Agenda and draft minutes

Taxi & General Licensing Sub-Committee - Friday 26th January 2024 10.00 am

Venue: The Jeffrey Room at The Guildhall, Northampton, NN1 1DE

Contact: Richard Woods / Maisie McInnes, Democratic Services 

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chair for the meeting of the Sub-Committee

Minutes:

The Democratic Services Officer opened the meeting and invited Councillors to appoint a Chair of the Sub-Committee Hearing. It was proposed by Councillor Paul Clark and seconded by Councillor Janice Duffy that Councillor Sally Beardsworth be appointed Chair of the Sub-Committee Hearing.

 

Resolved

 

(1)  That Councillor Sally Beardsworth be appointed Chair of the Sub-Committee Hearing.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to declare any interest and the nature of that interest that they may have in any of the items under consideration at this meeting.

 

Note: Any Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest will not be able to participate in the hearing and should therefore notify Democratic Services in advance so that arrangements may be made for an alternate Member to attend.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

3.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

The following report(s) contain exempt information as defined in the following paragraph(s) of Part 1, Schedule 12A of Local Government Act 1972.

 

Paragraph 1 – Information relating to any individual.

 

Members are reminded that whilst the following item(s) have been marked as exempt, it is for the meeting to decide whether or not to consider each of them in private or in public. In making the decision, members should balance the interests of individuals or the Council itself in having access to the information. In considering their discretion members should also be mindful of the advice of Council Officers.

 

Should Members decide not to make a decision in public, they are recommended to resolve as follows:

 

“That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that, if the public and press were present, it would be likely that exempt information falling under the provisions of Schedule 12A, Part I, Paragraph 1 would be disclosed to them, and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

Minutes:

That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that, if the public and press were present, it would be likely that exempt information falling under the provisions of Schedule 12A, Part I, Paragraph 1 would be disclosed to them, and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

4.

Application for a Private Hire Driver’s Licence

Exempt report of the Licensing Enforcement Officer

Minutes:

Exempt report of the Licensing Enforcement Officer

 

Resolved

 

(1)  As set out in the exempt decision notice.