mazher Iqbal in a personal capacity.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 29/19 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No. 30/19 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

RESOLVED: That, after consideration of the information contained in the case papers, and the information reported, and circulated, at the meeting, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

28/19

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

Grant a licence for a shorter term of six months, in the light of the offences and convictions now reported and the applicant be given a written warning, indicating that if there is any further cause for concern, the licence will be referred back to the Sub-Committee.

 

 

 

 

 

29/19

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

Grant the licence for the term of three years as requested, but in the light of the offence now reported, the applicant be given a written warning as to his future conduct, to remain live for the term of the licence.

 

 

 

 

 

30/19

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

(a) Grant a licence for the term of one year, as requested, but in the light of the offences and convictions now reported, the applicant be given a written warning as to his future conduct, to remain live for the term of the licence and (b) the applicant be required to complete the BTEC Level 2 Certificate ‘The Introduction to the Role of Professional Private Hire and Taxi Driver’.