The appeal
8. The appellant lodged an appeal with the Upper Tribunal on an official appeal form signed and dated on 5 April 2022. In his grounds of appeal, the appellant stated:“I am appealing to keep my operator’s licence as I have not used if of yet but I do plan to use it in the near future. The reasons I have not used it is due to business decisions, I was issued the licence in 2019, with the pandemic and other factors during hard times I have not got to use it of yet. I had put a lot of effort into obtaining the licence to start with as I was planning to make use of it, I still am.I do believe that with this licence I could gain or provide employment in the near future, I can only ask in all sincerity that this will be taken into consideration and I will be allowed to keep the licence. My licence is only for one vehicle, I have never abused the license or any of the like, I do understand that I could re apply for a new license, but with already having this one been granted I only hope I will be allowed to keep it, as without it I do believe it would stop me from gaining or creating employment in the future, again I hope this will all be taken into consideration and also in the interest of time efficiency I can keep this license.”9. The Appellant did not renew his application for a stay of the DfI’s decision to revoke his operator’s license. The appeal was heard in the Tribunal Hearing Centre at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast on 16 November 2022. The Appellant was present at the hearing and was unrepresented.