Agenda item

To consider proposed options with respect to the variation of the current table of fares in each Hackney Carriage Zone and to make a recommendation to the Cabinet Member for Communities and Regulatory Services.

The Committee considered a report regarding a proposed variation to the current table of fares in each Hackney Carriage Zone.

The Licensing section had undertaken consultation with the licensed trade in the Macclesfield and Congleton zones, the licensed trade in the Crewe and Nantwich zone having chosen not to engage in the process.  Agreement had been reached on the structure of the revised Table of Fares, but there had been no agreement on the harmonisation of the flag/first mile rate.

RESOLVED

(a)       That the Cabinet Member for Communities and Regulatory Services be recommended to approve for further consultation the agreed structure with a flag/first mile rate of £3.50 and Tariff 2 set at the flag rate plus 20%;

(b)       That, in view of the extensive consultation that had already been undertaken, the Cabinet Member for Communities and Regulatory Services be recommended to approve a reduction in the consultation period to six weeks.