Has anyone read or mentioned this piece in TaxiPoint about enforcement and stuff in Melton? It's all going swimmingly according to Melton Borough Council. And, in particular, good to see that they're providing 'modern slavery awareness' training
And that's for the staff, not the drivers, by the looks of it
But looks to me like TaxiPoint doing the council's PR for them - and also a bit of their own PR
There's a link to the council's official document in the article below, but it's a deadlink on the council's website. No obvious errors in the link, so don't know if the document has been removed or moved, or what, but I can't be bothered looking for it:
https://democracy.melton.gov.uk/documen ... eneral.pdf Melton Borough Council licensing committee reviews performance of taxi and private hire regimehttps://www.taxi-point.co.uk/post/melto ... ire-regimeMelton Borough Council’s Licensing Committee has reviewed the Licensing Team’s performance during the 2024/25 year, highlighting workload levels, enforcement action and service development across taxi and private hire licensing.
The performance report, presented to the committee on 4 September 2025, shows that a total of 313 licences were issued or renewed. This included 45 dual driver licences, 46 vehicle licences and 6 operator licences. In addition, 28 knowledge tests were administered and 21 new DBS checks were processed.
Enforcement remained a key focus, with 21 penalty point notices issued and 16 complaints investigated. Two cases required formal action under the council’s convictions policy. The Licensing Team also completed three evening spot check operations alongside Leicestershire Police, targeting vehicle safety and driver compliance.
TaxiPlus, the council’s external partner for compliance and data management, conducted more than 200 checks on driver documentation. This included biannual DBS and DVLA licence status checks as well as medical certifications. All drivers on the authority’s books are now subscribed to regular update services to ensure real-time risk monitoring.
Training was provided to Licensing Committee members, covering best practice in hearings and decision making. Further staff training is planned for safeguarding, modern slavery awareness and complaint handling.
The Licensing Team also led on policy updates, including the planned 2026 Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy. Key proposals in the policy were discussed, such as the continued requirement for wheelchair accessible vehicles among operators with larger fleets. A full eight-week public consultation will begin shortly.
I was at this meeting and i struggled to keep quiet. It is a load of statistical twaddle. They say that they conducted 3 evening spot checks with the police yet not one driver says they were stopped.
The training mentioned took place immediately before this meeting and was not even attended by the licensing team. This was the first time for quite a while that the committee had met because they had not had the training so were unable to sit.
To say that taxiplus had conducted 200 checks is an out and out lie.there are , as the report satates 45 drivers and the report states biannual checks where in fact the licensing officer stated at the meeting that the checks were performed every 2 weeks, something that until that point they had always denied.
The new policy that the committee approved to go out to consultation has so many ommisions from the best practice guidance that it is madness.
The chair of licensing is trying to organise a meeting for the drivers to give their views but apparently there doesn't seem to be a single date available until AFTER the consultation has ended.
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