Spring 2012 Newsletter - Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

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Driver awareness testsNew driver applicants are required to demonstrate a reasonable knowledgeof the licensing legislation, local conditions, general driving and geographicalknowledge of the borough as part of their initial application process.Officers have reviewed pass and failure rates of tests and concluded thatrepeated test failures are occurring due to lack of applicants’ research,revision and regard to advice provided as opposed to the difficulty levels ofthe test.Officers were spending an unnecessarily amount of time processing testsof applicants repeatedly failing to meet the pass mark. The LicensingCommittee have now approved waiting times on a sliding scale which isnow a six month wait following three failed tests, nine months following afurther three failed tests, 12 months following a further three failed tests andso on. We hope this will result in applicants preparing better for tests andnot repeatedly failing them through lack of research.Liquid UpdateFollowing the insolvency of Luminar Ltd, Liquid Nightclub closed last year.In January of this year ‘We are Dance Ltd’ successfully applied to transferthe premises licence. At the time of writing this newsletter, the club remainsclosed but officers are currently awaiting a reopening date. In the meantime,the nightime hackney carriage rank adjacent to Churchill Way remains opendaily from 11pm until 4am.2 Taxi and Private Hire News
Licensing Committee updateThe Licensing Committee meetsalmost every other month to considerall policy matters relating to licensingfunctions and receive updates onchanges to the law and LicensingTeam work undertaken. These arepublic meetings which licensees arewelcome to attend and speak at. Ifyou wish to speak about any agendaitems, please register in advancewith our committee services teameither by phone 01256 844844oralternatively by emailing committee.services@basingstoke.gov.ukThe council’s websitewww.basingstoke.gov.uk showsfuture committee meeting dates,which are scheduled in 2012for; 13 March, 12 June, 10 July,4 September and 20 November.Since the last newsletter, thefollowing taxi and private hire relatedmatters have been determined ornoted at Licensing Committee:• Update on the Equality Act 2010• Removal of private hire vehicleschool run exemptions• Proposed penalty points system –consultation (now deferred)• Amendment to private hire driverconditions of licence re carriage ofpassengers• Hackney carriage and privatehire enforcement and inspectionstatistics update• Licensing fees and charges2012/2013• Update on hackney carriagevehicle numbers followingdelimitation hackney carriage fareincrease request• Hackney carriage fare increaseTaxi and Private Hire News 3
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