The General Licensing and Registration Sub-Committee (2) of County Durham Council was scheduled to consider several applications related to private hire and hackney carriage vehicle licences. The meeting also included discussions on applications for private hire driver licences.

Consideration of Private Hire Driver Licence Application

The committee was scheduled to consider an application to be licensed as a Private Hire Driver. The report pack indicated that this item would be discussed under Part B of the meeting, meaning it was considered exempt or confidential information.

Requests to Deviate from Policy for Vehicle Licences

A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to considering requests to deviate from established policy concerning vehicle licences. This included:

• Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence: The committee was scheduled to review a request to deviate from policy in relation to an application for a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence. This item was also designated for discussion under Part B.
• Private Hire Vehicle Licence (Two Applications): Two separate applications for Private Hire Vehicle Licences were scheduled for consideration, both involving requests to deviate from policy. These were also to be discussed under Part B of the meeting.

The report pack provided detailed information for each of these agenda items, with pages allocated for each consideration. The committee members scheduled to attend were Councillor John Kinvig (Chair), Councillor Christine Blatchford, Councillor Amanda Hopgood, Councillor Gary Hutchinson, and Councillor Jack McGlenen. The meeting was scheduled to take place in Committee Room 2 at County Hall, Durham.