The following apologies for absence were received:-

             Councillor P John

             Councillor D Owen

          The following Members declared a prejudicial interest:

The Assistant Chief Executive – Legal and Regulatory Services presented a report, that asked the Sub-Committee to consider to grant a licence for a Private Hire Vehicle.

The applicant was present in support of his application, and Members proceeded to the basement to view the vehicle in question.

Upon returning to the meeting, the Licensing and Registration Officer advised that the report concerned an application made by Easyway Minibus Hire Ltd to licence a black Audi A8 L Sport, vehicle registration number WX13NZP as a private hire vehicle to seat 4 persons.

The vehicle is pre-owned and was first registered at the DVLA on 29 July 2013.   The applicant has provided a full service history with this application. The first service was carried out on 12 December 2013 and the recorded mileage was 11,495 miles. The second service was carried out on 25 February 2014 and the recorded mileage was 18687 miles.  The third service was carried out on 28 July 2014 and the recorded mileage was 32320 miles and the last service was carried out on 18 December 2014 and the recorded mileage was 40696 miles. 

The vehicle is submitted for consideration under the Council’s Private Hire Vehicle Policy.

She added that the current mileage of the vehicle was 41,250.

The vehicle departed from the Council’s Licensing Policy, for the reasons outlined in paragraph 4.4 of the report

Mr Morris when asked, confirmed that the vehicle was designed for longer journeys ie cruise and airport transport and Executive clientele. 

            Members then retired to consider the application further and upon their return the Sub-Committee,

            RESOLVED:             That the Sub-Committee granted the application to licence Vehicle Registration number WX13 NZP, as they were satisfied there was justifiable reason and exceptional circumstances to depart from its Policy in this instance      

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 contain exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 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 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.