18 09/03 Application for a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver's Licence
To consider an application for a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Drivers Licence.
Minutes:
The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding an application for a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence.
The Sub-Committee was informed that the application fell within the Council’s policy for determination by the Sub-Committee. Accordingly the hearing had been convened to enable the Sub-Committee to determine whether the application for a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence should be granted.
The applicant attended the hearing and made representations in respect of his application. A friend of the applicant also attended the hearing and made representations in support of the applicant.
After a full hearing of the application and in accordance with the rules of procedure, the Chairman of the Sub-Committee reported that after taking account of all of the evidence, including the applicant’s oral representations, the following course of action had been agreed.
RESOLVED – That the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence and that the application for a licence be granted.