Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

34.

Election of Chairman

To elect a Chairman for the hearing.

Minutes:

Councillor DW Greenow was elected as Chairman for the Regulatory Sub-Committee hearing.

35.

Apologies for Absence

To receive apologies for absence.

Minutes:

The agenda papers published indicated Councillor PJ McCaull as a member of this Regulatory Sub-Committee.

 

Councillor McCaull was replaced by Councillor AR Round.

36.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest by Members in respect of items on the agenda.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest made.

37.

Exclusion of Public

Minutes:

EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC

 

RESOLVED:  that under section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12(A) of the Act, as indicated below and it was considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

1             Information relating to any individual.

 

2             Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.

38.

Application to reinstate an expired private hire vehicle licence

To decide whether to licence a vehicle outside the standard vehicle licence conditions.

Minutes:

This item was considered after agenda item 5.

 

SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF EXEMPT INFORMATION

 

Members of the Council’s Regulatory Sub-Committee considered the above appeal, full details of which appeared before the Members in their agenda.

 

Prior to making their decision the Members heard from Joanna Barber, representing the Licensing Authority. The applicant was not present.

 

Having carefully considered those matters brought before them, the Sub-Committee were of the opinion that the application be adjourned as follows.

 

RESOLVED

 

It is the decision of the Sub-Committee that the application be adjourned to the next available meeting of the Sub-Committee to allow the applicant to attend. The Sub-Committee further determined not to grant delegated authority to officers to extend the period of the temporary licence.

39.

Consideration of a dual driver application to consider whether an individual is a fit and proper person to hold a dual driver licence following referral from Officer Panel

To consider the recommendations of the Officer Panel in relation to a dual driver application (deferred from 26 September 2016).

Minutes:

This item was considered ahead of agenda item 4.

 

SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF EXEMPT INFORMATION

 

Members of the Council’s Regulatory Sub-Committee considered the above appeal, full details of which appeared before the Members in their agenda.

 

Prior to making their decision the Members heard from the applicant and Joanna Barber, representing the Licensing Authority. An issue was raised by the applicant with regard to the accuracy of the information provided by one of the consultees.

 

Having carefully considered those matters brought before them, the Sub-Committee were of the opinion that the application be adjourned as follows.

 

RESOLVED

 

It is the decision of the Sub-Committee that the application be adjourned to the next available meeting of the Sub-Committee to allow for further investigations into the issue raised.