Licensing Committee - 20/03/2025

At a SPECIAL MEETING of the LICENSING COMMITTEE held remotely on 20th March, 2025.

 

Present:-

 

Depute Lord Provost Kevin CORDELL

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Stewart HUNTER

Roisin SMITH

Wendy SCULLIN

 

George McIRVINE

 

 

Councillor Stewart HUNTER, Convener, in the Chair.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

II CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982

 

(a) RESULTS OF TAXI OPERATOR CAR OVERPROVISION CONSULTATION

 

The Committee acceded to a deputation request from Chris Elder of Unite the Union, Qaiser Habib of Dundee City Taxi Drivers Association, Ryan Todd of Todds Taxis, Peter Marr of City Cabs Dundee, Willie Lees of RMT, Mobin Ahmed of Dundee City Taxis, and Graeme Stephen of Dundee Taxi Association.

 

There was submitted Report No 92-2025 by the Head of Democratic and Legal Services presenting the results of the taxi policy consultation for the approval of the Committee.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the results of the consultation;

 

(ii) to retain the numerical limit on the number of Taxi Licences in the Dundee City Council area and that numerical limit be set at 469;

 

(iii) to offer any new licences that become available to the existing 38 Taxi Operators Low Volume to apply before 30th April, 2025. If allocation was not taken up, new licences would be offered to existing Taxi Operators Full Volume (OP1500+) to apply before 31st May, 2025. Should the allocation not be taken up at that stage, it would then be open for anyone to apply on a first come first served basis;

 

(iv) to restrict the types of vehicle it would be prepared to licence for new applications to electric wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) only;

 

(v) to retain the Corporate Plate Policy; and

 

(vi) to retain the mixed fleet policy and levels be set at 60% wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) and 40% saloon cars.

 

(b) PRIVATE HIRE OPERATORS - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

There were submitted the undernoted applications.

 

No

Name

 

 

1

Waqaar Younis

 

The Committee noted that the applicant was not present and agreed that the matter be considered in their absence. The Committee noted that a written submission had been received. The Committee gave consideration to the content of the written submission. Thereafter, having heard from the Legal Officer, the Committee agreed that the application be granted.

 

No

Name

 

 

2

Ranzo Uddin

 

The Committee gave consideration to the request. The Committee, having heard from the Legal Officer and the applicant on his own behalf, agreed that the application be granted.

 

No

Name

 

 

3

Mark Grieve

 

The Committee gave consideration to the request. The Committee, having heard from the Legal Officer and the applicant on his own behalf, agreed that the application be granted.

 

No

Name

 

 

4

Rinold P Joseph

 

The Committee gave consideration to the request. The Committee, having heard from the Legal Officer and the applicant on his own behalf, agreed that the application be granted.

 

No

Name

 

 

5

Paul Christie

 

The Committee gave consideration to the request. The Committee, having heard from the Legal Officer and the applicant on his own behalf, agreed that the application be refused.

 

No

Name

 

 

6

M D Mostafa Zaman

 

The Committee noted that the applicant was not present and agreed that the matter be considered in their absence. The Committee noted that a written submission had been received. The Committee gave consideration to the content of the written submission. The Committee, having heard from the Legal Officer, agreed to write to the applicant to establish if the applicant would like to withdraw his application.

 

No

Name

 

 

7

M D Mostafa Zaman

 

The Committee noted that the applicant was not present and agreed that the matter be considered in their absence. The Committee noted that a written submission had been received. The Committee gave consideration to the content of the written submission. The Committee, having heard from the Legal Officer, agreed to write to the applicant to establish if the applicant would like to withdraw his application.

 

No

Name

 

 

8

My Taxi Ltd

 

The Committee gave consideration to the request. The Committee, having heard from the Legal Officer and a representative for the applicant, agreed that the application be refused.

 

 

No

Name

 

 

9

Shakeel Ahmad

 

The Committee gave consideration to the request. The Committee, having heard from the Legal Officer and the applicant on his own behalf, agreed that the application be withdrawn.

 

No

Name

 

 

10

Kevin McGuinness

 

The Committee noted that the applicant was not present and agreed that the matter be considered in their absence. The Committee gave consideration to the request. The Committee, having heard from the Legal Officer, agreed that the application be refused

 

No

Name

 

 

11

Michael Achusim

 

The Committee noted that the applicant was not present and agreed that the matter be considered in their absence. The Committee, having heard from the Legal Officer, agreed to defer consideration of this application to the meeting of this Committee to be held on 24th April, 2025 to allow the applicant to be present.

 

 

 

 

Stewart HUNTER, Convener.