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.180/22 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 181/22 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The licence holder in Case No.182/22 did not attend the hearing and, as no prior notice had been received from him, and given the circumstances of the case, the Sub-Committee agreed to consider the case in his absence.

 

 

4.5

The applicant in Case No.183/22 did not attend the hearing, and no prior notice had been received from him.

 

 

4.6

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

 

 

 

 

 

180/22

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 circumstances now reported, the Sub-Committee does not consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

 

 

 

 

 

181/22

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

Grant a licence for 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.

 

 

 

 

 

182/22

Review of a Hackney Carriage and 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 in the interests of public safety and on the grounds that the Sub-Committee no longer considers the licence holder to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

 

 

 

 

 

183/22

Request to extend a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence

Grant the applicant one further opportunity to attend a hearing and present his case in person.