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Hackney Carriage Licence – Survey on Deregulation
Meeting: 19/07/2018 - Licensing Committee (Item 16)
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Minutes:
Mr John Littlemore, the Head of Housing and Community Services presented a report which set out the results of a 12 week consultation with stakeholders on three options for Hackney Carriage vehicle licences which were:-
1. Maintain the current limit on Hackney Carriage numbers; or
2. Issue any number of additional vehicle licences as appropriate; or
3. Remove the limit on Hackney Carriage numbers
The Committee noted that the survey had had 474 responses (which included 120 taxi drivers or representatives of taxi businesses). 59% of respondents indicated that 48 hackney carriage vehicles was about right.
In
response to questions from Members, Mr Littlemore stated
that:-
·
the
Committee had requested at its meeting on
1st December 2016 that a 12 week consultation be
undertaken on the three options for Hackney Carriage vehicle
licences with a view to a report back to the Committee at the
earliest opportunity. He also advised
that an Unmet Demand Survey was due to be undertaken in July 2019
that would highlight significant unmet demand should there be
any.
·
in
terms of a modal shift for transport, there was a
move to electric and hybrid vehicles and consideration of more taxi
provision being allowed into the town centre, rather than vehicles
coming into park in the town centre.
·
the
Council do not have the necessary powers to stop
taxis from other districts coming into the town centre. Any enforcement issues would have had to be
reported to the authority from where the licence was
issued.
·
if hackney carriage vehicles were to operate in the
town that are not licensed by this authority then they are required
to operate as a private hire vehicle, not a hackney carriage
vehicle.
RESOLVED: That the results of the Hackney Carriage Licence Survey on Deregulation be noted.