The Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report asking the Sub-Committee to consider an application for the grant of private hire vehicle driver’s licence, the consideration of the suspension or revocation of a hackney carriage vehicle driver’s licence and an appeal against penalty points allocated to a private hire vehicle driver’s licence.

A summary of the circumstances of each case was appended to the report.

HSA and ZAR were both present at the meeting and addressed the Sub-Committee. 

LM was not present at the meeting and had requested that his case be adjourned.

Resolved –

(1)     That, with the consent of ZAR, consideration of the suspension or revocation of ZAR’s hackney carriage vehicle driver’s licence be deferred to the next meeting of the Sub-Committee.

(2)     That the application in respect of HSA for the grant of a three year private hire vehicle driver’s licence be refused due to the Sub-Committee not considering him to be a fit and proper person to hold such a licence and by reason of:

(a)     the nature of the offence, as detailed in the report;

(b)     the requirement of the Sub-Committee to comply with the provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act;

HSA was advised of his right of appeal;

(3)     That the appeal by LM against the allocation of penalty points to a private hire vehicle driver’s licence be deferred to the next meeting of the Sub-Committee to allow the applicant to attend and on the basis that the appeal would be determined at the next meeting whether or not the appellant was in attendance;

(Exempt information as defined in paragraph 1, 2, 3 and 5)