The Public Protection Sub Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday 4 February 2026 was set to discuss matters relating to Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles. The agenda indicated that a portion of the meeting would be held in private to discuss confidential information.

Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Matters

The primary item scheduled for discussion was Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Matters . The report pack provided to attendees for this meeting contained 88 pages of information related to this topic. The contact person listed for this item was Harry Mayo, who can be reached at 02920 872432 or harry.mayo@cardiff.gov.uk. The Director of Governance & Legal Services & Monitoring Officer, D Marles, dated the report on Thursday, 29 January 2026.

The agenda also noted that Item 2, concerning Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Matters, was confidential and exempt from publication. This was due to containing exempt information as described in paragraphs 14 of Part 4 and 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972¹. Consequently, the public may have been excluded from the meeting during the discussion of this item, as per Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972.