Agenda and minutes

Licensing and Regulatory Committee - Tuesday, 16th January, 2024 10.00 am

Venue: The Council Chamber, County Hall, The Rhadyr, Usk, NP15 1GA with remote attendance

Contact: Democratic Services 

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

None received.

2.

Confirmation of Minutes pdf icon PDF 23 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee meeting held on 5th September 2023 were confirmed and signed by the Chair.

3.

Review of Annual Licensing Fees for Financial Year 2024/25 pdf icon PDF 175 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Principal Licensing Officer presented the Review of Annual Licensing Fees for the Financial Year 2024/25 report.

 

https://www.youtube.com/live/h9tz41Ucxfs?si=KVhYtnP-YfyXoDik&t=180

 

We resolved:

 

(i)            to approve the fees set out in Appendix A to the report, entitled “Schedule of Licence Fees for 2024-25”, subject, where relevant, to any required public notice;

 

(ii)          that any objections, duly made, regarding fees for the grant of licences for hackney carriage and private hire vehicles be brought back to the Licensing and Regulatory Committee at the earliest opportunity for due consideration.

4.

Exclusion of the Press and Public pdf icon PDF 276 KB

Minutes:

We excluded the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business in accordance with Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

5.

To consider whether the driver is "Fit and Proper" to hold a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Drivers Licence

Minutes:

We resolved to defer consideration of an application for a Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Drivers Licence to a future meeting of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee, as the applicant had been unable to attend today’s meeting due to a family bereavement.

 

6.

Next Meeting

Minutes:

Tuesday 27th February 2024 at 10.00am.