Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

98.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

None.

99.

Procedure to be followed at the meeting pdf icon PDF 229 KB

Guidance on the procedure to be followed, the Street Trading Policy, and the Council’s Policy on the Relevance of Warnings, Offences, Cautions and Convictions are attached.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee noted the procedure for the hearings, the street trading policy and the policy on the relevance of warnings, offences, cautions and convictions.

100.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 479 KB

Recommendation: that the minutes of the meeting of 25 March 2024 are approved as a true and accurate record.

 

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 25 March 2024 as a true and accurate record.

101.

Street Trading application to extend the terminal hour of trading pdf icon PDF 136 KB

To consider the report and reach a decision.

Minutes:

The Head of Planning & Regulatory Services had submitted a report to inform the determination of a street trading application to extend the terminal hour of trading.

 

Matthew Stead, Senior Licensing Officer joined the meeting and informed the Committee of Mr Shabbir's absence.

 

The General Purposes Licensing Sub-Committee agreed to:

  • Adjourn Mr Shabbir's application until the next available meeting of the General Purposes Licensing Sub-Committee.

102.

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.

103.

Application to drive Private Hire Vehicles

To consider the confidential report and reach a decision.

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee agreed to consider item 9 before returning to agenda as listed.

 

The Executive Director for Communities and People had submitted a report to inform the determination of an application to drive Private Hire Vehicles in the City.

  

The General Purposes Licensing Casework Sub-Committee resolved to:

  • Refuse the application to drive Private Hire Vehicles in the City taking into account the details set out in the report and the representations made at this Sub-Committee meeting.

 

104.

Application to drive Private Hire Vehicles

To consider the confidential report and reach a decision.

Minutes:

The Executive Director for Communities and People had submitted a report to inform the determination of an application to drive Private Hire Vehicles in the City.

 

The General Purposes Licensing Casework Sub-Committee resolved to:

  • Refuse the application to drive Private Hire Vehicles in the City taking into account the details set out in the report and the representations made at this Sub-Committee meeting.

 

105.

New application to drive Private Hire Vehicles

To consider the confidential report and reach a decision.

Minutes:

The Executive Director for Communities and People had submitted a report to inform the determination of an application to drive Private Hire Vehicles in the City.

 

The General Purposes Licensing Casework Sub-Committee resolved to:

  • Refuse the application to drive Private Hire Vehicles in the City taking into account the details set out in the report and the representations made at this Sub-Committee meeting.

 

106.

Confidential Minutes

Recommendation: that the confidential minutes of the meeting of 25 March 2024 are approved as a true and accurate record.

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved to approve the confidential minutes of the meeting held on 25 March 2024 as a true and accurate record.

107.

Dates of future meetings

The dates of future meetings (if required) are:

·       28 May 2024

·       10 June 2024

·       22 July 2024

·       2 September 2024

·       14 October 2024

·       26 November 2024

·       17 December 2024

·       13 January 2025

·       18 February 2025

·       10 March 2025

·       14 April 2025

·       27 May 2025

Minutes:

The dates of future meetings were noted.