The Taxi & General Licensing Sub-Committee of West Northamptonshire Council is scheduled to convene on Wednesday 26 August 2026. The primary item on the agenda is the consideration of an application for a new Private Hire Driver's Licence.

Application for New Private Hire Driver's Licence

A significant portion of the meeting is scheduled to be dedicated to reviewing an application for a new Private Hire Driver's Licence. The report pack indicates that this item contains exempt information, as defined by Paragraph 1 of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, which relates to information concerning individuals. Members of the Sub-Committee will need to decide whether to consider this application in private or in public, balancing the interests of the individual applicant and the council. The report pack includes documentation related to this application, spanning pages 5 to 38.

The meeting will be attended by Councillor Peter York (Vice-Chairman of the Council), Councillor Nigel Berrill, and Councillor Joanne Blythe (Leader of the Restore Britain Group). Also in attendance will be Scott Howkins, Ronald Sempebwa, James Chadwick, Ed Bostock, and Richard Woods. Ed Bostock, from Democratic Services, can be contacted for any queries regarding the agenda. The meeting is scheduled to take place at One Angel Square, Angel Street, Northampton, NN1 1ED.

The agenda for the meeting can be found in the Agenda frontsheet 26th-Aug-2026 10.00 Taxi General Licensing Sub-Committee.pdf, and the full public reports pack is available as the Public reports pack 26th-Aug-2026 10.00 Taxi General Licensing Sub-Committee.pdf.