Agenda and minutes

Registration and Licensing Committee - Monday, 19th August, 2024 10.05 am

Venue: Multi-Location Meeting - Council Chamber, Port Talbot & Microsoft Teams. View directions

Contact: Naidine Jones  Email: n.s.jones@npt.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Chairpersons Announcements

Minutes:

The Chair, Cllr A.J.Richards welcomed everyone to the meeting.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest received.

3.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 15 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:               That the minutes of the previous meeting held on the 15 July, 2024, be approved as a true and accurate record.

 

4.

Urgent Items

Any urgent items at the discretion of the Chairperson pursuant to Section 100BA(6)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

Minutes:

No urgent items were received.

5.

Access to Meetings

That pursuant to Section 100BA (2) and (7) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded for the following items of business which involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 and 15 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the above Act.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:                That pursuant to Section 100BA (2) and (7) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded for the following item of business which involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the above Act.

6.

Application for a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence - Case 1

Minutes:

The Licensing Manager provided the Committee with an overview of the private, circulated report.

 

The driver was in attendance and addressed the Committee, along with 2 representatives.

 

Decision:

 

That after hearing all representations and reviewing the private circulated report, the Application be REFUSED, as the Committee did not deem the applicant to be a fit and proper person, and it was felt there was no justification to depart from the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy Guidelines on this occasion.