Issue - meetings

Councillor Rachael Ellis joined the meeting.

The Community Protection Manager introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, informing Members of the results of the consultation carried out in 2021 regarding the impact of the Department of Transport’s Statutory Taxi & Private Hire Vehicle Standards on the Council’s policies, procedures and conditions. The report also sought to advise Members of the recommendations of the working group, appointed at the meeting held in August 2020, following their consideration of the results of the consultation carried out in 2021 and to request that the revised policy document containing the working group’s recommendations be subject to a further 4-week consultation.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Note the results of the consultation carried out in 2021 and the recommendations of the working group at appendices 1 & 2 that are now contained in the revised policy document at Appendix 3;

2)    Approve that the revised policy document at Appendix 3 be subject to a further 4-week consultation;

3)    Authorise the Director, in consultation with the Chair, to consider any responses to the consultation and should they consider that the responses require any proposed amendments to the Policy or Conditions, they be referred back to Committee for consideration; and

4)    Authorise officers to implement the necessary changes to the taxi licensing policy, conditions and procedures to meet the recommendations of the Working Group if no responses are received to the consultation or, if the Director in consultation with the Chair does not consider any responses received require referral back to the Committee.