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APPLICATION
Meeting: 08/06/2016 - Licensing Committee (Item 8)
8 APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE TO DRIVE HACKNEY CARRIAGE AND PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES - APPLICANT NO. 16/0374/TXJDR
To consider a confidential report by the Head of Planning and Public Protection (copy enclosed) seeking members’ determination of an application from Applicant No. 16/0374/TXJDR.
Additional documents:
- Restricted enclosure 3 , View reasons restricted (8/2)
- Restricted enclosure 4 , View reasons restricted (8/3)
- Restricted enclosure 5 , View reasons restricted (8/4)
Decision:
RESOLVED that the application for a hackney carriage and
private hire vehicle driver’s licence from Applicant
No. 16/0374/TXJDR be granted with a formal warning as to his future conduct.
Minutes:
A confidential report by the Head of Planning
and Public Protection (previously circulated) was submitted upon –
(i) an application having been received from Applicant No. 16/0374/TXJDR for a licence to drive hackney carriage and private hire vehicles;
(i) officers having not been in a position to grant the application in light of the convictions revealed following an enhanced disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) relating to offences committed between 1986 and 2007, most of which had not been disclosed by the Applicant;
(ii) the Council’s current policy with regard to the relevance of convictions, and
(iii) the Applicant having been invited to attend the meeting in support of his application and to answer members’ questions thereon.
The Applicant confirmed he had received the
report and committee procedures.
The Licensing Officer introduced the report
and detailed the facts of the case.
The Applicant explained his reasoning for
non-disclosure of historical convictions with no intention to mislead. He provided some context to those convictions
and expressed deep remorse over his past.
The Applicant referred to his current personal circumstances and
responsibilities and how his life had changed.
References were provided attesting to his good character and he gave
further assurances to members regarding both his current and future
conduct. The Applicant responded to
members’ questions regarding the nature of his convictions, his current
lifestyle and changed circumstances and his employment history. In making his final statement he reiterated
how much his life had changed over the last decade in testament to his current
good character.
The committee adjourned to consider the
application and it was –
RESOLVED that the application for a hackney carriage and
private hire vehicle driver’s licence from Applicant
No. 16/0374/TXJDR be granted with a formal warning as to his future conduct.
The reasons for the Licensing Committee’s decision were as follows –
Members had taken into account that the
convictions were largely historical and accepted the explanation provided by
the Applicant with regard to those convictions.
Members had also found the Applicant to be genuine in his remorse over
his past and in response to their questions.
It was considered that the Applicant had demonstrated, both through his
address to the committee and his written references, that he had a changed
lifestyle and was of good character.
Consequently the Applicant was found to be a fit and proper person to
hold a licence.
However, given those historical convictions it was also considered
appropriate for the Applicant to be issued with a warning as to his future
conduct.
The committee’s decision and reasons
therefore were conveyed to the Applicant.
At this juncture (10.25 a.m.) the meeting adjourned for a refreshment break.