Agenda and minutes

The following item is 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)

Resolved:- That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves 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).

The Sub-Committee of the Licensing Board considered a report, presented by the Licensing Manager, relating to applications for the grant and review of hackney carriage / private hire drivers’ licences in respect of Messrs. A.H.F., N.M., M.I. and S.M. and Mrs. V.R.

Messrs. A.H.F., N.M., M.I. and S.M. and Mrs. V.R. all attended the meeting and were interviewed by the Board.

Resolved:- (1) That, further to Minute No. 39(2) of the meeting of the Licensing Board held on 9th December, 2009, the application for the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. A.H.F. be refused.

(2) That the application for the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. N.M. be approved and he be granted a licence for three years.

(3) That, further to Minute No. 60(3) of the meeting of the Licensing Board held on 12th February, 2014, the application for the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. M.I. be approved and he be granted a licence for three years.

(4) That, further to Minute No. 45(2) of the meeting of the Licensing Board held on 18th January, 2006, the hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. S.M. be revoked.

(5) That the hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mrs. V.R. be suspended pending the outcome of the legal proceedings being brought against her.

(After receipt of legal advice, Councillor Ellis made the following declarations:-

: that one of the applicants attending before this Sub-Committee is resident in the electoral Ward she represents; as the applicant is not known to her, Councillor Ellis remained in the meeting and participated in the consideration of that person’s application;

: that, with regard to the circumstances of another of the applicants attending before this Sub-Committee, Councillor Ellis has detailed local knowledge of the area in which a specific, reported incident had occurred; again, as the applicant is not known to her, Councillor Ellis remained in the meeting and participated in the consideration of that person’s application)