Agenda and minutes

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 22 September 2016 (to be laid on the table half an hour before the meeting).

The minutes of the meeting held on 22 September 2016 were confirmed and signed.

To receive apologies for absence and to report any substitutions

Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs Patricia Ellis and Bob Upton. Cllr Anna James attended as a substitute.

To receive from members declarations of interest in relation to any items included on the agenda for this meeting, in accordance with the Waverley Code of Local Government Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

To consider the following recommendation on the motion of the Chairman:-

Recommendation

That pursuant to Procedure Rule 20 and in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the items, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information (as defined by Section 100I of the Act) of the description specified in paragraph 1 of the revised Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act in respect of the following item:

Information relating to any individual (paragraph 1)

RESOLVED  that, pursuant to Procedure Rule 20 and in accordance with Section 100B(5) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the items, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information (as defined by section 100I of the Act) of the description specified in paragraph 1 of the revised Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the act, namely:-

Information relating to any individual (paragraph 1)

To consider the attached (exempt) report.

The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding an application where the applicant’s Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check (DBS) had disclosed some spent offences that the Sub-Committee, in accordance with policy, would need to take into consideration when determining the application. The applicant attended the meeting and confirmed that he had read and understood the report.

Following questions by the Sub-Committee and responses from the driver the Sub-Committee withdrew at 10.30am.

Following the Sub-Committee’s deliberation the meeting resumed at 10.55am.  The Council’s solicitor had been asked to advise the Sub-Committee during their deliberation on the wording of their decision.

RESOLVED that, the Sub-Committee considered the offences listed were so far in the past to be irrelevant and that they had heard nothing at the meeting that would lead them to believe that the applicant was not a fit and proper person, and GRANTED him a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire driver’s licence.