Agenda and draft minutes

General Licensing Committee - Monday, 6th October, 2025 2.00 pm

Venue: Multi-Location Meeting - Room C, Neath Civic Centre & Microsoft Teams

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Chairpersons Announcement

Minutes:

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

 

2.

Declaration of Interest

Minutes:

There were no declarations of Interest received.

3.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 127 KB

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

That the minutes of the previous meeting held on the 1 September 2025, be approved as an accurate record.

 

4.

Urgent Items

Minutes:

There were no urgent items.

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:

Members were asked to consider an application for the grant of a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence.

 

The Applicant and Police attended the meeting.

 

Resolved:

 

That after reviewing the private circulated report, hearing all the parties’ representations and having due regard to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy, the Committee agreed that the application be REFUSED.

 

7.

Application for a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence - Case 2

Minutes:

Members were asked to consider an application for the grant of a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence.

 

The Applicant and Police attended the meeting.

 

Resolved:

 

That after reviewing the private circulated report, hearing all the parties’ representations and having due regard to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy, the Committee agreed that the application be REFUSED.

 

8.

Application for a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence - Case 3

Minutes:

Members were asked to consider an application for the grant of a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence.

 

The Applicant attended the meeting.

 

Resolved:

 

That after reviewing the private circulated report, hearing all the parties’ representations and having due regard to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy, the Committee agreed that the application be APPROVED.

 

9.

Application for a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence - Case 4

Minutes:

Members were asked to consider an application for the grant of a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence.

 

The Applicant attended the meeting.

 

Resolved:

 

That after reviewing the private circulated report, hearing all the parties’ representations and having due regard to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy, the Committee agreed that the application be APPROVED.

 

10.

Application for a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence - Case 5

Minutes:

Members were asked to consider an application for the grant of a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence.

 

The Applicant attended the meeting.

 

Resolved:

 

That after reviewing the private circulated report, hearing all the parties’ representations and having due regard to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy, the Committee agreed that the application be APPROVED.