Agenda and draft minutes

Councillor Harding was appointed as Chair for this meeting.

Councillors are reminded of the need to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests that relate to business on the agenda and which have not already been included in the register of interests, before any discussion takes place on the item. Unless the interest is sensitive, you must also disclose the nature of the interest. In accordance with the Council's Code of Conduct, you must then leave the room and must not participate in any further discussion of 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.

It is considered unlikely that the Committee would wish to exclude the press and public during consideration of the items on this agenda.  If, however, the Committee were to exclude the press and public, a resolution in the following form should be passed:

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

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 items and on the grounds that if involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Following discussion, it was determined that the application under item 4 of the agenda would not involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, so the meeting should continue under Part 1 and that the press and public not be excluded from this meeting.

To consider the report of the Head of Service - Environment & Waste.

The Chair introduced the Sub-Committee and the Apprentice Solicitor set out the procedure for the hearing advising of the Council’s policy and the requirements under Section 48(1) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

The Principal Licensing Officer presented an application to renew a licence relating to a Private Hire Vehicle over 10 years old.

The Applicant was in attendance and spoke in support of the application and responded to questions from Members and the Apprentice Solicitor.

Members, having considered the Application, although noting the vehicle’s age and high mileage, considered the vehicle to be in excellent condition and was very well maintained by the Applicant’s proactive servicing and inspection of the vehicle.

RESOLVED that the application for the renewal of a licence relating to a Private Hire Vehicle over 10 years old be approved for 12 months, subject to a condition that the vehicle will have an independent service and MOT six months from the date of the last MOT and that this must be evidenced to the Council’s Licensing Department.