Agenda and minutes

Licensing Board Sub-Committee - Monday 4 December 2023 10.00 a.m.

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

Contact: Dawn Mitchell, Governance Adviser

Items

No.

Item

22.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest made at the meeting.

23.

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, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the Police Act 1997 and Paragraphs 3 and 7 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (business affairs and prevention of crime).

24.

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

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Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Licensing Manager relating to an application for the renewal of a Private Hire Operator Licence and the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver licences in respect of Messrs. K.H. and Z.M. respectively.

Mr. K.H. was in attendance at the hearing together with his legal representative.

Mr. Z.M. was also in attendance at the hearing.

Resolved:- (1) That the renewal of the Private Hire Operator Licence in respect of Mr. K.H. be refused.

(2) That the application for a hackney carriage/private hire driver licence in respect of Mr. Z.M. be approved.

25.

Applications for House to House Collection Permits

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Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report, presented by the Licensing Manager concerning the following applications for the grant of promoters’ permits to carry out house-to-house collections:-

Organisation	Area	Date
Cancer Research and Genetics UK	Whole of the Borough	31^st November, 2023-30^th December, 2024
Child and Teenage Cancer and Leukaemia Foundation	Whole of the Borough	1^st October-31^st December, 2024
Guide Dogs for the Blind	Whole of the Borough	21^st-31^st December, 2023
Heart Research UK	Whole of the Borough	1^st January-31^st December, 2024
Prostate Cancer Support	Whole of the Borough	1^st January-31^st December, 2024
Rotherham Sitwell Rotary Club Benevolent Fund	Mexborough, Waverley, Canklow, Whiston, Brinsworth, Stag, Brecks, Wickersley, Bramley Grange and Moorgate	30^th November-24^th December, 2023
Yorkshire Children’s Trust	Whole of the Borough	1^st January-31^st December, 2024

Resolved:- (1) That, in accordance with the provisions of the House to House Collections Act 1939, the applications submitted by Clothese2collect t/a Recycle Proline Ltd. (on behalf of Cancer Research and Genetics UK), Child and Teenage Cancer and Leukaemia Foundation, Appco UK (on behalf of Guide Dogs for the Blind), Rotherham Sitwell Rotary Club and Collection4Clothes (on behalf of World Cancer Care) be granted.

(2) That the applications submitted by Unicare Ltd.(on behalf of Heart Research UK, Prostate Cancer Support and Yorkshire Children’s Trust) be refused.