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:

5.1

The Chief Licensing Officer submitted details in respect of four cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

 

 

5.2

The applicant in Case No.58/19 attended the meeting with a friend, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

5.3

The applicant in Case No. 59/19 attended the hearing, and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

5.4

The applicant in Case No. 60/19 had notified the Licensing Service that he was unable to attend the meeting.

 

 

5.5

The applicant in Case No. 61/19 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

5.6

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

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

58/19

Application for an extension of a Private Hire Vehicle Licence

Grant a licence for 11 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 on the age limit of vehicles.

 

 

 

 

 

59/19

Application for an extension of a Private Hire Vehicle Licence

Grant a licence for 10 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 on the age limit of vehicles.

 

 

 

 

 

60/19

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

Agree to offer the applicant a further opportunity to attend a meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

61/19

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

Grant a licence for two years, as requested, on the grounds that the Sub-Committee considers the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.