Decision details
Unmet Demand Survey for Hackney Carriage & Private Hire
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Decisions:
The Cabinet considered a report of the Executive Director (Neighbourhoods and Environment) outlining the conclusions of the Hackney Carriage Unmet Demand Study 2019 undertaken by LVSA (Licenced Vehicles Surveys and Assessments) on behalf of this Authority.
Recommended:-
That the current entry control policy and a limit of 276 hackney carriage licenced vehicles is maintained and approved.
Reasons for Decision
That the Unmet Demand Survey 2019 has identified that there is NO evidence of significant unmet demand for hackney carriages in Southend.
Other Options
The Unmet Demand Survey 2019 report provides for this Authority to consider other options including agreeing to issue any number of additional plates as it sees fit, either in one allocation or a series of allocations OR to remove the numerical restriction currently in place.
Note: This is a Council
Function
Referred direct to Place Scrutiny Committee
Cabinet Member: Cllr Woodley
Report author: Carl Robinson
Publication date: 05/02/2020
Date of decision: 16/01/2020
Decided at meeting: 16/01/2020 - Cabinet
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