Issue - meetings

DP/2024/25

Meeting: 13/02/2024 - Licensing Driver Panel (Item 10)

DP/2024/25

The purpose of this report is to inform Members of an application to renew a dual hackney carriage / private hire driver’s licence, where a conviction recorded against the applicant; calls into question whether they remain a ‘fit and proper’ person to hold a licence.

Minutes:

The Panel considered a report to inform Members of an application to renew a dual hackney carriage / private hire driver’s licence, where a conviction recorded against the Applicant; calls into question whether they remain a ‘fit and proper’ person to hold a licence.

 

RESOLVED that, based on the information provided to the Panel, the reason the Applicant has appeared before the Panel, namely: convictions, the report written by the Officer, their recommendations, the Applicant’s comments and the Council's Statement of Fitness and Suitability, the Applicant is a fit and proper person and accordingly: the application be GRANTED for a trial period of twelve months.

 

NOTE: The Applicant attended the meeting to address the Panel.