Posted on the 25th February 2026 in PHTM News
CHELTENHAM PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER LOSES CROWN COURT APPEAL FOR LICENCE TO PAY OVER £4,000
A private hire driver licensed by Cheltenham Borough Council (CBC) has lost his Crown Court appeal for the revocation of his licence after being found with bald tyres during 2025 March Festival.
As part of a joint enforcement operation for the Cheltenham Festival week, a PHV was inspected by the Avon and Somerset Police taxi compliance officer in company with a CBC licensing officer.
The vehicle was found to have two tyres below the legal limit. As a result of this incident, it was also found that the driver had failed to notify the council of previous motoring offences and had made false statements on his initial application and subsequent renewal application.
The private hire driver licence was reviewed at a licensing sub-committee in April 2025 and the licence was revoked under public safety grounds.
This revocation was subsequently appealed to Cheltenham Magistrates Court where the decision was upheld. He then appealed to the Crown Court and this was heard on 9 February 2026.
The court held that the decision of the licensing committee was not wrong. It found that the six driving offences committed over 11 years was a large number when that person drives for a living.
The court accepted that the driver failed to declare speeding fines to the council and stated that Mr Rahman was not an honest person and that there was a pattern of dishonesty in this case.
The court found that the council were perfectly entitled to find that Mr Rahman was not a fit and proper person and that they had not been persuaded that the decision to revoke his licence was a wrong decision or anything approaching a wrong decision.
Mr Rahman’s appeal was dismissed, and he was ordered to pay costs of £4,180.50 to the council.
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