THE number of hackney carriage cabs in the city could be about to increase.
There are currently 66 in Exeter.
At the moment the city council has a policy of restricting the number of taxis it licenses.
The city council's defence of this policy relies upon its ability to demonstrate that there is no significant demand for taxis that is unmet; to demonstrate this it requires an appropriate survey affirming such, which is no older than three years old.
The city council's last survey, which was only a top up, dates from 2011 and it is therefore more open to challenges when it refuses a licence.
Exeter's licensing committee is to meet next week to decide whether to undertake a new survey with a view to retaining its current policy, or to relax the policy but put enhanced quality control in place.
