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. 100/21 attended the meeting with a family friend, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 101/21 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee

 

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No. 102/21 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

RESOLVED: That, after consideration of the information in the case papers, the information now reported and, where relevant, the further information circulated prior to the hearing, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

100/21

Application to renew a Private Hire Vehicle Licence

Grant a licence for 12 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.

 

 

 

 

 

101/21

Application to renew a Private Hire Vehicle Licence

Grant a licence up to 31st March, 2022 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.

 

 

 

 

 

102/21

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

(a) Grant a licence for 12 months, as requested, on the grounds that the Sub-Committee considers the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence and (b) the applicant be given a written warning as to his future conduct, to remain live for the term of the 12 month licence just granted and the term of his next licence.