Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Towsey-Hinton.

RESOLVED:

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

None.

Consideration was given to a report of the Head of Environment, asking Members to consider an application made by Gedling Borough Council for a Street Trading Consent for the Arnold Market to trade in a consent street in Arnold. The application was seeking approval for the consent to be for a period until the end of December 2023 which is a departure from the Council’s Street Trading Policy.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve the application made by Gedling Borough Council for a Street Trading Consent for the Arnold Market to trade in a consent street in Arnold as shows in Appendix 1 to the report; and

2)    Approve a departure from the Council’s Street Trading Policy and that the consent be until the end of December 2023.

None.

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 reports on the grounds that the reports involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

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 reports involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Consideration was given to a report of the Head of Environment, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, regarding a change of circumstances following information received about the holder of a Joint Hackney Carriage/ Private Hire Driver’s Licence.

AA attended the meeting and 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:

1)    To suspend AA’s licence for 21 days; and

2)    Issue a warning to AA that such conduct fell short of the expected standard for Hackney Carriage Drivers and that further such incidents would result in another appearance before the Committee.

AA was given 21 days to surrender his licence.

RESOLVED:

Members noted a report which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, giving information about the recently determined appeal against the director’s decision for an immediate revocation of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire licence.