Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chair for the meeting.

Councillor Wadham was appointed Chair for the meeting.

Councillors are reminded of the need to declare personal and prejudicial interests, including the nature and extent of such interests, in relation to business on the agenda, before any discussion takes place on the item. Councillors requiring clarification should seek the advice of the Monitoring Officer prior to the day of the meeting.

No declarations of interest were made by Members.

To pass the following resolution:

“RESOLVED that, under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for item 4 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act.”

RESOLVED that, under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of the following item on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part I, Schedule 12A of the Act.

To consider the report of the Head of Environmental Health Services.

(Report circulated to Members)

The Principal Licensing Officer presented an application from a Mr V, an applicant for a licence to drive a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire Vehicle. Mr V had failed to disclose two convictions on his application form which had been later disclosed on his Criminal Records Bureau [CRB] check. The convictions were a two year disqualification for driving with excess alcohol in 1988 and a traffic signal offence in December 2006. The latter offence, if identified in isolation, would normally have been dealt with under delegated powers.

As part of the application process Mr V had been asked to sign a declaration on the application form at section 3, identifying whether or not he had ever been convicted of a criminal offence or received a caution, reprimand or warning. Mr V had struck through “‘yes” and signed the application form. He had also signed a declaration stating that he had checked the answers and that to the best of his knowledge and belief the answers are correct. Mr V had been asked by the licensing officer who was completing the form if he had any convictions or cautions to declare and to sign a declaration in the relevant section identifying his response in the YES or NO box.  Mr Vaughan ticked ‘no’ and signed the CRB form.  

Mr Vaughan had submitted a letter dated 7 October 2010 explaining the reasons for not declaring his conviction and cautions.

Mr V attended the meeting and spoke in support of his application. He stated that

The Sub Committee retired to make its decision in the presence of the Licensing Solicitor and the Member Services Officer.

RESOLVED that the application for a licence to drive a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire Vehicle be granted subject to a warning as to his future conduct

(Report circulated to Members)

To consider the report of the Head of Environmental Health Services on representations made by the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary in respect of an application for a variation of the Premises Licence at the Pitcher and Piano, Exeter. Report not published with this agenda.

Details of the application may be found at https://www.exeter.gov.uk/licensing

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