Agenda and draft minutes

Public Protection Committee - Tuesday, 24th February, 2015 7.00 pm

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Contact: Geoff Durham Geoff Durham

Items
No.	Item
1.	Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of interest from Members on items included in this agenda.
2.	Minutes of a previous meeting PDF 31 KB To consider the minutes of the meeting of this Committee held on 26 January, 2014. Minutes: Resolved: That the minutes of the previous meeting be agreed as a correct record.
3.	Disclosure of Exempt Information To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the attached report, because it is likely that there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 and 7 in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. Minutes: Resolved: That the public be excluded.
4.	Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act - 1976 View the reasons why item 4. is restricted Private Hire Driver – Mr AA Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 5 View the reasons why document 4./2 is restricted Minutes: Resolved: That the licence be granted for 12 months following which a review would be undertaken prior to extending the licence for the full three year period.
5.	Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act - 1976 View the reasons why item 5. is restricted Mr AUA Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 7 View the reasons why document 5./2 is restricted Restricted enclosure 8 View the reasons why document 5./3 is restricted Restricted enclosure 9 View the reasons why document 5./4 is restricted Minutes: Resolved: That the Committee allow the vehicle to be tested but that a warning letter be written to Mr Ahmed regarding the situation and that he also be reminded in that letter that his vehicle would be reaching the 8 year limit before its next depot test.
6.	Taxi Policy following consultation PDF 46 KB View the background to item 6. Additional documents: Draft Taxi Policy FINAL VERSION FOR CONSULTATION , item 6. PDF 378 KB PH Driver Conditions , item 6. PDF 34 KB HC Driver Conditions , item 6. PDF 36 KB convictionguidelines2 , item 6. PDF 78 KB HC Vehicle Conditions , item 6. PDF 38 KB There are a further 13 documents.View the full list of documents for item 6. Minutes: A report was submitted to request that the Committee consider the responses received in relation to the Draft Taxi Licensing Policy for Newcaslte under Lyme and that a final agreed Taxi Licensing Policy be brought into practice from 1st March 2015. Members considered an additional representation from the representative of the Hackney concerning the consultation process. The representative of the Trade stated that he The chair recommended that the item be deferred to allow officers time to consider the concerns put forward by the trade. The proposal was seconded and all members were in agreement with this course of action. Resolved: That the item be deferred to a future meeting.
7.	Allotment Provision in the Parish of Silverdale PDF 74 KB Additional documents: CabinetReportAllotmentProvisionintheParishofSilverdalev6281113 , item 7. PDF 92 KB allotmentProvisionresponsetoquestionsAPPA , item 7. PDF 62 KB Minutes: A report was submitted to inform the Public Protection Committee of the decisions of Cabinet in respect of the Acre Allotments (former Silverdale Trust Land) in the Parish of Silverdale. Members considered that this was a positive report. Resolved: . (a) That the Public Protection Committee note and endorse the decisions of Cabinet in respect of The Acre Allotments in the Parish of Silverdale. (b) That the Public Protection Committee endorse the lease of part of The Acre and the termination of the allotment tenancy agreements as resolved by Cabinet.
8.	Urgent Business To consider any business which is urgent within the meaning of Section 100(B)4 of the Local Government Act. Minutes: There was no urgent business.