Agenda and minutes


Venue: Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 4AA

Contact: Louise Aston, Democratic and Elections  Email: louise.aston@cherwellandsouthnorthants.gov.uk, 01295 221601

Items
No. Item

3.

Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to declare any interests and the nature of that interest which they may have in any of the items under consideration at this meeting.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4.

Petitions and Requests to Address the Meeting

The Chairman to report on any requests to submit petitions or to address the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no petitions or requests to address the meeting.

 

5.

Urgent Business

The Chairman to advise whether they have agreed to any item of urgent business being admitted to the agenda.

Minutes:

There was no urgent business.

 

6.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 51 KB

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 4 March 2011, 18 May 2011 and 16 May 2012.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meetings of the Committee held on 4 March 2011, 18 May 2011 and 16 May 2012 were agreed as correct records and signed by the Chairman.

7.

Minutes of meeting Thursday 3 November, 2011 of Licensing Sub Committee pdf icon PDF 140 KB

To note the minutes of the Licensing Sub Committee meeting held on 3 November 2011.

 

Minutes:

Resolved

 

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on 3 November 2011 be noted.

 

8.

Minutes of meeting Thursday 1 December, 2011 of Licensing Sub Committee pdf icon PDF 35 KB

To note the minutes of the Licensing Sub Committee meeting held on 1 December 2011.

 

Minutes:

Resolved

 

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on 1 December 2011 be noted.

 

9.

Minutes of meeting Tuesday 24 January, 2012 of Licensing Sub Committee pdf icon PDF 114 KB

To note the minutes of the Licensing Sub Committee meeting held on 24 January 2012.

 

Minutes:

Resolved

 

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on 24 January 2012 be noted.

 

10.

Minutes of meeting Thursday 23 February, 2012 of Licensing Sub Committee pdf icon PDF 120 KB

To note the minutes of the Licensing Sub Committee meeting held on 23 February 2012.

 

Minutes:

Resolved

 

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on 23 February 2012 be noted.

 

11.

Minutes of meeting Thursday 8 March, 2012 of Licensing Sub Committee pdf icon PDF 103 KB

To note the minutes of the Licensing Sub Committee meeting held on 8 March 2012.

 

Minutes:

Resolved

 

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on 8 March 2012 be noted.

 

12.

Licensing Committee: Taxi Tariffs pdf icon PDF 76 KB

Report of Head of Public Protection & Development Management.

 

Summary

 

To seek the Licensing Committees approval to vary the Hackney Carriage fare tariff and to give notice of the proposed variation in accordance with the relevant legislation.

 

Recommendations

 

The meeting is recommended:

 

(1)               To vary the current fare tariff to either the NOHA proposed tariff or the amended version of this tariff detailed in Appendix 4 as alternative proposal one.

 

(2)               To instruct the Licensing Officer to give notice of the variation in accordance with Section 65 (2) (a) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

 

(3)               In the event of any objections to the notice of variation, to instruct the Licensing Officer to bring such objections back to a meeting of the Committee for consideration prior to publication of the new fare tariff.

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Head of Public Protection and Development Management which sought the Committee’s approval to vary the Hackney Carriage fare tariff and to give notice of the proposed variation in accordance with Section 65 (2) (a) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. 

 

The Committee was advised that a proposal had been put forward by North Oxon Hackney Carriage Association (NOHA) along with an alternative proposal during the preliminary consultation. In considering the report, the Licensing Committee put forward a further alternative proposal:

·        Increase Tariff 1 to £2.50 per mile, and 12p per 16th of a mile.

·        Increase Tariff 2 and 4 to £2.50 per mile as requested by NOHA.

·        Leave Christmas tariff as currently Cherwell is the most expensive in the area. 

 

The Committee commented that it was important to take the current economic climate be taken into account as this had an impact on the Hackney Carriage trade, due to the public being able to afford the proposed increase.

 

The Committee requested the Licensing Officer to give notice of variation on the above proposal.

 

Resolved

 

(1)               That the current fare tariff be varied as follows:

·        Increase Tariff 1 to £2.50 per mile, and 12p per 16th of a mile.

·        Increase Tariff 2 and 4 to £2.50 per mile

·        No change to Christmas tariff

 

(2)               That the Licensing Officer be instructed to give notice of the variation in accordance with Section 65 (2) (a) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

 

(3)               That, in the event of any objections to the notice of variation, the Licensing Officer be instructed to bring such objections back to a meeting of the Committee for consideration prior to publication of the new fare tariff.