Agenda and draft minutes

West Devon Licensing Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 18th July, 2018 10.00 am

Venue: Chamber - Kilworthy Park. View directions

Contact: Email: Member.Services@swdevon.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

5.

Appointment of Chairman

Minutes:

* LSC 5 

RESOLVED

That Cllr Sanders be appointed Chairman for the duration of the meeting.

 

 

6.

Declarations of Interest

Members are invited to declare any personal or disclosable pecuniary interests, including the nature and extent of such interests; they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting;

Minutes:

* LSC 6          

The Chairman invited Members to declare any interests in the items of business to be considered during the course of the meeting but there were none made.

 

 

7.

Exclusion of Public and Press -to consider the following resolution to exclude the public and press:-

PART TWO ITEMS ARE THOSE WHICH MAY BE TAKEN IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS ON THE GROUNDS THAT EXEMPT INFORMATION IS LIKELY TO BE DISCLOSED (if any)

 

If any, the Committee is recommended to pass the following resolution:

 

“RESOLVED that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the Meeting on the grounds that exempt information may be disclosed as defined in the paragraphs given in Schedule 12A to the Act.”

 

 

Minutes:

* LSC 7 

 

RESOLVED

That, under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting on the grounds that exempt information is likely to be disclosed as defined in Paragraph 1 of Schedule 12(A) to the Act.”

 

8.

Determination of whether to grant a Hackney Carriage driver licence, in effect to determine whether the applicant can be deemed a 'fit and proper person' in light of previous criminal convictions and other relevant motoring offences

Minutes:

* LSC 8 

The Sub Committee considered an exempt report that sought to determine an application to determine whether to grant a Hackney Carriage Driver Licence, in effect to determine whether the applicant could be deemed a ‘fit and proper person’.

The Chairman read out the order of the process to determine the application.

 

The Licensing Officer proceeded to present the application and the content of the report.

 

At 10.50am (once all parties were content that they had no further issues and/or questions to raise), the Sub-Committee adjourned in the presence of the Deputy Monitoring Officer to consider the application.  The Sub-Committee then reconvened at 11.30 am and the Chairman announced the decision.)

 

It was then: 

 

RESOLVED

That the Sub-Committee has considered very carefully the application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver Licence and has decided to REFUSE the application.