Minute 58 (Cabinet Book 1, item 18 refers)

The Committee considered Minute 58 of Cabinet held on 28^th June 2016, which had been referred direct by Cabinet, together with a report of the Corporate Director for Place presenting the conclusions of a Hackney Carriage Demand Study 2015 undertaken by CTS Traffic & Transportation on behalf of this Authority.

Resolved:

That the following decision of Cabinet be noted:

“That the authority maintains the current entry control and limit of 276 Hackney Carriages.”

Note:- This is a Council Function

Executive Councillor:- Flewitt

Coporate Director for Place

The Cabinet considered a report of the Corporate Director for Place presenting the conclusions of a Hackney Carriage Demand Study 2015 undertaken by CTS Traffic & Transportation on behalf of this Authority.

Recommended:-

That the authority maintains the current entry control and limit of 276 Hackney Carriages.

Reason for Decision

That the Unmet Demand Survey 2015 has identified that there is no evidence of significant unmet demand for Hackney Carriages in Southend.

Other Options

The Unmet Demand Survey 2015 report recommends that the current limit on licences remains in place. However, there are other options the authority could consider, 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 directly to Place Scrutiny Committee

Executive Councillor:- Flewitt