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. 122/16 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 123/16 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No. 124/16 attended the hearing with two representatives and they all addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

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

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

122/16

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

Grant a licence for the term requested on the grounds that the Sub-Committee considers the applicant to be a fit and proper person.

 

 

 

 

 

123/16

Application to renew a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence

(a) Grant a licence for the term requested and (b) in the light of the incident now reported, the applicant be given a written warning, to remain active for the life of his renewed licence, and specifically warning that if there were any breaches of his licence conditions or any further incidents of rude, abusive or aggressive behaviour to Council officers, the licence would be referred back to the Sub-Committee.

 

 

 

 

 

124/16

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

In the light of the seriousness of the incident now reported, grant a licence for the shorter term of nine months, subject to the applicant (a) successfully passing Sheffield’s Safeguarding training and (b) providing relevant telephone records and a list of job bookings from the operator, from 16th and 17th February, 2016, now requested.