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Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub-Committee - Monday 1 November 2021 10.00 am

Venue: To be held at the Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield, S1 2HH

Contact: John Turner, Democratic Services  Email: john.turner@sheffield.gov.uk

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

Additional documents:

Minutes:

1.1

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Roger Davison.

 

 

 

2.

Exclusion of Public and Press

To identify items where resolutions may be moved to exclude the press and public

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Minutes:

2.1

RESOLVED: That the public and press be excluded from the meeting before discussion takes place on item 4 on the grounds that, if the public and press were present during the transaction of such business, there would be a disclosure to them of exempt information as described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.

 

 

 

3.

Declarations of Interest pdf icon PDF 129 KB

Members to declare any interests they have in the business to be considered at the meeting

Additional documents:

Minutes:

3.1

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

 

4.

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 two cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

 

 

4.2

The licence holder in Case No.90/21 did not attend the hearing and the Sub-Committee decided to proceed to consider the case in his absence.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No.91/21 attended  the hearing with a representative and an observer and the applicant and his representative both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

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

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

90/21

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

Suspend the licence under Section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, on the grounds that, in view of the offence now reported, the Sub-Committee does not consider the licence holder to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

 

 

 

 

 

91/21

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

Refuse to grant the licence on the grounds that information had been received from the National Crime Agency stating that the applicant was still under investigation, therefore the Sub-Committee did not consider him to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence until the matter had been resolved.