The Taxi & General Licensing Sub-Committee of West Northamptonshire Council was scheduled to consider two applications for new Private Hire Driver's Licences. The meeting was also set to address the exclusion of the press and public for certain agenda items.

Applications for New Private Hire Driver's Licences

The sub-committee was scheduled to review two separate applications for new Private Hire Driver's Licences. The reports associated with these applications contained exempt information, as defined by Paragraph 1 of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, which relates to information about individuals. The agenda indicated that if the sub-committee decided not to make a decision in public, they would be recommended to resolve that the public and press be excluded from the meeting for these items. This exclusion would be on the grounds that disclosing the information would be likely to occur if they were present, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosure.

The first application was detailed on pages 5 to 18 of the public reports pack¹, and the second application was detailed on pages 19 to 40².