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
1.1 Apologies were received from Councillor Redstone.
1.2 The Chair welcomed Jo Miles to the meeting. Jo was observing for refresher training.
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.