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DISPENSATION FROM REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE LICENCE PLATES
Meeting: 24/09/2014 - Licensing Committee (Item 5)
5 DISPENSATION FROM REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE LICENCE PLATES
To consider a confidential report by the Head of Planning and Public Protection (copy enclosed) seeking members’ determination of a request for dispensation from the requirement to display licence plates on a Private Hire Vehicle.
Additional documents:
- Restricted enclosure 3 , View reasons restricted (5/2)
- Restricted enclosure 4 , View reasons restricted (5/3)
Decision:
RESOLVED that –
(a) the request for
dispensation from the requirement to display the private hire vehicle licence plate and door stickers be approved subject to the
conditions as detailed in Appendix B to the report, and
(b) officers
be authorised to amend the committee’s forward work programme to include a draft policy on Private Hire Vehicle
Licence Plate Exemption to be scheduled at a future
meeting.
Minutes:
[This item was brought forward on the agenda
with the consent of the Chair]
A confidential report by the Head of Planning
and Public Protection (previously circulated) was submitted upon –
(i)
an
application for dispensation from the requirement to display licence plates on
a Private Hire Vehicle;
(ii)
the Council’s powers to grant a
proprietor dispensation from displaying the licence
plate taking into account the executive nature of the work along with the
quality of the vehicle involved and where the vehicle would be operated;
(iii) the applicant having provided full details of both the vehicle and nature of the business (Appendix A to the report), and
(iv)
other determining factors requiring consideration and suggested
conditions (Appendix B to the report) should members be minded to grant the
dispensation request.
The Licensing Officer
provided a summary of the report which also recommended
the production of a policy on private hire vehicle licence
plate exemption to enable future applications to be considered in a consistent
manner.
The Applicant was in
attendance at the meeting and elaborated upon the operation and nature of his
business and reasoning behind his request for dispensation. He confirmed he had read the proposed
conditions to be attached to the dispensation if granted which included signing
an undertaking that he fully understood and accepted those conditions. In determining the request for dispensation
it was –
RESOLVED that –
(a) the request for
dispensation from the requirement to display the private hire vehicle licence plate and door stickers be approved subject to the
conditions as detailed in Appendix B to the report, and
(b) officers
be authorised to amend the committee’s forward work programme to include a draft policy on Private Hire Vehicle
Licence Plate Exemption to be scheduled at a future
meeting.
The reasons for the
Licensing Committee’s decision were as follows –
Having considered the
report and submission of the Applicant members were satisfied that the nature
of the work and quality of the vehicle involved met the criteria for exemption
in this case. The conditions had been
imposed in order to aid regulation and enforcement.