Meeting documents

Regulatory Committee (2005-2016)
Wednesday, 4th March, 2009 7.30 pm

Date:
Wednesday, 4th March, 2009
Time:
7.30pm
Place:
New Council Chamber, Town Hall, Reigate
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Present: Councillors G.P. Crome (Chairman), Mrs. L.J. Brunt, M.A. Brunt†, G.L. Norman, D.J. Pay†, M.J. Selby†, Ms. B.J. Thomson and S.T. Walsh.

†Substitute Member
Min NoDescriptionResolution
Part I
50. MINUTES
 RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 14th January 2009 be approved as a correct record and signed.
51 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS
 Councillor R. Miah (Sub: Councillor D.J. Pay)
Councillor R. Harper (Sub: Councillor M.J. Selby)
Councillor J.M. Stephenson (Sub: Councillor Ms B.J. Thomson)
Councillor S.S. Banwait
Councillor S.N. Farrer
(Sub: Councillor M.A. Brunt)
Councillor Dr. L.R. Hack

(NOTE: Councillor Dr. L.R. Hack was delayed and only arrived after consideration of Item 56 had commenced, meaning that she was unable to sit upon the Committee for this application.)
52 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
 There were no declarations of interest.
53 LICENSING PROCEDURES
 The Committee noted the licensing procedures to be followed for the application before it, as set out in Appendix B to the agenda.
54 ANY OTHER URGENT BUSINESS
 None.
55 EXEMPT BUSINESS
 RESOLVED that the Press and public be excluded from the meeting for item 56 below under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, on the grounds that:

(i) it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act; and

(ii) the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.
Part II(Confidential)
56 APPLICATION FOR A PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER LICENCE
  • (Attachment: 3)Report of Head of Environmental Services
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    (Attachment: 4)Annex to report of Head of Environmental Services
Minute for Minute Number 56
RESOLVED to adjourn the hearing to a later date to enable the applicant to arrange to be accompanied.
57 PRESS RELEASE
 Consideration of this item was deferred to the reconvened meeting on 16 March 2009.
8.03 pm

Minute

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56The Committee considered a report on an application for a private hire driver licence.

The applicant had previously held a licence which was revoked on 12th May 2006, following receipt of the applicant's CRB enhanced disclosure report. The CRB report listed a previous conviction and advised that due to the nature of the offence the applicant had been provisionally placed on the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List (POVA).

In his initial re-application dated 22nd September 2008 the applicant made no reference to his earlier conviction. It was only after the intervention of officers, who were aware of the previous history, that he included the information in his third application submitted on 10th October 2008.

The report included a copy of the relevant application forms and correspondence with the Head of Environmental Health Services. In the course of the officer's presentation it was noted that the date referred to in paragraph 13 of the report should state 12th September 2004 and not 12th September 2002.

Annexes 5 and 6 to the report relating to the CRB disclosure report were tabled at the meeting, together with a letter from Surrey Police received the previous day, advising that they would not be taking any further action against the applicant for having applied for a licence whilst being on the POVA list.

The meeting was adjourned at 7.38 p.m. to allow the Committee to read through the papers tabled at the meeting, and reconvened at 7.50 p.m.

The Chairman set out the procedure to be followed to those present and invited the applicant to present his case.

The applicant commenced his submissions by apologising that his representative had been unable to accompany him at the last minute. He intimated that he would have preferred to have had legal support in view of the formality of the hearing.

In these circumstances, the Committee