DP/2024/02
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.
Minutes:
The Panel considered a report to inform them 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 was referred to the Panel for determination.
RESOLVED that, based on the information provided to the Panel, having taken into account the report written by the Officer, the reasons the Applicant has appeared before the Panel, Officer recommendations, the Applicant’s comments and the Council's Statement of Fitness and Suitability, the Applicant is not a fit and proper person and accordingly the application be REFUSED on the grounds that the Council’s policy requires a ten year period to expire after the end of the Applicant’s sentence before considering whether to grant him a licence.
NOTE: The Applicant attended the meeting and addressed the Panel.