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The Chief Licensing Officer reported that the applicant in Case No. 22/23 had withdrawn his application

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 25/23 attended the hearing with two representatives and they all addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No.23/23 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

4.5

The applicant in Case No.24/23 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 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

 

 

 

 

 

25/23

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

 

Defer making a decision on the application to a hearing to be held after 27 February, 2023.

 

23/23

Application to extend a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence

(a) Extend the licence until 4th June 2023, 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 and (b) should the applicant provide evidence that he has applied, and been approved for, financial support through the Council’s clean air fund, the Chief Licensing Officer be authorised to grant further extension(s) of the licence.

 

 

24/23

Application to extend a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence

(a) Extend the licence until 4th June 2023, 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 and (b) should the applicant provide evidence that he has applied, and been approved for, financial support through the Council’s clean air fund, the Chief Licensing Officer be authorised to grant further extension(s) of the licence.