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Which local council are you licensed with susssex?? And what's their policy on restricting numbers??

guest

nice try!

I'm not sure I understand that reply, are you saying its confidential? If so I resepct your confidentiality.

Guest

Sussex man is based in er Sussex, we have tried to tease from him a more exacting location without Sussex, after a couple of years I cab give an educated guess, however I would never do that to him.

You are very wise to be "Guest" if you are new let me tell you, that any information is used against you, and you get some very strange people, who take things a little far...........................

Keep yourself very anonymous if you take my advice.

That explains it, thank you. I wasn't aware his location was private but I fully understand his reasons for keeping it that way.

Guest

Its very interesting isnt it that the government say that, on appeal they will have to demonstrate these new things on appeal............

wait a minute though have we missed something? the law is not to be changed and its down to Local Authorities?

so thats a load of bollocks to start with, Her Magesties Government are sabre rattling, also there is nothing in law to say las have surveys? merely that they are the ones to have onus on proof.

U learned a long time ago, that you can win..........but you loose, there is a lot of crowing going on within the ranks, my view is to let the celebrations roll, and pat the victors on the back!

for soon they will realise, that they need in future to do lots of paperwork with transport plans, lobbying there, they will not have time to drive taxis.

and there is the best practice comming out here there and everywhere evidence flying around.

some cannot even grasp basic law like Las cannot refuse to transfer a cab, after telling them this they still believe las could refuse transfers?

So its up to LAs the government say?, hahahahahah, what a bloody laugh
with las having to justify this that and the other in transport plans, which are bidding doccuments involving millions of pounds in Government cash?

tell me fellow guest, if the government reject a transport plan for your county because a districts insert does not comply with government thinking,
and it hold up work on a new bypass or millions of pounds in government grant, what will happen think about it.

heads the government wins tails you lose.

Geoff

Remember you said that Scanner its down to Local Authorities and its what you wanted!

Brighton and Hove rely on a county to get things in the transport plan am I correct, in thinking you are not a transport authority?

you know a council that has its own roads, or subsidises buses?

Right, this year your area have got nothing in rural grant, for the buses, no big loss about £75,000, imagine the county being held up for a million and a half cos your private hire and taxi insert does not stack up?

I dont think you realise yet, exactly what you have on your plate, and you are crowing carry on pal, you deaerve it its your victory, yoiu have all you wanted.

this lot will come back to haunt you, but you have until the general election to get hold of a transport plan, read it, understand it understand its workings and how to get influence.

never mind headlines that say: CABBIES HOLD UP BINS BEING EMPTIED

Future ones will say,

CABBIE HOLD UP SCHOOL ROAD SAFETY SCHEME

CABBIES HOLD UP 2.5M BYPASS.

POTHOLES IN THE ROAD DOWN TO CABBIES

geoff

Not quite sure what you are trying to put across I reckon 1.5 out of 10 for coherency and 10 out of 10 for bitterness. However, I thank you for putting your name to this one..it makes a change.
Scanner

I think the smaller councils that restrict, will see the red tape, or in economic speak 'pointless bureaucracy', and decide that allowing the market to determine the amount of taxis needed to meet demand, is a far better way.

No more should over-paid head counters, two bob councillors, and the vested interests decide on how many cabs are needed to meet demand.

Let those that pay decide, as happens in every other trade.

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IDFIMH

I agree it would be interesting, but I find that it's best to let others deal with the courts.

However, I can't really see how they are going to assess latent demand properly, without it costing fortunes, and the outcome of such a survey, can only really have one conclusion, and that's a load more cabs.

I say that because when you ask people if there are enough cabs, they only remember the few times they have had to wait, and say that more are needed.

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IDFIMH

A council within the great county of Sussex, and they are satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, that taxi demand is being met.

And of course councils are really best placed to make commercial decisions.

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IDFIMH

Most judgements relating to sec 16 of the 1985 Act, usually refer to the guidence issued from the DoT (then) in 1986.

So any new guidence should have a considerable impact on any new court cases.

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IDFIMH

And there Mr Yorkie, you have hit the nail on the head.

Transport plans aren't just a little paper-work exercise, they bloody well count. If councils don't do as they are told by Gov, they can miss out on a lot of money.

Interesting times.

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IDFIMH

The great county of Sussex no-longer has to deal with B&H.

Thankfully they are now an unitary authority.

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IDFIMH

I think Geoff is trying to say that if the Gov don't like B&H's Transport Plan due to the taxi bit, then B&H will not get it's full quota (pun intended) of money to repair the roads etc.

And you know how much the Argus loves the taxi/PH trade.

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IDFIMH