Issue - meetings

To consider an application to licence a Cinderella-style Horse Drawn Hackney Carriage.

The Sub-Committee considered an application to licence a Cinderella-style Horse Drawn Hackney Carriage.

Mr Ratcliffe presented the report which required consideration by the Sub-Committee due to the non-traditional style of carriage that would be used. He confirmed that the carriage had been passed its inspection and the Licensing Service had no objection to granting the application.

Ms Carolynne Edwards, the applicant, outlined that they had spent significant time and money ensuring that the carriage would be fit for use and asked that the application be granted.

The Sub-Committee noted that consideration of this type of application had become more common and recognised that non-traditional types of carriage had become normal in Blackpool. It was therefore requested that officers bring a report to a future meeting of the Sub-Committee to allow consideration of a change of policy so that approval of application of this sort, where there are no licensing objections, could be delegated to officers.

Resolved:

1.      That the application to licence a non-traditional Horse Drawn Hackney Carriage be granted; and

2.      That a report be brought to a future meeting of the Sub-Committee to allow consideration of the delegated powers to officer to approve non-traditional Horse Drawn Hackney Carriage Licence applications, where no objections are raised.