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Public Safety & Protection Sub-Committee - Tuesday, 3rd December, 2024 10.00 am

December 3, 2024 View on council website

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Summary

The Public Safety & Protection Sub-Committee was scheduled to consider five applications for taxi driver licences, with one applicant seeking permission to work outside the council's usual policies.

Taxi licensing decisions

The sub-committee was scheduled to consider licence applications from five people.

  1. RC applied for the grant of a Private Hire Driver licence. The report pack does not say anything about the content of this application, but it does say that the committee planned to consider it for 45 minutes.
  2. FK applied for the grant of a Private Hire Driver Licence. This application was also scheduled to be considered for 45 minutes.
  3. SM applied to renew a Private Hire Vehicle Licence, and their application requested permission to operate outside the council's usual policies. This application was scheduled to be considered for 45 minutes.
  4. AH applied for the grant of a Hackney Carriage Driver Licence. This application was scheduled to be considered for 45 minutes.
  5. RS applied to renew their Private Hire Driver Licence. This application was scheduled to be considered for 45 minutes.

The agenda for the meeting suggested that the committee intended to suspend rules CMR10 and CMR11 of the council's committee procedure rules, which cover the moving of motions and rules of debate, having regard to the quasi-judicial nature of the business on the Agenda .1


  1. Quasi-judicial bodies are non-judicial bodies that are authorised to make decisions in a manner similar to courts of law. For example, many planning committees are considered quasi-judicial bodies. 

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Councillor Fi Hance Green • Redland

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Meeting Documents

Agenda

Agenda frontsheet 03rd-Dec-2024 10.00 Public Safety Protection Sub-Committee

Reports Pack

Public reports pack 03rd-Dec-2024 10.00 Public Safety Protection Sub-Committee

Additional Documents

A General Public Info Sheet - Jan 2024