Meeting documents

Licensing and Appeals Committee
Monday, 13th November, 2006 7.30 pm

Place:
Civic Suite, Gibson Building, Kings Hill, West Malling
ItemDescriptionResolution
PART 1 - PUBLIC
LA 06/019 Declarations of interest.
 There were no declarations of interest made.
LA 06/020 Minutes
 RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing and Appeals Committee held on 3 April 2006 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
LA 06/021 Minutes
 RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing and Appeals Committee sitting as a Panel, held on 3 April and adjourned to 19 June 2006 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
LA 06/022 Minutes
 RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing and Appeals Committee sitting as a Panel, held on 19 June 2006 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
DECISIONS TAKEN UNDER DELEGATED POWERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 3 (OR 2), PART 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION
LA 06/023 Hackney Carriages: Vehicle Colour Policy
 The Chief Solicitor reported that requests had been received from the trade that the Council's policy of requiring that all hackney carriages be white in colour be modified as some difficulties were being experienced in obtaining white vehicles. It was suggested that silver coloured vehicles should also be accepted. The report also noted that the door insignia for some vehicles was affixed to the vehicles magnetically, meaning that it was easily removed and this had given rise to abuses.

RESOLVED: That

(1) in future all hackney carriages be either white or silver in colour; and

(2) in future the door insignia shall be permanently affixed to all hackney carriage vehicles.
MATTERS SUBMITTED FOR INFORMATION
LA 06/024 Designation of New Taxi Rank in Barden Road, Tonbridge
 The Chief Solicitor reported that the public consultation exercise previously approved by the Committee had been carried out and, as there had been no objections, the appropriate Regulations had been made.

RESOLVED: That the report be received and noted.
MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION IN PRIVATE
LA 06/025 Exclusion of Press and Public
 No items were considered in private.
The meeting ended at 1940 hours

Attendance Details

Present:
Cllr Mrs F A Kemp (Chairman), Cllr D J Aikman, Cllr O C Baldock, Cllr R C Brown, Cllr G R W Chapman, Cllr P J Drury, Cllr Mrs E M Holland, Cllr D Lettington, Cllr Mrs S L Luck, Cllr E A Munro, Cllr Mrs A S Oakley and Cllr C P Smith.
In attendance:
Councillors Allison, Bolt, Court, Dobson, Luker and Worrall were also present pursuant to Council Procedure Rule No 15.21.

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Davis.