Agenda item

7.1

The Chief Licensing Officer submitted a report asking Members to consider the need for Sheffield City Council to introduce a policy in relation to the Hackney Carriage Vehicles it licences and where those vehicles will trade and be used.

7.2

Clive Stephenson, Principal Licensing Officer, gave background information to the policy and stated that the Licensing Section wanted to take the “moral high ground” on this and stated that in Sheffield, there is a limitation policy on the number of Hackney Carriages for a reason and recently there has been an increase in the population of “out of town” Hackney Carriages working within the Sheffield District.

7.3

Members of the Committee and Trade Association representatives made a number of comments regarding the report.

7.4

RESOLVED: That the Committee, although supporting the policy in principle, requests the Chief Licensing Officer to report back to the Committee in three months’ time with further clarification on the specific wording to be introduced into the application form for new and renewal applications and within the wording of the Policy.