Agenda item

*(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))

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. 70/12 attended the hearing with his brother and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 71/12 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.4

The licence holder in Case No. 72/12 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.5

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

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

70/12

Application for a
Private Hire
Operator’s Licence

Defer a decision on the application in the light of the challenge by the applicant with regard to his Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check, and arrangements be made for the application to be considered as soon as is practicable, after confirmation has been received from the applicant as to the outcome of his CRB check. 

71/12

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

(a) Grant a licence for the shorter term of six months in view of the offences and convictions now reported and, on the first renewal, authority be given to grant the applicant a nine month licence and, on the second renewal, authority be given to grant the applicant a 12 month licence and, on any subsequent renewals, an 18 month licence, subject to there being no further offences or convictions reported and (b) the applicant be given a written warning as to his future conduct.

72/12

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

Revoke the licence under Section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, as amended by Section 52 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 on the basis of the offences and convictions now reported, the fact that the applicant’s full driving licence has been revoked and the responses to the questions now raised, particularly in relation to a breach of the licence condition and that, in the interests of public safety, the revocation should be with immediate effect.