Agenda and minutes

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)

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).

The Sub-Committee of the Licensing Board considered a report of the Licensing Manager relating to applications for the grant and renewal of hackney carriage/private hire drivers’ licences in respect of Mrs. S.B. and Mr. A.R.M.

Mrs. S.B. and Mr. A.R.M. attended the meeting alongside their solicitor and were interviewed by the Sub-Committee.

Resolved:- (1) That the application for the renewal of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mrs. S.B. be approved and she be granted a licence for a period of three years.

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

(Councillor Fenwick-Green was not present during the interview and decision in respect of applicant Mrs. S.B.)

Further to Minute No. 39 of the meeting of the Licensing Board Sub-Committee held on 16th October, 2017, consideration was given to a report of the Licensing Manager, relating to an application from Uber Britannia Ltd. for the renewal of this Company’s Private Hire Operator Licence.

Resolved:- That consideration of this matter be deferred until the next meeting of the Licensing Board Sub-Committee.