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

24.

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.

25.

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.

26.

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.

27.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 49 KB

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17 December 2012.

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17 December 2012 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

28.

Head of Service Delegations: Taxi Licensing pdf icon PDF 88 KB

Report of Head of Public Protection & Development Management.

 

Summary

 

To advise the Licensing Committee of the consideration given by the Head of Public Protection and Development Management when exercising his delegated powers in determining applications for exceptions to Hackney Carriage and/Private Hire Driver Licences.

 

 

Recommendations

 

The meeting is recommended:

 

(1)   To note and endorse the consideration given by the Head of Public Protection and Development Management when determining applications for exception to Policy as detailed in the contents of this report.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report advising on the consideration given by the Head of Public Protection and Development Management when exercising his delegated powers in determining applications for exceptions to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver Licences.

 

The Committee noted that the new guidelines had been created in response to the publication of recent case law and gave the Head of Service a structured format to follow when considering making exceptions to current policy.

 

 

 

Resolved

 

  1. That the consideration given by the Head of Public Protection and Development Management when exercising his delegated powers in determining applications for exception to Policy as detailed in the report be noted and endorsed.