To receive apologies for absence (to include reasons, where appropriate) from

Members/Officers.

Apologies for absence were received from the following Members:

To receive declarations of personal and prejudicial interest (if any) from Members/Officers in accordance with the provisions of the Members Code of Conduct adopted by Council from 1 September 2008.

None.

The report relating to the following item is not for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 and/or Paragraph 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information)(Variation)(Wales) Order 2007.

If following the application of the public interest test the Committee resolves pursuant to the Act to consider this item in private, the public will be excluded from the meeting during such consideration.

RESOLVED:     That under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4, and Paragraph 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Following the application of the public interest test it was resolved that pursuant to the Act referred to above to consider this item in private, with the public excluded from the meeting, as it was considered that in all the circumstances relating to the item, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, because the information would be prejudicial to the applicants.

The press and public were then re-admitted.

The Assistant Chief Executive - Legal and Regulatory Services submitted a report regarding an application by Philip Evans to licence a Ford Transit vehicle, registration number LV04 FVK, as a hackney carriage vehicle to seat eight persons.

The applicant was present in support of the application and the Sub-Committee adjourned the meeting in order to view the vehicle.

On inspecting the vehicle the mileage was confirmed as being 274,338 miles.

Upon their return, the Licensing and Registration Officer informed Members that the vehicle was previously licensed as a hackney carriage wheelchair accessible vehicle with Bridgend County Borough Council since 23006.  The applicant had indicated that the vehicle was no longer wheelchair accessible and was applying for a licence for a hackney carriage only.

The Licensing and Registration Officer informed the Sub-Committee that the vehicle licence expired on the 20^th November 2014 and no application was made prior to the expiry date, and therefore the application was treated as new one.

The Licensing and Registration Officer then questioned the applicant, and in response he confirmed that he had recently purchased the vehicle, on the 10^th November 2014, which was then transferred to him from the previous owner prior to the 20^th November 2014.  She asked for an explanation as to why he had not previously made an application to renew the licence.

The applicant explained that he had not owned a taxi before and the taxi regulations were new to him.  He did not put the application in the post until the 20^th November 2014, and then found out that he should have submitted it sooner, and assured the Sub-Committee that he would in future submit applications earlier.  He informed the Sub-Committee that he then brought along a photocopy of his check and application to the Licensing Department and was not aware that it had not been received.

The Licensing and Registration Officer advised that the Authority had never received his application.  She asked whether he had carried out any work on the vehicle.

The applicant advised that he had spent £500 on repairs in preparation for the vehicle testing.

RESOLVED:               That the Sub-Committee considered the application to licence a private hire vehicle, registration number LV04 FVK.

The Sub-Committee noted that the vehicle was previously licensed with the Authority, but the licence expired on the 20^th November 2014, a few weeks after the applicant obtained the vehicle on the 10^th November 2014.  Under the Authority’s policy this was now being dealt with as a new application.

The Sub-Committee noted that the applicant had stated that he had sent the renewal application, but that the Licensing Department had never received it.  The Sub-Committee accepted that in future the applicant would submit applications earlier and that the taxi regulations were new to him.

The Sub-Committee heard from the application that he after purchasing the vehicle; he spent money on it to get it through the vehicle testing.

The Sub-Committee considered the above and felt that the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 460.

The reports relating to the following items are not for publication as they contain exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 and/or Paragraph 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information)(Variation)(Wales) Order 2007.

If following the application of the public interest test the Committee resolves pursuant to the Act to consider these items in private, the public will be excluded from the meeting during such consideration.

RESOLVED:              That under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4, and Paragraph 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Following the application of the public interest test it was resolved that pursuant to the Act referred to above to consider this item in private, with the public excluded from the meeting, as it was considered that in all the circumstances relating to the item, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, because the information would be prejudicial to the applicants.

The press and public were then re-admitted.

To consider any other item(s) of business in respect of which notice has been given in accordance with Rule 4 of the Council Procedure Rules and which the person presiding at the meeting is of the opinion should by reason of special circumstances be transacted at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

There were no urgent items.