The Board is asked to consider the recommendation of the General Purposes Licensing Committee of 21^st May 2013 in relation to the Policy on hackney carriage quantity control.

The Board is recommended to:-

(1)  Approve the recommendation of the General Purposes Licensing Committee that accepted the conclusions of the hackney carriage “unmet demand” survey report prepared by Halcrow Group Limited, that there is currently no significant unmet demand for hackney carriage vehicles;

(2)  Agree that there is currently no significant demand for the services of hackney carriage vehicles which is unmet and to therefore resolve to maintain the Council’s policy of quantity control on the number of hackney carriage vehicle licences;

(3)  Agree that a further unmet demand survey be commissioned in 2015, subject to any future changes to legislation,

and to recommend Council accordingly.

The Head of Environmental Development submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) concerning the policy on Hackney Carriage Quantity Control.

Councillor Colin Cook, Board Member for City Development presented the report to the Board, and confirmed that no change to present arrangements was proposed.

Resolved to:-

(1)  Approve the recommendation of the General Purposes Licensing Committee that accepted the conclusions of the hackney carriage “unmet demand” survey report prepared by Halcrow Group Limited, that there is currently no significant unmet demand for hackney carriage vehicles;

(2)  Agree that there is currently no significant demand for the services of hackney carriage vehicles which is unmet and to therefore resolve to maintain the Council’s policy of quantity control on the number of hackney carriage vehicle licences;

(3) Agree that a further unmet demand survey be commissioned in 2015, subject to any future changes to legislation,

And that the above is therefore recommended to Council.