Brighton & Hove City Council

Deputation Request – Licensing Committee June 24 2021

Purpose of Deputation

To address Licensing Committee Councils on the current state of the trade with non-Brighton & Hove licensed vehicle predominantly working in the city.

Andrew Peters - Brighton & Hove Taxi Trade Association

I shall be including the following points:

The main purpose of the Deputation is to ensure that all licensing committee members are fully aware of the total loss of licensing control for the protection of the public using taxis/private hire vehicles in the city. Including giving the public a false sense of security where locally licensed vehicles have cctv and out of town cars do not.

TfL registered vehicles predominantly working here under no known Operator.

Cars with expired TfL licences working here under no known Operator.

Requesting a full and thorough investigation by Licensing to compile a report of what vehicles are predominantly working in the city.

Lack of support for the local licensed trade to restrict bus lanes to those drivers and proprietors that pay the council licence fees and abide by local conditions of licensing. We were told by Traffic Management that this is possible but as yet nothing has been take forward.

Supported by Registered Trade Reps (verified with Democratic Services)

June 15 2021