Material Change in Circumstances of a Private Hire Operator licence - PH273

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PERTH AND KINROSS COUNCIL – LICENSING COMMITTEE
29 MAY 2023
REPORT BY HEAD OF LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE SERVICES 
TYPE OF APPLICATION Material Change in Circumstances of a Private Hire Operator
Licence 
APPLICANT Mrs Kathleen Dyke, 47 Murray Crescent, Perth, PH2 0HW  
PREMISES (if applicable)  N/A  
THE APPLICATION Mrs Dyke has submitted a request to vary the terms and
conditions of his operator licence, with regard to the age limit
for replacing vehicles (see attached copy application received
5 April 2023). 
RELEVANT LICENSING
POLICIES
Current policy is that a taxi or private hire car shall be no more than
10 years old from the date of first registration before being
replaced, however all vehicles for a taxi or private hire operator
licence if wheelchair accessible (WAV) must be no more than 12
years old from date of first registration before being replaced. 
The Applicant’s vehicle will be 10 years old from the date of first
registration on the 25 June 2023. To comply with current operator
conditions, the applicant would have been required to replace or
remove this vehicle from service on or before this date.   
OPTIONS 
The options open to the Committee are therefore to: 
 Deviate from policy and grant the application
 refuse the application. 
PROCEDURE  Identify parties.
 Consider any preliminary issues
 Applicant makes submission
 Committee asks any questions of the applicant
 Applicant sums up
 Committee makes decision