Bolton is another one where the local press lift stuff from council minutes
Anyway, you'd kind of guess that he might get away with a 'driving without due care and attention' conviction, but maybe the failure to declare it was critical.
(Which, it would seem, is basically the same as 'careless driving'.)
And, of course, a conviction like that can cover a whole range of scenarios
Bolton private hire driver forced to hand over licencehttps://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/25 ... d-licence/A taxi driver was forced to hand over his licence after being convicted of driving without due care and attention.According to newly released minutes of a Bolton Council meeting held behind closed doors earlier this month the unnamed private hire driver had been convicted back in October last year.
This was held to be a serious offence according to council policy, while the driver had then also failed to declare his conviction in accordance with the conditions of his licence.
A council report said: “The Director of Place submitted a report which set out details of alleged misconduct by a licensed private hire driver.
“The report set out details of the alleged misconduct.”
The driver appeared before town hall for the licencing committee meeting with his solicitor and agreed that all parties would have 15 minutes to present their cases.
The committee was also played a short video showing the driver’s offences as part of the town hall licencing hearing.
Committee member Cllr Charlotte Moncado-Sears, of Horwich North, moved that the driver’s private hire licence be revoked and was seconded by Cllr Maureen Flitcroft, of Farnworth South.
The committee took account of several factors when coming to its decision
The report said: “The driver had a conviction from October 1 2025, of driving without due care and attention which was a major traffic offence under the Council’s Statement of Fitness and Suitability.
“Normally, if the offence was less than three years old then the licence would be revoked.
“The driver also failed to declare the conviction in accordance with the conditions of his licence.”
The report said that the committee took account of “the seriousness of the due care offence as viewed on the CCTV footage”
It added: “There is therefore reasonable cause to revoke the private hire drivers’ licence.”
Given the evidence put before them and after arguments had been made by representatives of all parties present, the committee members voted to revoke the driver’s licence.
The report said that he was not deemed to be a “fit and proper person to hold a licence at this time”.
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