Agenda for Licensing (Miscellaneous) Sub-Committee A on Friday 7th September 2018, 10.30 a.m.

Agenda and minutes

Licensing (Miscellaneous) Sub-Committee A - Friday 7th September 2018 10.30 a.m.

Venue: Room 54 - Training - Parkside. View directions

Contact: Pauline Ross 

Items
No. Item

16/18

Apologies

Minutes:

No apologies for absence were received.

17/18

Declarations of Interest

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest received.

18/18

Local Government Act 1972

"RESOLVED: that under Section 100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, as amended, the relevant paragraphs of that part being as set out below, and that it is in the public interest to do so:-

 

Item No.

Paragraphs

 

4

1, 2 and 3

 

5

1, 2 and 3

 

6

1, 2 and 3

 

7

1, 2 and 3

 

8

1,2 and 3

"

 

Minutes:

“RESOLVED that under Section 100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, as amended, the relevant paragraphs of that part, being as set out below, and that it is in the public interest to do so:-

 

Minute No’s              Paragraphs

16/18                          1, 2 and 3

17/18                          1, 2 and 3

18/18                          1, 2 and 3

19/18                          1, 2 and 3

20/18                          1, 2 and 3“

           

 

 

 

19/18

Application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver's Licence

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered an application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Driver’s Licence.

 

The Technical Officer (Licensing), Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) outlined the details of the application, together with the reasons why the application had been brought before the Sub-Committee, detailing the Council’s Guidance Relating to the Relevance of Convictions and Cautions.

 

At the invitation of the Chairman, the applicant’s legal representative put forward his case in support of his application.  The applicant answered a number of questions from Members of the Sub-Committee.  The applicant’s second representative provided Members with a character reference for the applicant.

 

The Sub-Committee then adjourned to consider its decision.  Upon its return it was

 

RESOLVED that the application be granted.

20/18

Application for Grant of a Licence to use a vehicle as a Hackney Carriage

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered an application for the grant of a licence to use a vehicle as a Hackney Carriage that fell outside of the Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Handbook which restricted vehicles in the District with tinted windows that conceal the identity of passengers inside the vehicle.

 

The Technical Officer (Licensing), Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) outlined the details of the application together with the reasons why the application had been brought before the Sub-Committee, detailing the Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Handbook.

 

At the invitation of the Chairman, the applicant put forward his case in support of his application and answered a number of questions from Members of the Sub-Committee.

 

Sub-Committee Members inspected the vehicle to determine the level of tint on the windows of the vehicle.

 

The Sub-Committee then adjourned to consider its decision, upon its return it was:

 

RESOLVED that the application be granted.

21/18

Review of a Private Hire Driver's Licence

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered matters in relation to a holder of a Private Hire Vehicle driver’s licence in light of information received by officers from Worcestershire Regulatory Services.

 

The Technical Officer (Licensing), Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS), outlined the details of the matter, together with the reasons why this matter had been brought before a Hearing of the Sub-Committee. 

 

The licensed driver answered a number of questions from Members of the Sub-Committee and the Council’s Legal Advisor.

 

The Sub-Committee then adjourned to consider its decision.  Upon its return it was

 

RESOLVED that the Private Hire Vehicle driver’s licence be revoked.

22/18

Application for a Private Hire Vehicle Driver's Licence

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered an application for a Private Hire Vehicle Driver’s Licence.

 

The Technical Officer (Licensing), Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) outlined the details of the application, together with the reasons why the application had been brought before the Sub-Committee, detailing the Council’s Guidance Relating to the Relevance of Convictions and Cautions.

 

At the invitation of the Chairman, the applicant put forward his case in support of his application and answered a number of questions from Members of the Sub-Committee.

 

The Sub-Committee then adjourned to consider its decision.  Upon its return it was

 

RESOLVED that the application be granted.

 

 

23/18

Application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver's Licence

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered an application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Driver’s Licence.

 

The Technical Officer (Licensing), Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) outlined the details of the application, together with the reasons why the application had been brought before the Sub-Committee, detailing the Council’s Guidance Relating to the Relevance of Convictions and Cautions.

 

At the invitation of the Chairman, the applicant put forward his case in support of his application and answered a number of questions from Members of the Sub-Committee.

 

The Sub-Committee then adjourned to consider its decision.  Upon its return it was

 

RESOLVED that the application be granted.