The General Licensing and Registration Sub-Committee (1) of Durham County Council was scheduled to consider the ongoing suitability of a private hire driver and the suitability to hold a private hire operator's licence. This was the only substantive item scheduled for discussion in Part B of the meeting, which was not open to the public.

Consideration of Private Hire Driver and Operator Suitability

The Sub-Committee was scheduled to consider the ongoing suitability of a private hire driver and the suitability to hold a private hire operator's licence. This item, detailed in a report pack spanning pages 9 to 254 of the public reports pack, was the sole item listed for discussion in the part of the meeting that was not open to the public. The report pack indicated that this was a confidential matter, with the public and press to be excluded from this part of the meeting under section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972, due to the likely disclosure of exempt information.

The report pack for the meeting, titled Public reports pack Monday 12-Oct-2026 13.30 General Licensing and Registration Sub-Committee 1.pdf, contained the information that was scheduled to be presented and considered. The agenda frontsheet for the meeting can be found here.

The attendees scheduled for this meeting were Councillor Matt Burnard (Chair), Councillor Tim Robson, Councillor Mark Rowney, Councillor Chris Foote-Wood, and Councillor Christine Blatchford. Helen Bradley, Director of Legal and Democratic Services, provided the date for the report as 2 October 2026.