NOTICE OF MEETING
SUB-COMMITTEE: LICENSING
& REGULATORY (NO. 7)
DAY/DATE:
TUESDAY, 18TH DECEMBER 2007
TIME: 2.30PM
VENUE: EAST
COMMITTEE ROOM
MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS
EARLE
STREET
CREWE
Despatch
date: 10th
December 2007
Enquiries
to:
Carol
Jones
Tel: 01270 537598
Fax: 01270 537605
e-mail: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
To: Members of
Licensing and Regulatory Sub-Committee No. 6
Councillors D N Bebbington, A Crawford, W S
Davies (Chair), B H Dykes, J Lewis, R Stafford, C Waling and L
T Wood
Other Members of the Committee (for
information)
Chief Executive, Executive Directors
Licensing Team Officers – Legal Services
Notes to Members of the
Public
The Licensing and Regulatory
Committee consists of 15 elected Members. The Committee has 7
standing Sub-Committees. Sub-Committees 1 to 5 (3 Members on
each) deal with applications under the Licensing Act 2003,
Sub-Committees 6 and 7 (8 Members on each) deal with personnel
matters and Hackney Carriage and Private Hire licensing issues.
The Borough Council welcomes and encourages
members of the public to attend its Committee, Board and Council
meetings. If you plan to attend, please report to the
Reception Desk in the Municipal Buildings, where you will be
provided with a Visitor’s Pass.
Car parking is not available at the
Municipal Buildings, but there are several town centre car
parks. There is a disabled access to the rear of the
Municipal Buildings, and this can be accessed through the side door
on Vernon Way. Please press the button for attention, and
someone will meet you and escort you through to the main reception
area.
You are asked to remain quiet whilst the
meeting is taking place, and to enter and leave the meeting room,
or public gallery of the Council Chamber, as quietly as possible.
Please ensure that if you have a mobile phone or pager, it is
switched off for the duration of the meeting.
You are not allowed to have drinks or food
in the meeting rooms, nor in the Public Gallery.
Fire Evacuation
If the fire alarm rings, you should make
your way to the nearest exit with your belongings, as quickly as
possible, and leave the building. Please follow any
instructions from staff about evacuation routes.
Copies of the agenda will be available if
you attend. Agendas are also made available on the Internet and can
be accessed via the Council’s website – see front page for
details.
On occasions, members of the press and
public will be excluded from the meetings when the business to be
transacted is of a confidential nature, for example, dealing with
individual people, contracts and financial affairs of other
parties.
If you require any further information,
please contact Carol Jones the Committee Officer (details on front
page).
AGENDA
1
Declaration of Interests
Any Member present (including
non-Sub-Committee Members) to declare any personal or prejudicial
interest, and the nature of the interest, which they have in any
item of business on the agenda and, if necessary, to leave the
meeting prior to discussion of that item.
Members who also serve as County, Town or
Parish Councillors are reminded of the need to make declarations in
respect of any item which directly concerns the business of the
appropriate authority.
Declarations are a personal matter for each
Member to decide. Whilst Officers will advise on the Code of
Conduct and its interpretation, the decision to declare, or not, is
the responsibility of the Member, based on the particular
circumstances.
2
Minutes of the Meeting held on 3rd July
2007
To approve as a correct record the Minutes of
the previous Sub-Committee No. 7 meeting held on 3rd
July 2007. (2)
(Note: The meeting scheduled for
31st July 2007 for this Sub-Committee was cancelled
after publication of the agenda.)
3
Procedure at Meeting
A copy of the procedure to be followed at
the meeting is attached. (3)
4
Conviction of the Holder of a Hackney Carriage and Private
Hire Licence
The report of the Executive Director
(Environment and Development) (4) gives
details of the holder of a licence to drive Hackney carriages and
private hire vehicles, who has been prosecuted by the Council and
convicted of plying for hire in a private hire vehicle.
The report gives details of the convictions,
and the Sub-Committee is asked to consider what course of action to
take in respect of the entitlement of the licence holder to
continue to hold his licence.
The Council’s Statement of Policy about
Relevant Convictions is attached.
5
Conviction of the Holder of a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire
Licence
The report of the Executive Director
(Environment and Development) (5) gives details of
the holder of a licence to drive Hackney carriages and private hire
vehicles, who has been prosecuted by the Council and convicted of
plying for hire in a private hire vehicle.
The report gives details of the convictions,
and the Sub-Committee is asked to consider what course of action to
take in respect of the entitlement of the licence holder to
continue to hold his licence.
The Council’s Statement of Policy about
Relevant Convictions is attached.
If you require this agenda
in large print, Braille, audiotape, CD or in another language,
please contact
Equality and Diversity,
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, Municipal Buildings, Earle
Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 2BJ
Tel: 01270 537565
E-mail:
petra.dexterduskova@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
Note:
In accordance with the Health and Safety
at Work Act, the Council is required to notify those attending
meetings of the fire evacuation procedures. A copy has
previously been distributed to Members and instructions are located
in all rooms within the Civic Suite.