Issue - meetings

DP/2026/16

Meeting: 10/02/2026 - Licensing Driver Panel (Item 11)

DP/2026/16

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 the applicants 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 that informed them of an application for a new Dual Driver’s licence, which, due to a conviction calls in to question the Applicant’s 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 reason the Applicant had 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 not a fit and proper person and accordingly the application be REFUSED t on the grounds that the decision is in accordance with the guidance in the Council’s Statement of Fitness and Suitability. 

 

NOTE: The Applicant attended the meeting and addressed the Panel.