The Licensing Driver Panel of Oldham Council is scheduled to convene on Tuesday 27 October 2026 to consider several applications and reviews relating to dual driver licences. The panel will examine cases where information recorded against licence holders, including convictions, raises questions about their fitness and propriety to hold a licence.

Driver Licence Reviews and Applications

A significant portion of the meeting is scheduled to be dedicated to reviewing individual dual driver licences. Reports are to be presented concerning several licence holders, where information has come to light that calls in to question their fitness and propriety to be a suitable person to hold such a licence. These cases, identified as DP/2026/68, DP/2026/69, DP/2026/71, will be brought before the panel for determination.

Additionally, the panel is scheduled to consider applications for new or renewed dual hackney carriage/private hire driver's licences. Reports for DP/2026/70, DP/2026/72, and DP/2026/73 are listed on the agenda. These applications are being presented because of recorded convictions against the applicants, which calls into question whether they remain a 'fit and proper' person to hold a licence.

The agenda also indicates that the press and public may be excluded from the meeting for these items. This is to be done in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they contain exempt information under paragraph(s) 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and it would not, on balance, be in the public interest to disclose the reports.¹

The meeting is scheduled to take place at the JR Clynes Building, Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham, OL1 1AL, commencing at 10:00 am. The membership of the Licensing Driver Panel for this meeting includes Councillors Arstan, Brownridge, Chowhan, Shuttleworth, Taleb, and Tarbuck. Councillor Graham Shuttleworth holds the positions of Chair of the Highway Regulation Committee, Vice-Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board, and District Lead for West District. Councillor Barbara Brownridge is the Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Wellbeing. Gary Tarbuck is the Deputy Leader of the Reform UK group.