Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any pecuniary interest in respect of matters contained in this agenda.

If you have a pecuniary interest you must withdraw from the meeting. Normally you should leave the room before the business starts to be discussed. You do, however, have the same right to speak as a member of the public and may remain in the room to enable you to exercise that right and then leave immediately. In either case you must not seek to improperly influence a decision on the matter.

No declarations of any interest were declared.

RESOLVED – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the ground that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Report of the Director of People and Places (enclosed)

The Sub Committee received a report of the Director of People and Places to consider whether a driver was a fit and proper person to continue to hold a Chorley Borough Council Private Hire Drivers Licence under Section 61 (1) (b) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 following a complaint dated 21 January 2013 that had been received by the Council.

The Sub Committee heard representations from the Council’s Public Protection Officer, the driver and his representative who was the operator for the taxi firm that the driver worked for, relating to the information provided in both the letter of complaint and the officers report.

In order to make a fair decision and to ascertain all the facts from the complainants, the Sub Committee felt it appropriate to hear from both the complainants and the driver on this matter, so adjourned the meeting and deferred the decision until this could be achieved.

RESOLVED – That the meeting be adjourned.