Here is a summary of the scheduled discussions for the Taxi & General Licensing Sub-Committee meeting of West Northamptonshire Council on 15 September 2025. The meeting was scheduled to discuss three applications for new private hire driver licences. Due to the inclusion of exempt information, a recommendation was made to exclude the press and public from the meeting during these discussions.

Private Hire Driver Licence Applications

The Taxi & General Licensing Sub-Committee was scheduled to review three applications for new private hire driver licences.

The agenda for the meeting, outlined in the agenda frontsheet, stated that the report pack contained exempt information, specifically information relating to any individual as defined in paragraph 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972¹. Therefore, the recommendation was that the press and public be excluded from the meeting while these applications were discussed, because if they were present, it was likely that exempt information would be disclosed. The report pack states that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.