DISCRETIONARY TRANSPORT APPEAL PANEL

 

MINUTES of a meeting of the East Sussex Discretionary Transport Appeal Panel held on 22 January 2025

 

 


Present         -        Councillors:   Cross and Field

Officer:         I Crudge

Observer:      Jo Miles

 

1                Apologies:

 

1.1         Apologies were received from Councillor Redstone.

 

1.2     The Chair welcomed Jo Miles to the meeting. Jo was observing for refresher training.

 

2        Public minutes:

 

2.1     RESOLVED to approve as a correct record the public minutes of the previous meeting held on 17 December 2024 subject to an addendum to paragraph 1.2.

 

3        Disclosures of interests:

 

3.1     None.

 

4        Urgent items:

         

4.1     None.

 

5        Any other non-exempt items:

 

5.1     None.   

 

6        Exclusion of the public and press:

 

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 17 December 2024.

 

8        Report on previous cases:

 

8.1     The Panel was updated on case 20/24 where the appellant had complained to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

 

8.2     The Panel reconsidered and reached a decision on the following transport provision case number: 35/24.

 

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

 

9        Consideration of transport provision in individual cases:

 

9.1     In case 01/25, the Panel required additional information from the appellant and adjourned the case whilst the information was sought.

 

9.2     The Panel considered and reached a decision on the following transport provision case number: 04/25.

 

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

 

10      Any other exempt items:

 

10.1    None.

 

11      Date and time for next meeting:

 

11.1    Members agreed the next meeting will take place on 24 February 2025 at 10am.