Agenda item

Report of Corporate Director of Governance (enclosed).

Deferred to a future meeting.

The Committee received a report of the Corporate Director of Governance on proposals to revise conditions for the purpose of licensing Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles to operate within the controlled district of Chorley.

The report indicated that Chorley Council was responsible to ensure that hackney carriages and private hire vehicles are suitable for use and that they meet conditions and road worthiness, suitable appearance and comfort.  The Council also had power to require those vehicles to be submitted for inspection and testing and to impose conditions on licensees.

The Committee received at the meeting a 13 page submission on behalf of the Chorley Hackney Carriage Association which drew Members attention to several issues relating to the proposals.

RESOLVED – That this item be adjourned to a future meeting of the Committee.