MINUTES of a meeting of the East Sussex Discretionary Transport Appeal Panel

held on 26 January 2022.

Present            -           Councillors:     Field, Redstone and Webb

Officers:          I Crudge

1 Apologies for absence:

1.1 None.

2          Public minutes:

2.1       RESOLVED to approve as a correct record the public minutes of the previous meeting held on 8 December 2021.

3 Disclosures of interests:

3.1       Councillor Webb declared a non-prejudicial interest in case 02/22.

4 Urgent items:

4.1       The Chair allowed to consider one late application under item 10 as to defer it would not be in the interest of the family concerned.

5          Any other non-exempt items:

5.1 None.    

6          Exclusion of the press and public:

6.1       It was RESOLVED - to exclude the public and press from the meeting for agenda items 7,8, 9 and 10 on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to an individual.

7          Exempt minutes:

7.1       RESOLVED to approve as a correct record the exempt minutes of the previous meeting held on 8 December 2021.

8          Report on previous cases:

8.1       The Panel was updated on case number 28/21 where the appellant had complained to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

[The full detail is set out in an exempt minute]

9          Consideration of transport provision in individual cases:

9.1       The Panel considered and reached a decision on the following transport provision case number: 02/22.  

[The full detail is set out in an exempt minute]

10 Any other exempt items:

10.1     The Panel gave due consideration to a request for a reimbursement in case number 48/21 as set out in item 4.

[The full detail is set out in an exempt minute]

11 Date and time for next meeting:

11.1     Members agreed the next meeting will take place on 25 February 2022 at 10am.