DP/2026/07
The purpose of this report is to inform
Members of an application for a new Dual Driver’s licence,
which, due to a conviction calls in to question their fitness and
propriety to be a suitable person to hold such a licence. As such,
the application has been referred to this Panel for
determination.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Panel considered an application to grant a dual driver’s licence, which due to a conviction recorded against the Applicant which into question their fitness and propriety to hold such a licence. As such, the application was referred to the Panel for determination.
RESOLVED that, based on the information provided to the Panel, having taken into account the reason the Applicant had appeared before the Panel, namely previous convictions, the report written by the Officer, her recommendations, the Applicant’s comments and the Council’s Statement of Fitness and Suitability, the Applicant is considered to be a fit and proper person on the grounds that the Applicant’s conviction was 20 years ago when the Applicant was a teenager and the Applicant has changed his behaviour since then and accordingly the Applicant be granted a licence for a period of 12 months to be renewed for a further period of two years if the Council receives no complaints about the Applicant’s conduct in the meantime.
NOTE: The Applicant attended the meeting and addressed the Panel.