Agenda and minutes

There were no Declarations of Interest made at the meeting.

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 1, 3 and 7 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (information relating to an individual, business affairs and prevention of crime).

The Sub-Committee, considered a report of the Licensing Manager relating to an application for the review of the hackney carriage/private hire driver licence in respect of Mr. M.N.A.

Mr. M.N.A. was in attendance at the meeting.

Resolved:- That the hackney carriage/private hire driver licence in respect of Mr. M.N.A. be revoked.

The Sub-Committee of the Licensing Board considered a verbal report, presented by the Licensing Manager, relating to an application from Mr. A. for an exemption from the Licensed Vehicle Age Policy (Appendix I to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy) as the vehicle, XXX ASF, was now more than 10 years old.

Mr. A. attended the meeting and explained his reasons for making this application for exemption.

Resolved:-  That the request for an exemption from the Licensing Vehicle Age Policy in respect of vehicle XXX ASF be approved for 4 months to enable the purchase of a new vehicle.

The Sub-Committee of the Licensing Board considered a verbal report, presented by the Licensing Manager, relating to an application from Mr. J. for an exemption from the Licensed Vehicle Age Policy (Appendix I to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy) as the vehicle, XXX CLV, was more than 5 years old.

Mr. J. attended the meeting and explained his reasons for making this application for exemption.

Resolved:-  That the request for an exemption from the Licensing Vehicle Age Policy in respect of vehicle XXX CLV be approved and the vehicle be presented for testing at the Council’s Hellaby Depot as soon as possible.

The Sub-Committee of the Licensing Board considered a verbal report, presented by the Licensing Manager, relating to an application from Mr. J. for an exemption from the Licensed Vehicle Age Policy (Appendix I to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy) as the vehicle, XXX NCD, was more than 10 years old.

The Sub-Committee considered the reasons for the request in detail.

Resolved:-   That the request for an exemption from the Licensing Vehicle Age Policy in respect of vehicle XXX NCD be approved for 4 months.

The Sub-Committee of the Licensing Board considered a verbal report, presented by the Licensing Manager, relating to an application from Mr. P. for an exemption from the Licensed Vehicle Age Policy (Appendix I to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy) as the vehicle, XXX DLU, was more than 10 years old.

The Sub-Committee considered the reasons for the request in detail.

Resolved:-   That the request for an exemption from the Licensing Vehicle Age Policy in respect of vehicle XXX DLU be approved for 4 months.

The Sub-Committee of the Licensing Board considered a verbal report, presented by the Licensing Manager, relating to an application from Mr. P. for an exemption from the Licensed Vehicle Age Policy (Appendix I to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy).

The previous licence had expired on 18^th March, 2020, at which time the vehicle had been 9 years 8 months old.  Due to the age of the vehicle it had been brought to the Sub-Committee for consideration.

The Sub-Committee considered the reasons for the request in detail.

Resolved:-   That the request for an exemption from the Licensing Vehicle Age Policy in respect of vehicle XXX 8565 be approved until 17^th March, 2022, the date which if  applied for on time, the licence would expire.

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

Resolved:-  That, in accordance with the provisions of the House to House Collections Act 1939, the applications by Clothes Collection Ltd. (on behalf of World Cancer Care) and Recycle Proline Ltd. (on behalf of Cancer Research and Genetics UK) be refused as they did not meet Policy requirements i.e. at least 80% of the total proceeds from a collection.