Agenda and minutes

Licensing Board - Wednesday 16 May 2012 9.30 a.m.

Venue: Town Hall, Moorgate Street, Rotherham. S60 2TH

Contact: Hannah Etheridge, Democratic Services Officer 

Items
No. Item

63.

Minutes of the previous Licensing Board held on 18th April, 2012. pdf icon PDF 25 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the previous meeting of the Licensing Board held on 18th April, 2012, were considered.

 

Resolved: -  That the minutes of the previous Licensing Board be approved as a correct record. 

64.

Exclusion of the Press and Public.

 

The following items are likely to be considered in the absence of the Press and Public as being exempt under the Police Act 1997 and Paragraphs 3 and 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (business affairs and prevention of crime).

Minutes:

Resolved: -  That the following items be considered in the absence of the Press and the Public as being exempt under the Police Act 1997 and Paragraphs 3 and 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (business affairs and the prevention of crime).

65.

Determination of Licensing Issues - House to House Collections.

Minutes:

The Senior Licensing Officer submitted a report concerning the following applications for the grant of a licence to carry out house to house collections:-

 

ORGANISATION

AREA

DATE

Cancer Recovery Foundation

Whole of the Rotherham Borough.

15th May, 2012 – 15th April, 2013.

Meningitis UK

Town Centre, Brinsworth, Dalton, Swinton and Greasbrough.

9th June, 2012. 

 

                                            

Resolved: - That the applications be approved. 

 

66.

Applications for the Grant of Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Drivers' Licences.

Minutes:

The Licensing Board considered reports by the Director of Housing and Neighbourhood Services relating to the applications for the grant of hackney carriage / private hire drivers’ licences in respect to Messrs. I.A. and I.R.  

 

Messrs. I.A. and I.R. attended the meeting and were interviewed by the Board.

 

Resolved: -  That the applications in respect of Messrs. I.A. and I.R. be granted for a period of three-years, subject to them passing the DSA driving test and medical examination.

The Chair authorised consideration of the following item in order to progress the matters referred to.

67.

Review of decision to revoke hackney carriage / private hire driver licence.

Minutes:

The Board considered a report by the Director of Housing and Neighbourhood Services relating to the hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence held by Mr. N.R.

 

Further to Minute No. Q31(1) of the Licensing Board held on 16th November, 2011, new information in relation the licence was available and had been presented to the Licensing Board. 

 

Resolved: -  (1)  That the decision to revoke Mr N.R.’s hackney carriage / private hire driver’s licence, recorded at Minute No. 31 (1) of the Licensing Board held on 16th November, 2011, be reversed. 

 

(2)  That Mr. N.R. be issued with a written warning in respect to his future conduct. 

68.

Date and time of the next meeting: -

 

Wednesday 13th June, 2012, to start at 9.30 am in the Rotherham Town Hall.  

Minutes:

Resolved:-  That the next meeting of the Licensing Board take place on Wednesday 13th June, 2012, to start at 10.00 am in the Rotherham Town Hall.