This is a meeting of the Licensing Committee of Portsmouth City Borough Council held on the 29th Jul 2024.
The last meeting was on 23rd Apr 2025.
The Executive Meeting Room - Third Floor, The Guildhall, Portsmouth
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| Item | Title |
| 1 | Apologies for Absence |
| 2 | Declarations of Members' Interests |
| 3 | Minutes of the Previous Meeting held on 8 July 2024 |
| 4 | Availability of licensed hackney carriage and private hire wheelchair accessible vehicles |
| 5 | Trial to allow Portsmouth City Council licensed private hire vehicles (PHVs) in bus lanes in Portsmouth - Recommendations from the Licensing Committee to the Cabinet Member for Transport |
| 6 | Review of minimum age limits for hackney carriage and private hire vehicles |
Committee Member
Councillor Chris Dike
Portsmouth Independents Party
Present, as expected
Chair
Committee Member
Group Leader
Councillor George Madgwick
Portsmouth Independents Party
Present, as expected
Committee Member
Councillor Raymond Dent
Portsmouth Independents Party
Present, as expected
Standing Deputy
Deputy Group Leader
Councillor Russell Simpson
Portsmouth Independents Party
Not required
Councillor Lee Tindal
Pompey Ind
Not required
Councillor Derek North
Pompey Ind
Not required
Committee Member
Committee Member
Cabinet Member for Environmental Services
Councillor Dave Ashmore
Liberal Democrat
Present, as expected
Standing Deputy
Deputy Lord Mayor
Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson CBE
Liberal Democrat
Not required
Committee Member
Cabinet Member for Planning Policy & City Development
Councillor Hugh Mason
Liberal Democrat
Present, as expected
Vice-Chair
Committee Member
Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Leisure & Sport
Councillor Lee Hunt
Liberal Democrat
Present, as expected
Standing Deputy
Leader of the Council (with portfolio responsibility for Culture, Regeneration & Economic Development)
Councillor Steve Pitt
Liberal Democrat
Not required
Committee Member
Councillor Richard Adair
LIBDEM
Present, as expected
Standing Deputy
Leader of the Labour Group
Councillor Charlotte Gerada
Labour
Not required
Standing Deputy
Standing Deputy
Committee Member
Committee Member
Councillor Rajah Ghosh
LAB
Present, as expected
Committee Member
Standing Deputy
Standing Deputy
Leader of the Conservative Group
Councillor Simon Bosher
Conservative
Not required
Councillor Spencer Gardner
CON
Not required
8th Jan 2024 Cancelled
Licensing Committee