Agenda and minutes

Environment and Licensing Committee - Tuesday 18 April 2023 4.15 pm

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Items
No.	Item
37.	Apologies for Absence and Substitutions. Minutes: None.
38.	To approve, as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 21 March 2023. PDF 129 KB Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct record.
39.	Declaration of Interests. Minutes: None.
40.	Introduction of financial penalties for contraventions of the Clean Air Act 1993 Section 19A relating to emissions of smoke in a smoke control area. PDF 338 KB View the background to item 40. Report of Head of Environment - Melvyn Cryer Minutes: The Chair advised that this item had been withdrawn from the agenda and that it would be considered at a future meeting.
41.	Any other item which the Chair considers urgent. Minutes: None.
42.	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.
43.	Application for a One Year Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Drivers Licence And an Application for a One Year Private Hire Operators Licence - JR View the reasons why item 43. is restricted View the background to item 43. Report of Head of Environment - Melvyn Cryer Minutes: Consideration was given to a report of the Head of Environment, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, regarding an application for a one year joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence and an application for a one year Private Hire Operators Licence for JR. JR attended the meeting and he addressed the Committee. In making the decision the Committee applied the Council’s approved Policy and Guidelines. RESOLVED: To refuse JR’s application for a one year Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence and a one year Private Hire Operators Licence.
44.	Application for a One Year Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Drivers Licence - MRQ View the reasons why item 44. is restricted View the background to item 44. Report of Head of Environment - Melvyn Cryer Minutes: The Committee was informed that MRQ’s representative had requested that the matter be adjourned to another date to allow MRQ to attend the committee. RESOLVED: To defer consideration of the application to the next available meeting of the committee.
45.	Application for a One Year Hackney Carriage / private Hire Drivers Licence - KM View the reasons why item 45. is restricted View the background to item 45. Report of Head of Environment - Melvyn Cryer Minutes: Consideration was given to a report of the Head of Environment, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, regarding an application for a one year joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence for KM. KM attended the meeting along with a family member and they both addressed the Committee. In making its decision, the Committee found that there were exceptional mitigating circumstances surrounding the offences which allowed for departure from the Council’s approved Policy and Guidelines. RESOLVED to: Approve KM’s application for a one year Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence.