Agenda and minutes

Licensing and Regulatory Committee - Tuesday, 24th October, 2023 9.30 am

Venue: Diamond Rooms 1 and 2 - Council House. View directions

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

Items
No. Item

37.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

38.

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To agree the minutes of the Committee meeting held on 26 September 2023

Minutes:

The Minutes of the Committee meeting held on 26 September 2023 were agreed and signed as a true record.

39.

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

42

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

1 & 3

 

40.

Outstanding Issues Report

There are no outstanding issues to report.

Minutes:

There were no outstanding issues.

41.

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.

42.

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 Grant of a Private Hire Driver’s Licence be refused.

 

(Note: The consideration of this application was adjourned from the previous meeting of the Committee to allow the applicant a further opportunity to attend the meeting. The Applicant did not attend this meeting either, therefore the application was considered in his absence).

 

(b) The application for the Grant of a Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence be refused.

 

(Notes: i) Councillor J Lepoidevin and A Masih did not take participate in the consideration or vote on this application as they were not present at the start. ii) The Applicant, his union representative and his brother attended the meeting in support of his case).

 

(c) The application for the review of a Private Driver’s Licence be revoked.

 

(Notes: i) Councillors A Hopkins, J Innes, R Lancaster, J Lepoidevin, A Masih and R Thay did not take participate in the consideration or vote on this application as they were not present at the start or left during the consideration. ii) The Applicant and his friend attended the meeting in support of his case).

 

(d) The application for the Grant of a Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence be refused.

 

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

43.

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.