Agenda for Licensing (Miscellaneous) Sub-Committee B on Monday 14th October 2019, 10.00 a.m.

Agenda and minutes

Licensing (Miscellaneous) Sub-Committee B - Monday 14th October 2019 10.00 a.m.

Venue: Room 54 - Training - Parkside. View directions

Contact: Pauline Ross 

Items
No. Item

1/19

Apologies

Minutes:

No apologies for absence were received.

2/19

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:

No declarations of interest were received.

3/19

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 item of business on the grounds that it involves 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

"

 

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 item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of 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                 Paragraphs

 

4/19                            1, 2 and 3”

 

 

4/19

Application for Plate Exemption - Private Hire Vehicle

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered an application for an exemption to the Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Handbook with regard to displaying identity plates on the outside of a private hire 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 Page 23 of the Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Handbook.

 

In response to questions from Members, the Technical Officer (Licensing), WRS, confirmed that the applicant would still have to display identity plates on the inside of the vehicle, should their application be approved. 

 

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

 

RESOLVED that the application be granted and that a letter of dispensation be provided to the applicant.