Agenda and draft minutes

Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chair

To confirm the Chair of this Sub-Committee for the duration of the meeting.

 

Minutes:

Councillor Lancaster proposed, and Councillor Yeatman seconded, Councillor Ottino as Chair. 

 

Councillor Ottino was elected as Chair for the duration of the meeting. 

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

None.  

3.

Procedure to be followed at the meeting pdf icon PDF 112 KB

Guidance on the procedure to be followed is attached.

The Council’s Policy on the Relevance of Warnings, Offences, Cautions and Convictions is attached.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee noted the relevant procedure. 

4.

Exempt Matters and Confidential Session

If the Sub-Committee wishes to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of any aspects of the preceding or following agenda items it will be necessary for the Sub-Committee to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 specifying the grounds on which their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act if and so long, as in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the remaining items of business on the grounds that their presence would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act. 

 

The Sub-Committee considered matters relating to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle licensing in private. 

 

 

The Chair reordered the agenda: items 6 and 8 were swapped. 

 

5.

Application to drive Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles

For the Sub-Committee to consider the confidential report and reach a decision.

Minutes:

The General Purposes Licensing Sub-Committee resolved to: 

  • Grant the application  

 

6.

Application to drive Private Hire Vehicles

For the Sub-Committee to consider the confidential report and reach a decision.

Minutes:

The General Purposes Licensing Sub-Committee resolved to: 

  • Grant the application  

 

7.

Application to drive Private Hire Vehicles

For the Sub-Committee to consider the confidential report and reach a decision.

 

Minutes:

The General Purposes Licensing Sub-Committee resolved to: 

·       Defer the application to a future meeting.  

8.

Dates of future meetings

The dates of future meetings (if required) are:

·       22 June 2026

·       20 July 2026

·       3 August 2026

·       14 September 2026

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee noted the dates of future meetings.