Agenda and minutes

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 12 October 2015 (to be laid on the table half an hour before the meeting).

The Minutes of the Meeting held on 12 October 2015 were confirmed and signed.

To receive apologies for absence and to report any substitutions

An apology had been received from Cllr Patricia Ellis.  Cllr Carole King attended as a substitute member.

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 interests declared under this heading.

There were no matters falling within this category.

The background papers relating to the following items are as set out in the reports included in the original agenda papers.

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 applicant, Mr A M, attended the meeting accompanied by a friend.  An official interpreter was also in attendance.

The Council’s Solicitor advised the Sub-Committee that enquiries to another local authority where the applicant had been a licensed taxi driver had revealed information that had not been included on his application form.

The Council’s Solicitor advised the applicant that in the interests of fairness he could ask for an adjournment of his application so he could consider the information and engage a solicitor if he so wished.

In response the applicant said that he did wish his application to be deferred to a future meeting of the Sub-Committee.

It was then proposed and agreed that Mr A M’s application be adjourned until 28 January 2016.