Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber

Contact: Lorna Mellors  Democratic Services Officer

Items
No. Item

120.

Apologies for Absence and Substitutions.

Minutes:

Councillor Poole attended the meeting as a substitute for Councillor Walker, who had given her apologies.

121.

To approve, as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 5 September 2017 pdf icon PDF 55 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct record.

 

122.

Declaration of Interests.

Minutes:

None.

123.

Any other item which the Chair considers urgent.

Minutes:

None.

124.

Exclusion of the Press and Public.

To move that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the ensuing report on the grounds that the report involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That, the Members being satisfied that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the ensuing reports on the grounds that the report involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

125.

Application for a One Year Joint Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Drivers Licence- KH

Report of Director for Health & Community Wellbeing - David Wakelin

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report by Director of Health and Community Wellbeing, which had been circulated prior to the meeting, regarding an application for a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence for KH.

 

KH attended the meeting along with his Solicitor, who addressed the Committee.

 

In making its decision, the Committee applied the Council’s approved Policy and Guidelines.  On the basis of what it heard, the Committee was satisfied on balance that no exceptional circumstances existed which warranted departure from policy.

 

RESOLVED:

 

To approve KH’s application for a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence for a period of 1 year and issue with a warning to notify the Council of any future incidents and convictions.

 

 

126.

Application for a One Year Joint Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Drivers Licence- GAN

Report of Director for Health & Community Wellbeing - David Wakelin

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report by Director of Health and Community Wellbeing, which had been circulated prior to the meeting, regarding an application for a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence for GAN.

 

GAN attended the meeting and addressed the Committee.

 

In making its decision, the Committee applied the Council’s approved Policy and Guidelines.  On the basis of what it heard, the Committee was satisfied on balance that no exceptional circumstances existed which warranted departure from policy.

 

RESOLVED:

 

To approve GAN’s application for a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence for a period of 1 year.

 

 

127.

Application for a Three Year Joint Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Drivers Licence- CAR

Report of Director for Health & Community Wellbeing - David Wakelin

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report by Director of Health and Community Wellbeing, which had been circulated prior to the meeting, regarding an application for a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence for CAR.

 

CAR attended the meeting and addressed the Committee.

 

In making its decision, the Committee applied the Council’s approved Policy and Guidelines.  On the basis of what it heard, the Committee was satisfied on balance that no exceptional circumstances existed which warranted departure from policy.

 

RESOLVED:

 

To approve CAR’s application for a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence for a period of 1 year due to previous driving convictions and issued with a warning to notify the Council of any future incidents and convictions.

 

 

128.

Application for a One Year Joint Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Drivers Licence- ZA

Report of Director for Health & Community Wellbeing - David Wakelin

Minutes:

ZA did not attend the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:

 

To defer consideration of the application for a Joint Hackney Carriage/ Private Hire Driver’s Licence from ZA to a future meeting of the Committee. If ZA does not attend his next appointment, his application will be treated as withdrawn.