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The report of the Director of Central Services and Monitoring Officer gave details of proposed licensing fees and charges for 2016/17.  The report focused on the fees to be charged for hackney carriage and private hire licensing, together with other miscellaneous licences/registrations dealt with by Licensing Services.  The fee model sheets for the main taxi fee increases were set out at Annex 2 to the report and showed the officer cost and time in validating, processing and issuing licences and enforcement costs where applicable.

In considering the proposed fees at Annex 1 to the report, Members suggested in respect of the miscellaneous licences that those above £50 should be rounded up to the nearest £5.

RESOLVED:  That the proposed scale of fees for licences, consents and registrations contained in Annex 1 to the report be adopted with effect from 1 April 2016 subject to the Hackney Carriage new vehicle licence being amended to £225 and the miscellaneous licences above £50 being rounded up to the nearest £5, as set out in the revised table annexed to these Minutes.

[In accordance with Council and Committee Procedure Rule 8.6 Councillor B Elks requested that his vote against the motion to amend the proposals contained in the report be recorded.]