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Don't really see the point of granting a one-year rather than three-year licence.

They would give him a 'severe warning' either way, and if he misbehaves he can be suspended, whatever the length of the licence he's given


Private hire driver convicted of domestic abuse allowed to keep licence

https://news.stv.tv/west-central/glasgo ... ep-licence

Patrick Traynor was handed a restricted one-year extension to his private hire licence, rather that the three years he had requested.

A Glasgow private hire driver who was convicted of domestic abuse has been warned by licensing chiefs but can continue working in the city.

Police Scotland objected to Patrick Traynor’s bid to renew his private hire car driver’s licence due to the offence.

Licensing chiefs decided to grant him a restricted one-year extension, rather than the three years he had requested.

A police officer said the applicant had been sentenced in August 2023 to 240 hours unpaid work over the incident, which involved his ex-partner.

She also said he had been ordered to refrain from approaching, contacting or communicating with the person for four years.

Archie MacIver, the licensing lawyer representing Mr Traynor, said his client had been working as a private hire driver since 1998 and had an “unblemished” driving record.

He told councillors that the applicant had been in a relationship with his ex-partner for over 20 years but it had become “difficult”.

The committee heard how “voices were raised” during an argument and, Mr MacIver said, that “was heard, as I understand it, by a neighbour” who was “concerned about what they were hearing”.

He said Mr Traynor “ended up charged and ultimately convicted of the offences that are before you”. Mr MacIver added: “My understanding is there was no physical violence involved in this incident.

“That said, it is not something which Mr Traynor is particularly proud of. He’s deeply ashamed, deeply remorseful.”

The committee was also told how the pair had now separated and the applicant had completed his unpaid work requirement.

Councillors were split on whether to approve the licence, voting three to two in favour of granting a one-year extension.

Cllr Jill Pidgeon, Labour, and Bailie Leòdhas Massie, Greens, suggested the application should be refused.

However, Cllr Sean Ferguson, SNP, Bailie Hanif Raja, Labour, and Cllr Abdul Bostani, SNP, voted to grant for a restricted period of one year and issued a severe warning.

Well if that's the extent of it then I'd guess the neighbour wouldn't last long as a driver in Glasgow, or indeed anywhere late at night. They'd never be off the phone to the police

Lazy councils find it easier to simply not renew rather than having to go through the suspension/revocation process.

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Yes, Sussex, and maybe I was just assuming that if he did something naughty during his licence it would come to the attention of the council at that time and during the currency of the licence, rather than when he came to renew it

Silly me

And we discussed a lot of this recently in another thread, so can't really be bothered going there again. But again there's a bit of the thing where to the extent you're right a driver could do something naughty just after granted a three-year badge, and he only loses said badge three years later when he comes to renew it. By that time, what's the point of not renewing it, whatever he did when he first got his badge?