Agenda and draft minutes

Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
No. Item

185.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

None.

186.

Procedure to be followed at the meeting pdf icon PDF 313 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 for the meeting.  

187.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 134 KB

Recommendation: that the minutes of the meetings held on 7 October 2025, 20 October 2025, and 3 November 2025 are approved as true and accurate records.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved to approve the minutes of the meetings held on 7 October 2025, 20 October 2025, and 3 November 2025 as true and accurate records.  

188.

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.

189.

Suitability to drive Private Hire Vehicles

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

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee agreed to defer the case indefinitely.  

 

 

190.

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:

  • Refuse the application.  

 

191.

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:

  • Refuse the application.  

 

192.

Confidential Minutes

Recommendation: that the confidential minutes of the meetings held on 7 October 2025 and 20 October 2025 are approved as true and accurate records.

 

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved to approve the confidential minutes of the meetings held on 7 October 2025, 20 October 2025, and 3 November 2025 as true and accurate records. 

 

 

193.

Dates of future meetings

The next meeting will take place on 8 December 2025.

Minutes:

 

The Sub-Committee noted the dates of future meetings.