Issue - meetings
Unmet Taxi Demand
Meeting: 11/07/2016 - Place Scrutiny Committee (Item 98)
98 Hackney Carriage Unmet Demand Survey PDF 143 KB
Minute 58 (Cabinet Book 1, item 18 refers)
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Minutes:
The Committee considered Minute 58 of Cabinet held on 28th 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
Meeting: 28/06/2016 - Cabinet (Item 58)
58 Hackney Carriage Unmet Demand Survey PDF 143 KB
Coporate Director for Place
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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