Agenda and minutes

There were no declarations of interest.

To agree the minutes of the Committee meeting held on 4 February 2020.

The minutes of the meeting held on 4 February 2020 were signed as a true record.

RESOLVED that, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business indicated below on the grounds that those items involve the likely disclosure of exempt information, as refined in Schedule 12A of that Act, in particular those paragraphs of Part 1 of the Schedule as indicated:

There were no outstanding issues.

There were no other items of public business.

RESOLVED that, having considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place):

1.  That the Council Solicitor be authorised to institute legal proceedings under the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 against appropriate persons in respect of the alleged mouse infestation and dirty conditions on the owners of Crazy Gate, Ironmonger Row, Coventry, CV1 1LZ.

2.  That authority be delegated to the Director (Streetscene and Regulatory Services) to authorise legal proceedings for any further offences which may come to light before the case under consideration has been resolved in court.

RESOLVED that, having considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place):

1.  The Council Solicitor be authorised to institute legal proceedings under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 in respect of the alleged trading without a licence to provide home boarding for dogs at 66 Lauderdale Avenue, Coventry, CV4 4LL.

2.  That authority be delegated to the Director (Streetscene and Regulatory Services) to authorise legal proceedings for any further offences which may come to light before the case under consideration has been resolved in court.

Reports of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) on the following:

(Listing Officer: Mick Coggins – tel: 024 7683 2183)

Resolved that, having considered the circumstances set out in the report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place), now submitted, and noting that the applicant had submitted a Private Hire Driver’s Licence which was pending, the applications for both a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence by Mr Goran Sarkawat Mohammed be granted with a written warning.

(Note: Mr Mohammed attended the meeting in support of his application)

There were no other items of private business.