Meeting Details

The Chairman will welcome members of the public and Councillors and remind everyone to use microphones at all times when they are speaking. The Chairman will also explain action in the event of an emergency, mobile phones switched to silent and live streaming of the meeting. Councillors who are members of the Committee will introduce themselves.

Councillors will be asked to say if they are attending on behalf of a Committee member who is absent.

The Chairman will announce if there is any item not on the published agenda which will be considered because it is urgent and will explain the reason for the urgency.

Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the agenda about which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the item or participating in any vote upon the item, or any other registerable interest or non-registerable interest.

The Councillors will be invited to confirm that the minutes of the meeting held on 17 January 2024 are a correct record.

Members of the public may make representations to Cabinet meetings on any item on the agenda or any other matter relating to the business of the Committee. This can be made either in person at the meeting or by joining the meeting remotely and addressing the Committee via Zoom.  Each representation may be no more than three minutes. Members of the public wishing to address the Committee remotely may register their wish to address the meeting by e-mailing democratic.services@colchester.gov.uk by 12.00 noon on the working day before the meeting. In addition, a written copy of the representation should be supplied for use in the event of technical difficulties preventing participation at the meeting itself.

There is no requirement to pre-register for those attending in person.

This report considers the responses received to the Council’s consultation on whether the current vehicle age restriction for licensed vehicles stipulated in the Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy should be removed.

This report considers whether the Council should amend its current Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy to permit private hire vehicles, used exclusively for chauffeured work, to be black.