Grant of Taxi/Private Hire Car Driver Licence - X33

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PERTH AND KINROSS COUNCIL – LICENSING COMMITTEE
10 MARCH 2025
REPORT BY STRATEGIC LEAD - LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE 
TYPE OF APPLICATION Grant of a Taxi Operator Licence 
APPLICANT Mr Paul Scott, 
PREMISES (if applicable)  N/A  
THE APPLICATION Mr Scott has applied for a new taxi operator licence in
Blairgowrie. 
At a previous Licensing Committee meeting on 24 February
2022, it was decided that any new taxi licences granted for
Blairgowrie, specifically, have an additional condition added
that the vehicle is Wheelchair Accessible for the duration of
the licence. 
The vehicle requested to be licensed is not wheelchair
accessible. However, the applicant wishes to licence a fully
electric vehicle. 
RELEVANT LICENSING
POLICIES
N/A
LEGAL POSITION 
As there is a policy that any new taxi licences granted for
Blairgowrie have an additional condition added that the
vehicle is Wheelchair Accessible for the duration of the
licence, that policy should be applied subject to any special
circumstances justifying the grant of the application as an
exception.  
OPTIONS The Committee needs to consider whether there are any
special circumstances that justify the grant of the application
as an exception. 
The options open to the Committee are therefore to: 
 grant the application without the additional condition,
 grant the application with the additional condition. 
PROCEDURE  Identify parties.
 Consider any preliminary issues
 Applicant makes submission
 Committee asks any questions of the applicant
 Applicant sums up
 Committee makes decision