The Licensing Regulatory Sub-Committee of Guildford Council was scheduled to meet on 5 September 2025 to discuss a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver. The meeting was scheduled to begin with procedural items, before moving into a closed session to discuss the licensing matter.

Here's what was on the agenda:

Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Number: HCD630/21393/2025

The sub-committee was scheduled to move into a closed session to discuss a Consideration of Current Licensed Hackney Carriage/ Private Hire Driver Number: HCD630/21393/2025 . The reason given for excluding the press and public from this part of the meeting is that it was expected that exempt information would be disclosed, as defined by Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972¹ and specified in Paragraph 1 of the revised Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act, namely:

Para (1): Information relating to any individual.

The agenda stated that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Exclusion of Press and Public

Before discussing the licensing matter, the sub-committee was scheduled to consider passing a resolution to exclude the press and public from the meeting, as allowed under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972¹. This was because the agenda stated that the discussion of the licensing matter was likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information.

Disclosure of Interests

At the beginning of the meeting, councillors were scheduled to declare any interests related to items on the agenda, in accordance with the Councillor Code of Conduct.