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.

Cllr J E Lewis declared a prejudicial interest in agenda item 11 – application for grant of licences as she is well known to the applicant and left the room during consideration of the application.

To receive for approval the Minutes of the 12/12/2017

RESOLVED:                         That the minutes of the Licencing Sub-Committee of 12^th December 2017 be approved as a true and accurate record.

The Senior Licencing Technical Officer submitted a report regarding an application by Mr Richard Singleton to licence a Mercedes S350L, registration number KY63 HLW as a private hire vehicle to seat 4 people.

The vehicle was preowned and was first registered on 4^th September 2015.

Mr Singleton attended today in support of his application and the Sub-Committee adjourned the meeting to inspect the vehicle. On inspecting the vehicle they noted that the mileage was 21,112.

Resuming the meeting shortly after, on inspection of the documents sent by Mr Singleton, it was noticed that there was a difference with the mileage on them compared to the mileage on the clock. The documents showed the mileage as 55958.

Mr Singleton explained that he believed there has been an administrative error and that his wife must have sent the wrong documents to him, however he did not recall any of his vehicles having a mileage of 55,000 and explained that they are either in the 20,000-30,000 range or over 100,000.

RESOLVED:            That as the Sub-Committee had no way of confirming the mileage it deferred consideration of the application to a later date.

The Senior Licencing Technical Officer submitted a report regarding an application by Mr Richard Singleton to licence a Mercedes E220 AMG, registration number LT65 JKE as a private hire vehicle to seat 4 people.

Mr Singleton attended today in support of his application and the committee adjourned the meeting to inspect the vehicle. On inspecting the vehicle they noted that the mileage was 28,223.

The Sub-Committee adjourned to consider the application further and on their return it was:

RESOLVED:               The Sub-Committee considered the application for the licence of vehicle registration LT65 JKE.

The Sub-Committee noted that the application fell outside paragraph 2.1 of the councils licensing policy guidelines.

The Sub-Committee granted the application made by Mr Singleton to licence a Mercedes E220 AMG, registration number LT65 JKE as a private hire vehicle to seat 4 people as it met paragraphs 2.2 and 2.2.5 in view of the exceptional condition of the vehicle.

The Senior Licencing Technical Officer submitted a report regarding an application by Mr Richard Singleton to licence a Mercedes Viano, registration number V66 RDS as a private hire vehicle to seat 7 people.

Mr Singleton attended today in support of his application and the committee adjourned the meeting to inspect the vehicle. On inspecting the vehicle they noted that the mileage was 102,566.

The Sub-Committee adjourned to consider the application further and on their return it was:

RESOLVED:               The committee considered the application made by Mr Singleton to licence a Mercedes Viano, registration number V66 RDS

The Sub-Committee noted that the application fell outside paragraph 2.1 of the councils licensing policy guidelines.

The Sub-Committee granted the application made by Mr Singleton to licence a Mercedes Viano, registration number V66 RDS as a private hire vehicle to seat 7 people as it met paragraphs 2.2 and 2.2.5 in view of the exceptional condition of the vehicle.

The Senior Licencing Technical Officer submitted a report regarding an application by Peyton Travel to licence a Renault Trafic, registration number WN15 CVW as a private hire vehicle to seat 8 people

Paul Brain attended today in support of his application and the committee adjourned the meeting to inspect the vehicle. On inspecting the vehicle they noted that the mileage was 58,009

The Sub-Committee adjourned to consider the application further and on their return it was:

RESOLVED:             The committee considered the application made by Peyton Travel to licence a Renault Trafic, registration number WN15 CVW

The Sub-Committee noted that the application fell outside paragraph 2.1 of the councils licensing policy guidelines.

The Sub-Committee granted the application made by Peyton Travel to licence a Renault Trafic, registration number WN15 CVW as a private hire vehicle to seat 8 people as it met paragraphs 2.2 and 2.2.5 in view of the exceptional condition of the vehicle.

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

The minutes/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 items of business as they contained exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 and/or 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 the following items in private, with the public excluded from the meeting, as it was considered that in all the circumstances relating to the items, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, because the information would be prejudicial to the applicants so mentioned.      

To receive for approval the Exempt Minutes of the 12/12/2017.