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. 116/21 attended the meeting with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 117/21 attended the meeting with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No. 118/21 attended the meeting with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

The applicant in Case No. 119/21 attended the meeting 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 the information now reported, and where relevant, circulated at the meeting, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

116/21

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

117/21

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

(a) Grant a licence for two years, 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 licence.

 

 

 

 

 

118/21

Application to extend a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence

Refuse to extend the licence on the grounds that the applicant had 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.

 

 

 

 

 

119/21

Application to renew a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence

Refuse to renew the licence on the grounds that the applicant had 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.