Agenda item

The Sub-Committee considered a number of appeals against the refusal by officers of applications for home to school transport. The circumstances of each case did not fulfil the necessary criteria for assistance. For each appeal, details were presented by the local authority representative of the reasons for refusal together with the grounds of appeal submitted by the parents of the pupils in question. The Appeals Sub-Committee also considered verbal representations made by Appellants at the hearing. The Appeals were considered under the general home to school transport policy.

Resolved -  That the following decisions be taken in respect of the appeals for home to school transport as set out below:-

The Sub-Committee considered that the reasons provided were sufficient grounds to justify making an exception to the Council’s Transport Policy/ adjourning the hearing in the following cases: