Agenda and minutes

Licensing and Regulatory Committee - Tuesday, 26th September, 2023 9.30 am

Contact: Usha Patel/Thomas Robinson  Email: usha.patel@coventry.gov.uk/thomas.robinson@coventry.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

30.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

31.

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To agree the minutes of the Committee meeting held on 29August 2023.

Minutes:

The Minutes of the Committee meeting held on 29 August 2023 were agreed and signed as a true record.

32.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To consider whether to exclude the press and public for the items of private business for the reasons shown in the reports.

Minutes:

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 defined in Schedule 12A of that Act, in particular those paragraphs of Part 1 of the Schedule as indicated:

 

Minute No.

Subject

Relevant paragraphs
of Part 1of Schedule
12A

35

Applications for Grant/Suitability to hold Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Drivers’ Licence

1 & 3

 

33.

Outstanding Issues Report

There are no outstanding issues to report.

Minutes:

There were no outstanding issues.

34.

Any other items of public business which the Chair decides to take as matters of urgency because of the special circumstances involved

Minutes:

There were no other items of public business.

35.

Applications for the Grant/Suitability to hold Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Drivers' Licences

Reports of the Chief Legal Officer on the following:

(Listing Officer: Mick Coggins, Email: mick.coggins@coventry.gov.uk 

Minutes:

RESOLVED that, having considered the circumstances set out in the report of the Chief Legal Officer now submitted,

 

(a) The application for the review of a Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence be granted with a written warning.

 

(Notes: i) The consideration of this application was adjourned from the previous meeting of the Committee to allow the applicant a further opportunity to attend.  ii) The Applicant and his union representatives attended the meeting in support of his case).

 

(b) The consideration of the application for the grant of a Private Hire Driver’s Licence be deferred to the next meeting of the Committee to give the applicant a further opportunity to attend the meeting to present his application.

 

(Note: Councillor J Lepoidevin did not take participate in the consideration or vote on this application as she was not present at the start).

 

(c) The application for the grant of a Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence

be granted with a written warning.

 

(Note: The Applicant attended the meeting in support of his case).

36.

Any other items of private business which the Chair decides to take as matters of urgency because of the special circumstances involved

Minutes:

There were no other items of private business.