Meeting documents

Licensing (Miscellaneous) Sub-Committee
Thursday 6th September 2018

Chairman: Councillor K Vickers
Venue: Function Room 1, Civic Centre, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe
Time: 10 am
E-mail Address: sophie.whipps@northlincs.gov.uk

AGENDA

1. Substitutions.
2. Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Personal or Personal and Prejudicial Interests, and significant contact with Applicants, Objectors or Third Parties (Lobbying), if any.
3. To take the minutes of the meeting held on 26 July 2018 as a correct record and authorise the chairman to sign.
4. Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 - Application for a Private Hire Vehicle Drivers Licence - Mr J Ahmed.
5. Any other items that the chairman decides are urgent by reason of special circumstances that must be specified.

MINUTES

PRESENT: – Councillor K Vickers in the Chair.

Councillors Clark, Ellerby and Oldfield.

The sub-committee met at the Civic Centre, Scunthorpe.

1533 DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS, PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS AND SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH APPLICANTS, OBJECTORS OR THIRD PARTIES (LOBBYING) - The following members declared a personal interest -

MemberNature of Interest
Councillor OldfieldPersonal licence holder

No lobbying was declared.

1534 MINUTES – Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting held on 26 July 2018, having been printed and circulated amongst the members, be taken as read and correctly recorded and be signed by the chairman.

1535 (14) LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1976 - APPLICATION FOR A PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE DRIVERS LICENCE - Mr J Ahmed - The Director: Operations submitted a report advising members of an application for the grant of a Private Hire Vehicle Drivers Licence to be determined by the sub-committee.

The report contained background information on the process for determining such applications, the information to be taken into account and the circumstances in which the sub-committee could revoke a licence.

The options available to the sub-committee when considering the application were:

  • To grant the licence as applied for with no additional conditions or restrictions other than those normally applied to such licences.
  • To grant the licence subject to additional conditions or restrictions.
  • To refuse to grant the licence.

Should the sub-committee refuse the application or impose additional terms, conditions or restrictions then the applicant may appeal to the Magistrates Court within 21 days from the date on which he was notified of the decision.

Should the Magistrates uphold the decision of the council, the applicant had further recourse to the Crown Court.

The procedure for dealing with such applications at meetings of the sub-committee had previously been circulated to members.

The applicant was not in attendance.

Resolved – That consideration of this agenda item be deferred to a future meeting to allow the applicant to attend.