The
General Licensing Sub Committee is a Sub Committee of the
General Licensing Committee.
The matters dealt with by the
General Licensing Sub Committee include taxi licensing (hackney
carriage and private hire), scrap metal sites and operators and
matters under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1982 (as amended by the Police and Crime Act 2009).
The
Sub Committee includes the full membership of the parent
Committee. The Sub Committee considers
applications and other matters in relation to licences, such as
breach of conditions, which cannot be dealt with by officers under
delegation. Meetings are scheduled approximately every 4
weeks.
The
Council’s procedure for Taxi Licensing Hearings is available
here.
More
information on the terms of reference and responsibilities of the
General Licensing Committee and Sub-Committee can be found
in Part
3 of the Council’s Constitution.
Taxi
Licensing Policy
In
September 2018 the local authority approved a revised Taxi
Licensing Policy which is divided into five sections for ease of
reference. The five sections are:
Other licensing policies and information can be found on the
Council’s website here.