Agenda item

*(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))

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. 115/24 did not attend the meeting and had requested the hearing be deferred.

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 82/24 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.4

The applicant in Case No. 100/24 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.5

The licence holder in Case No. 103/24 attended the meeting and addressed the Sub-Committee, requesting that the hearing be deferred until his representative was available.

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

115/24

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

Defer consideration of the case with the applicant being given one more opportunity to attend a meeting. 

82/24

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

Refuse the application on the grounds that, in view of the circumstances presented, the Sub-Committee does not consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

100/24

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

Grant the licence for 3 years, as applied, for on the grounds that the Sub-Committee considers the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

103/24

Review of a Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence.

Defer consideration of the case with the applicant being given one more opportunity to attend a meeting.