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Remember this from the Halton LO. He formed the opinion that all he had do in order to measure demand was find out how his authority compared with others in respect of plate values.
According to him, places such as Manchester, Liverpool and Oxford and scores of other local authorities have unmet demand by virtue of their license plate scarcity values.
Halton still hasn't had a survey and they have no intention of having one but I find it hard to believe that no one in Halton in the last four years has desired a hackney carriage license without having to pay 12 grand for the privilige.
Have any licenses changed hands in Halton, who knows? But on the law of averages, one would assume so.
3.1 A “high” value is a relative concept. The question is whether £10/12,000 should be considered to be “high”.
3.2 The following are examples of what is believed to be the (unofficial) value of plates in other areas:
• Chester 20K/25K
• Warrington 10K/12K
• St Helens 7K/10K
• Sefton 20K/25K
• Knowsley 20K/25K
• E/Port 12K/13K
• Liverpool 50K/55K
• Stockport 12K/20K
• Manchester 55K+
• Blackpool 40K/45K
3.3 It is clear that values in Halton are not high when compared with other areas. This implies that the Council can conclude that there is no significant unmet demand in the Borough and is under no obligation to commission a survey.
Regards
JD
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