The Taxi & General Licensing Sub-Committee of West Northamptonshire Council was scheduled to meet on 10 June 2025 to discuss several items, including multiple applications for new private hire driver's licences. Due to the inclusion of exempt information, the press and public may have been excluded from parts of the meeting. The agenda for the meeting lists three applications for private hire driver's licences.

Applications for New Private Hire Driver's Licences

The Taxi & General Licensing Sub-Committee was scheduled to consider three applications for the grant of new private hire driver's licences. These applications were listed as agenda items 4, 5 and 6 in the report pack.

The agenda indicated that the reports related to these applications contained exempt information, as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972¹, which relates to information about individuals.

Exclusion of Press and Public

The agenda included a recommendation that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of items containing exempt information. The recommendation stated:

That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that, if the public and press were present, it would be likely that exempt information falling under the provisions of Schedule 12A, Part I, Paragraph(s) XXXXX would be disclosed to them, and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.