Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Planning and Public Protection (copy enclosed) seeking members’ approval of revised Licensing Committee procedures for determining hackney carriage and private hire driver applications and reviews of existing drivers.

RESOLVED that the Licensing Committee procedures for determining hackney carriage and private hire driver applications and reviews of existing licensed drivers (as detailed in the appendix to the report) be approved.

The Licensing Officer (NJ) submitted a report by the Head of Planning and Public Protection (previously circulated) seeking members’ approval of revised Licensing Committee procedures for determining hackney carriage and private hire driver applications and reviews of existing drivers.

It was explained that the current procedures were outdated having been originally tailored for public entertainment/premises licences and there was a need for a set of procedures to deal specifically with driver applications and reviews.

RESOLVED that the Licensing Committee procedures for determining hackney carriage and private hire driver applications and reviews of existing licensed drivers (as detailed in the appendix to the report) be approved.

At this point the Chair indicated his intention to vary the order of the agenda to accommodate those individuals who were attending the meeting in support of their applications/licence reviews and to hear their cases before any other business.