Minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

There were no items of urgent business.

There were no declarations of interest.

RESOLVED: That under Section 100(a)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

The Chair welcomed everyone to the Hearing and stated that the purpose of the Hearing was to review a Combined Drivers Licence.

The Legal Advisor outlined the procedure which would be followed at the Hearing.

At the request of the Chair, the Licensing Officer presented the report and responded to questions from all parties.

The Licence Holder presented their case and responded to questions from all parties.

The Licensing Officer summed up his case and requested that the Panel consider the report and dispose of the matter by using one of the options set out in the report.

The Licence Holder summed up his case.

The Legal Advisor outlined the outstanding matters.

The Panel retired to make their decision in private, accompanied by the Legal Advisor and the Democratic Services Officer.

All parties were called back into the room and the decision was read out.  A copy of the Decision Notice was handed to the Licence Holder.