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 four cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

 

 

4.2

The applicant in Case No.113/21 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The licence holder in Case No.114/21 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No.115/21 did not attend the hearing and the Sub-Committee decided to proceed to consider the case in his absence.

 

 

4.5

The applicant in Case No.85/21 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.6

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

 

 

 

 

 

113/21

Application for the extension of a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence

Refuse to extend the licence on the grounds that the applicant has not 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.

 

 

 

 

 

114/21

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

Take no action.

 

 

 

 

 

115/21

Application for a Private Hire Vehicle Licence

Refuse to grant the licence on the grounds that the applicant did not attend the hearing to provide sufficient evidence to convince the Sub-Committee that there are exceptional reasons to deviate from the current policy on the age limit of vehicles.

 

 

 

 

 

85/21

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

Refuse to grant a licence on the grounds that, in the light of the offence now reported,  the Sub-Committee does not consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.