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.20/22 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No.21/22 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No.22/22 did not attend the hearing and the case was heard in his absence.

 

 

4.5

The applicant in Case No.23/22 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 the information now reported and, where relevant, circulated at the meeting, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

20/22

Application to renew a Private Hire Vehicle Licence

Grant a licence for six 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.

 

 

 

 

 

21/22

Application for the extension of a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence

Defer consideration of the case to enable the applicant to apply for the renewal of the licence rather than an extension to it.

 

 

 

 

 

22/22

Application for the extension of a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence

Refuse to grant a 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.

 

 

 

 

 

23/22

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.