Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 3rd February, 2021 10.00 am

Venue: Zoom Meeting

Contact: Committee Services 

Items
No. Item

62.

Election of Chairman for the meeting

Minutes:

Proposed by Councillor John Collier

Seconded by Councillor Gary Fuller and

 

Resolved: To appoint Councillor Philip Martin Chairman for the meeting.

 

63.

Declarations of interest

Members of the Council should declare any interests which fall under the following categories:

 

a)       disclosable pecuniary interests (DPI)

b)       other significant interests (OSI)

c)       voluntary announcements of other interests

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

64.

Exclusion of the Public

To exclude the public for the following item of business on the

grounds that it is likely to disclose exempt information, as defined in

paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act

1972

 

‘Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.’

Minutes:

Proposed by Councillor John Collier

Seconded by Councillor Gary Fuller and

 

Resolved:

To exclude the public for the following item of business on the

grounds that it is likely to disclose exempt information, as defined in

paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act

1972

 

‘Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.’

 

(Voting: For 3; Against 0; Abstentions 0)

65.

Review of whether a licence should be granted to a new Private Hire driver

This report considers whether a Private Hire Driver licence should be granted.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The report considers whether a Private Hire Driver licence should be

granted.

 

Proposed by Councillor John Collier

Seconded by Councillor Philip Martin and

 

Resolved:

To grant a Private Hire Driver Licence subject to officers obtaining written confirmation from Medway Council that the applicant had no significant issues during the applicants licence period with them (other than the singular incident with a traffic warden as acknowledged by the applicant) that gave rise to his licence being considered for revocation.

 

(Voting: For 2; Against 0; Abstentions 1)