Agenda

Licensing Sub Committee - Tuesday 5th November 2024 10.15 am

Venue: Council Chamber - Civic Offices. View directions

Contact: T Larsen, Democratic Services (Direct Line 01992 564243)  Email:  democraticservices@eppingforestdc.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Webcasting Introduction

“I would like to remind everyone that this meeting will be filmed live or recorded, and uploaded to the internet and will be capable of repeated viewing.

 

Therefore, by participating in this meeting, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

If any public speakers on MS Teams do not wish to have their image captured, they should ensure that their video setting throughout the meeting is turned off and set to audio only.

 

Members and public speakersare reminded to turn on their microphones before speaking and turn them off when they have finished”.

2.

Apologies for Absence

To be declared at the meeting.

3.

Declarations of Interest

To declare interests in any item on this agenda.

4.

Procedure for the Conduct of Business pdf icon PDF 78 KB

To note the adopted procedure for the conduct of business by the Sub-Committee.

 

5.

Exclusion of Public and Press

Exclusion: To consider whether, under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press should be excluded from the meeting for the items of business set out below on grounds that they will involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the following paragraph(s) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended) or are confidential under Section 100(A)(2):

 

Agenda Item No

Subject

Exempt Information Paragraph Number

6

Application for a Taxi driver licence

1

7

To determine whether driver remains fit and proper

1

 

The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006, which came into effect on 1 March 2006, requires the Council to consider whether maintaining the exemption listed above outweighs the potential public interest in disclosing the information. Any member who considers that this test should be applied to any currently exempted matter on this agenda should contact the proper officer at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.

 

Background Papers:  Article 17 - Access to Information, Procedure Rules of the Constitution define background papers as being documents relating to the subject matter of the report which in the Proper Officer's opinion:

 

(a)        disclose any facts or matters on which the report or an important part of the report is based;  and

 

(b)        have been relied on to a material extent in preparing the report and does not include published works or those which disclose exempt or confidential information and in respect of executive reports, the advice of any political advisor.

 

The Council will make available for public inspection for four years after the date of the meeting one copy of each of the documents on the list of background papers.

6.

Application for a Taxi driver licence

To consider and determine a new application for a Hackney Carriage driver.

7.

To determine whether driver remains fit and proper

To consider whether an existing Hackney Carriage driver remains a fit and proper person.