Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room - Civic Centre, Doncaster Road, Selby, YO8 9FT

Contact: Dawn Drury  01757 292065 Email: ddrury@selby.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

71.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Peart and Marshall.

 

72.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 301 KB

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Licensing Committee held on 18 February 2019.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the minutes of the meeting held on 18 February 2019.

 

RESOLVED:

To approve the minutes of the Licensing Committee meeting held on 18 February 2019.

 

73.

Disclosures of Interest

A copy of the Register of Interest for each Selby District Councillor is available for inspection at www.selby.gov.uk.

 

Councillors should declare to the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest in any item of business on this agenda which is not already entered in their Register of Interests. Councillors should leave the meeting and take no further part in the consideration, discussion or vote on any matter in which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest.

 

Councillors should also declare any other interests. Having made the declaration, provided the other interest is not a disclosable pecuniary interest, the Councillor may stay in the meeting, speak and vote on that item of business.

 

If in doubt, Councillors are advised to seek advice from the Monitoring Officer.

Minutes:

There were no disclosures of interest.

 

 

 

74.

Procedure and Taxi Licensing Policy pdf icon PDF 106 KB

To confirm the procedure to be followed at the meeting, including the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee noted the Licensing Committee procedure and the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy.

 

75.

Chair's Address to the Licensing Committee

Minutes:

The Chair stated that he did not have anything to report.

76.

Selby Taxi Licensing Policy 2019 pdf icon PDF 366 KB

To receive the report, which asks the Committee to endorse the proposed Selby Taxi Licensing Policy; and recommend to the Executive Council to adopt the proposed Selby Taxi Licensing Policy.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Licensing Manager presented the report which asked the Committee to endorse the proposed Selby Taxi Licensing Policy 2019; and to recommend to the Executive adoption of the proposed Selby Taxi Licensing Policy 2019.

 

The Committee heard that a consultation had been held between 1 December 2018 and 4 February 2019, the consultation responses had been reviewed, and the proposed policy had been updated as necessary.

 

In response to queries from the Committee regarding wheelchair accessible vehicles, it was confirmed that when a new application for a Hackney Carriage vehicle licence was made, the licence would only be granted if the vehicle was wheelchair accessible, this only applied to new vehicles, it did not apply to vehicles already in service.  

 

The Licensing Manager confirmed that the proposed policy set out the standard that the Council would use to inform its decisions on applications for licences, their renewal and consideration for their continuance.  Furthermore, if these standards were not met the Council was permitted by legislation to refuse, revoke or suspend a licence to protect public safety.

 

The Committee asked the Licensing Manager if it would be possible to consider a dress code for drivers, and to have the Selby District Council logo on each vehicle, the Licensing Manager confirmed that this was something that could be looked into for the future.  

 

The Committee were supportive of the officer recommendation and agreed to endorse the proposed Selby Taxi Licensing Policy 2019, as detailed in the report at appendix A; and to recommend to the Executive adoption of the proposed Selby Taxi Licensing Policy 2019.

 

RESOLVED:

i           To endorse the proposed Selby Taxi Licensing Policy 2019, as detailed in the report at appendix A; and

 

ii     To recommend to the Executive, to adopt the     proposed Selby Taxi Licensing Policy 2019.

 

Reasons for decision:

Adoption of the revised Selby Taxi Licensing Policy 2019, and the measures therein, would support the statutory position, help to protect public safety; and bring consistency and certainty to both the trade and customers.

 

77.

Private Session

That, in accordance with Section 100(A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, the meeting be not open to the Press and public during discussion of the following items as there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12(A) of the Act.

Minutes:

It was proposed, and seconded, that the Committee sit in private session due to the nature of the business to be transacted.

 

RESOLVED:

That, in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted the meeting be not open to the press and public during discussion of the following items as there will be disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12(A) of the Act.

 

78.

Application for a Hackney Carriage Driver's Licence

To receive the report, which asks the Committee to consider an application for a Hackney Carriage driver’s licence.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Licensing Manager presented the report, which asked the Committee to determine an application for a Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence. It was noted that the application had been brought before the Committee due to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check highlighting previous convictions during the application process.

 

The applicant was present and was able to respond to questions asked by the Committee concerning the report including the previous convictions.

 

The applicant and Licensing Manager left the meeting whilst the Committee considered the application.

 

The Committee considered that the convictions were of concern however they had occurred a long time ago.  The Committee considered that the evidence presented demonstrated that the applicant was a ‘fit and proper person’ to be a licensed Hackney Carriage driver.

 

RESOLVED:

To grant the application for a Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence.

 

REASON FOR DECISION:

 

The Committee was satisfied that the applicant was a ‘fit and proper’ person in accordance with the Council’s Licensing Policy.