RESOLVED that Cabinet recommends to Full Council on 3 February 2022 that:-
1.
The Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing
Policy appended to the report be published in accordance with the
statutory requirements and adopted by the Council;
2.
That the Institute of Licensing Suitability Guidance
be adopted in its entirety;
3.
That the requirement for a driver medical report to
be produced every year from the age of 60 be retained;
4.
That the D4 medical reports from a company called
‘Doctors on Wheels’ be no longer accepted for the
reasons detailed within the report;
5.
That the application fee charged be non-refundable
on the grounds that the Council is permitted to charge for the
administration involved in the processing and granting of a
licence; and
6. That the topographical test be maintained as a means of ensuring that all licenced drivers have a good working knowledge of the area.