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. 122/22 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 119/22 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

4.4

The license holder in Case No.121/22 had indicated he could not attend the hearing and asked for a deferment. The case was heard in his absence.

 

4.5

RESOLVED: That, after consideration of the information contained in the case papers, and the information now reported and, where relevant, circulated either prior to the meeting, but after publication of the agenda, or at the meeting, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

122/22

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

Grant a licence for two years as applied for, but the applicant be issued with a written warning with regard to his future conduct, with such warning to remain live for the term of the licence.

 

 

 

 

 

119/22

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

Grant a licence for the term of three years as requested, on the grounds that the Sub-Committee considers the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

 

 

 

 

 

121/22

Review of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence

Immediately revoke the licence under Section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, as amended by Section 52 of the Road Safety Act 2006, on the grounds that the Sub-Committee considers the licence holder to be an immediate and ongoing risk to the public.