Case Number P1759
To consider a report of the Director for Place Management.
The report details the previous convictions of a new applicant for a Private Hire Driver’s licence.
The Committee is requested to consider whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a Private Hire driver’s licence.
Officer contact: Ian O’Donnell on 0161 474 4175 or email: ian.odonnell@stockport.gov.uk
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Minutes:
A representative of the Director of Place Management submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) requesting the committee to consider whether the applicant was a ‘fit and proper’ person to hold a private hire car driver’s licence in view of the applicant’s previous convictions.
The Committee interviewed the driver in relation to these matters.
RESOLVED – That the application be refused on the grounds that the applicant was not a fit and proper person to hold a licence by virtue of the applicant’s more recent convictions, specifically as they demonstrated a pattern of offending over a short period of time. Although the applicant demonstrated remorse in relation to all convictions, the Committee felt that there was lack of recognition of the seriousness of the more recent convictions.