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. W.H., F.H., M.B., M.T. and A.A.A.

Messrs. W.H., F.H., M.B., M.T. and A.A.A. all attended the meeting and were interviewed by the Sub-Committee.

Resolved:- (1) That, further to Minute No. 34(11) of the meeting of the Licensing Board Sub-Committee held on 26th February, 2015 (and, after appointment of Commissioners to the Council by the Government, the Sub-Committee’s decisions having subsequently been reviewed and ratified by Commissioner M. Ney on 10th March, 2015), the application for the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. W.H. be refused.

(2) That the application for the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. F.H. be refused.

(3) That, further to Minute No. 38(3) of the meeting of the Licensing Board Sub-Committee held on 16th October, 2017, the hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. M.B. be suspended for a period of three months, he shall be required to attend and complete a speed awareness course during those three months and he again be issued with a written warning regarding his future conduct (in relation to the need to notify the Licensing Authority of any convictions etc., as required by the conditions of his driver’s licence).

(4) That the application for the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. M.T. be refused.

(5) That the hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. A.A.A. be revoked with immediate effect.

(Councillor Napper declared a personal interest in the case of Mr. W.H. and left the meeting room and took no part in the Sub-Committee’s decision on that individual application)