To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the last meeting of the Sub- Committee, held on 26 November 2018.

The minutes of the last meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 26 November 2018, were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

Apologies for absence were submitted from Councillors J Henderson and Winfield (with no substitutes).

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Personal Interest, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

There were none.

Subject to providing two working days’ notice, a Member of the Committee may ask the Chairman of the Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the Tendring District and which falls within the terms of reference of the Committee.

There were none.

To inform the Sub-Committee of the number of drivers, vehicles and operators licensed with this Authority as at 18 January 2019.

The Sub-Committee noted the contents of a report (A.1) on the number of Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Drivers, vehicles and operators, licensed by the Council as at  18 January 2019, which was submitted for information only.

To pass the following resolution:-

“That under Schedule 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business to be considered below on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act:

(a)        Exempt minute of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 26 November 2018.

(b)        Report of Corporate Director (Operational Services)

B.1       Applications for the Renewal or Grant of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Drivers’ Licence.

It was moved by Councillor Cossens, seconded by Councillor Callender, and:-

RESOLVED – That under Schedule 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business to be considered below on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act:

(a)        Exempt minute of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 26 November 2018.

(b)        Report of Corporate Director (Operational Services)

B.1       Applications for the Renewal or Grant of Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Drivers’ Licences.

To approve as a correct record the exempt minute of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 26 November 2018.

The Exempt Minutes of the meeting of the Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee, held on 26 November  2018, were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To consider applications for the Grant or Renewal of Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Drivers’ Licences where the applicants have disclosed offences.

The Sub-Committee reviewed named individual’s applications for the review and grant of Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licences. The Sub-Committee’s resolutions are detailed in the exempt minutes of this meeting.