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. 146/24 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.3

The licence holder in Case No. 140/24 did not attend the hearing and had not provided any reasons for his absence.

4.4

The applicant in Case No. 144/24 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.5

The licence holder in Case No. 148/24 attended the hearing and 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

146/24

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

(a) Grant a licence for the term of 3 years, as requested, subject to the applicant completing and passing Sheffield City Council’s ‘Driving Test’; and (b) the applicant be issued with a Formal Written Warning with regard to his future conduct, to remain live for the term of the licence.

140/24

Application to extend a Private Hire 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.

144/24

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

Take no action.

148/24

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, on the grounds that the Sub-Committee no longer considers the licence holder to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence in view of the serious offences now reported.