Draft minutes

Emergency Hearing, Licensing and Appeals Board - Tuesday, 24th December, 2024 12.30 pm

Proposed venue: Meeting Room 1-3 - First Floor, King's Court, Chapel Street, King's Lynn PE30 1EX. View directions

Items
No.	Item
1.	Exclusion of the Press and Public Minutes: 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.
2.	Emergency Hearing Case Minutes: The Chair welcomed everyone to the Hearing and stated that the purpose of the Hearing was to consider an emergency case. He introduced the Panel Members, Officers and Legal Advisor. The Licence Holder introduced themself
3.	Procedure for Determining Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Licence applications and Disciplinary Hearings View the reasons why item 3. is restricted Minutes: The Legal Advisor outlined the procedure which would be followed at the Hearing.
4.	Report of the Licensing Officer View the reasons why item 4. is restricted Minutes: At the request of the Chair, the Senior Licensing Officer presented his report. There were no questions.
5.	Licence Holders Case Minutes: The licence holder presented their case and responded to questions from the Senior Licensing Officer.
6.	Summing Up - Licensing Officer Minutes: The Senior Licensing Officer summed up their case and requested that the Panel consider the report and dispose of the matter by using one of the options as set out in the report.
7.	Summing Up - Licence Holder Minutes: The License Holder summed up their case.
8.	Decision Minutes: The Panel retired to make their decision in private, accompanied by the Legal Advisor and Democratic Services Manager. 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.