Meeting documents

General Licensing Committee
Tuesday, 19th July, 2016

Place: Cross Room, Civic Centre, West Paddock, Leyland PR25 1DH

 Present: Cllr D H Suthers (in the chair), Cllr Ms J Bell, Cllr Mrs R N Blow, Cllr H G Hancock, Cllr D J Watts, Cllr P J H Wharton, Cllr D Wooldridge
 In attendance: Tasneem Safdar (Senior Solicitor), Charles Goodwill (Internal Audit Officer) and Dave Lee (Democratic Services Officer)
 Public attendance: None
 Other Officers: 1

Other Members: None

Item Description/Resolution Status Action
OPEN ITEMS
14 Apologies for Absence

Apologies?for absence were?submitted on behalf of Councillors Marsh, Nelson and Rainsbury.


Agreed   
15 Declarations of Interest

There were no declarations of interest declared.


Noted   
16 Minutes of the Last Meeting
Minutes attached

RESOLVED (UNANIMOUS): that the minutes of the meeting held on 4 July 2016 be approved as a correct record and signed by the chairman.


Agreed   
17 Exempt Items

RESOLVED (UNANIMOUS): that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following items of business as they involved the discussion of information which was defined as exempt from publication under paragraphs 1 and 2 (information relating to an individual and information which was likely to reveal the identity of an individual) of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and in which the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing it.


Agreed   
EXEMPT ITEMS
18 Application for Private Hire Driver?s Licence: Mr Khan
Report attached
Character References (347K/bytes) attached

An application for a private hire driver?s licence was submitted.

The applicant, Mr Khan (accompanied by his legal representative), attended the meeting and addressed the committee.

During the course of the meeting the applicant provided the committee with character references from his potential employer, his former employer and a Blackburn with Darwen Council Ward Councillor.

RESOLVED (FOR: 4, AGAINST: 3, ABSTAINED: 0): that Mr Khan be granted a private hire driver?s licence.


Agreed   

  Published on Wednesday 20 July 2016
7.09pm