England and Wales taxi and private-hire licensing authorities

Current combined taxi/private-hire driver route requires the council application, a full licence held for at least 12 months, enhanced DBS/update-service evidence, right-to-work evidence, a Group 2 medical and a DVLA check code.

• Drivers
• Driver training
• Application forms for taxi licensing

Current hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle guidance and application form are published; first licensing is normally limited to vehicles under five years, or under seven years for qualifying wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

• Vehicles
• Application forms for taxi licensing
• Fees

A five-year private-hire operator licence covers a specific operating address inside Amber Valley; the council publishes the requirements, submission route and application form.

• Private hire operators
• Application forms for taxi licensing
• Fees

Current published charges: three-year driver licence £223; hackney or private-hire vehicle new £409; hackney renewal £338; private-hire renewal £293.50; five-year private-hire operator licence £306. Knowledge test £38.40, safeguarding training £30 and disability-awareness training £40 are listed separately.

• Fees

The fare card still linked by the council is dated 14 September 2022: first mile or part £3.50, then 23p per tenth of a mile, with waiting at 23p per minute. Time, holiday and five-to-eight-passenger supplements are set out on the official card.

• Hackney carriage fares

Before grant, applicants must complete safeguarding training, disability-awareness training and the council knowledge test. The knowledge test covers local geography, the Highway Code, licensing law, council policy and basic English, with an 80% pass mark in each section.

• Drivers
• Driver training
• Fees

Ashfield issues a dual hackney-carriage/private-hire driver licence. The current six-step route covers enhanced DBS and Update Service registration, a virtual appointment, the application pack, Group 2 medical, payment and email submission.

• Taxi and private hire dual driver licence
• Fees and charges

The current three-step vehicle route requires a compliance test, a virtual licensing appointment and submission of the application pack and supporting documents. The council publishes separate hackney-carriage and private-hire requirements.

• Taxi and private hire vehicle licence
• Fees and charges

The council publishes the private-hire operator application route, virtual-appointment and email submission details. New operators must attend its safeguarding-vulnerable-passengers course.

• Private hire operator
• Fees and charges

Current charges: new dual-driver licence £220 one year, £270 two years or £320 three years; hackney vehicle £240; private-hire vehicle £220; operator licence £260 one year through £740 five years. A £30 vehicle discount applies where the published low-emission or wheelchair-accessible criteria are met.

• Taxi and private hire dual driver licence
• Taxi and private hire vehicle licence
• Private hire operator

Council-linked tariff chart operative from 3 October 2022. Tariff 1 (06:00-23:00 daily): £3.60 first mile, then 20p each 176 yards. Tariff 2 (23:00-06:00 daily; 18:00-24:00 Christmas Eve/New Year's Eve; all bank holidays except Christmas Day/New Year's Day): £4.80 first mile, then 20p each 146.66 yards. Tariff 3 (Christmas Day and New Year's Day): £6.00 first mile, then 30p each 146.66 yards. Each tariff adds a 25% surcharge for 5+ passengers and 25p per 60 seconds waiting. Soiling charge £80.

• Hackney Carriage tariff chart
• Taxi and private hire licences

New driver applicants need acceptable written and spoken English evidence at a minimum equivalent to ESOL Entry Level 2, an enhanced taxi-driver DBS registered with the Update Service, a Group 2 medical, and passes in the council's online knowledge and safeguarding tests.

• Taxi and private hire dual driver licence
• Private hire operator

Applicants must be at least 18 and have held a full UK, EC or EEA driving licence for at least one year. Pass the council knowledge test before applying, then submit the required identity, driving-licence, DBS, right-to-work, medical, safeguarding and reference evidence. A renewal must be completed before expiry; more than one month late is treated as a new application.

• Driver application procedure

Submit the form and fee with the V5 or qualifying bill of sale, insurance, an MOT valid for at least two months, an HPI certificate for a new or replacement vehicle, and SVA evidence where applicable. A proprietor who is not a licensed driver must provide a basic DBS. The vehicle must meet council specifications and pass the council's supplementary inspection.

• Vehicle application procedure, including renewals

Apply in writing on the approved form. Each individual applicant, partner or company director must complete the relevant declaration and provide the fee, two references, right-to-work evidence, safeguarding certificate and the required basic disclosure unless the council's stated enhanced-DBS exemption applies. Public and employer liability insurance are required where applicable.

• Private-hire operator application process

Effective 1 April 2026: combined driver licence £141 for one year, £201 for two years or £256 for three years; knowledge test £59. Hackney or private-hire vehicle £332 annually, with a £161 six-month test for vehicles over five years. Operator licence: three years £343 for one vehicle, £687 for 2–5, £1,374 for 6–10, £2,061 for 11–15 or £4,123 for 16+; five-year fees are £543, £1,089, £2,174, £3,261 or £6,523 respectively.

• Fees and Charges 2026/27
• Fees and charges schedule 2025/26

Council scale last updated 8 May 2024. Up to four passengers: Tariff 1 (07:00-midnight) £4.40 first mile then 21p each 1/10 mile; Tariff 2 (midnight-07:00) £3.30 first 1/7 mile then 30p each 1/7 mile. Five or more passengers: Tariff 4 (07:00-midnight) £5.50 first mile then 21p each 1/10 mile; Tariff 5 (midnight-07:00) £4.40 first 1/7 mile then 39p each 1/7 mile. Waiting 11p per 20 seconds; luggage 10p/item; animals excluding assistance dogs £1; soiling £75. Bank holidays use Tariff 2/5; specified Christmas/New Year periods are 100% extra under Tariff 3/6.

• Hackney Carriage scale of fares
• Hackney Carriage Scale of Fares Update Report, 15 April 2026

Before grant, applicants must pass the council knowledge test, the council-specified taxi driving test unless the stated Driver CPC exemption applies, a DVLA Group 2 medical through the council's designated provider, enhanced DBS checks and the Nottinghamshire safeguarding-vulnerable-persons course. The knowledge test allows three attempts; after three failures the wait is 12 months.

• Driver application procedure
• Private-hire operator application process

Start with the council knowledge test and right-to-work evidence, then complete the application. Driver and vehicle applications are online; licensing appointments are required. Contact licensing@blaby.gov.uk for arrangements.

• Taxi and private hire licences — applications and requirements

Newly licensed vehicles must be under five years old; existing licences can continue until age ten. Supply the depot inspection pass, registration document or recent bill of sale, MOT and hire insurance; hackney carriages also need meter calibration.

• Taxi and private hire licences — applications and requirements

Provide the application, right-to-work evidence, appropriate basic DBS checks, planning permission or confirmation it is unnecessary, and a tax-check code where applicable. The council validates a complete application before contacting the applicant for payment.

• Taxi and private hire licences — applications and requirements

2026/27: driver £125/£200/£285 for one/two/three years; knowledge test £40. PHV or hackney vehicle: £195 for 12 months or £155 for six; EV £97.50/£77.50; ULEV/WAV £146.25/£116.25. Mechanical inspection £60; major-fail retest £25, minor-fail retest free; MOT booked alongside inspection £30. Operator: £190/£300/£405/£515/£625 for one to five years. Check discount eligibility with licensing.

• Hackney carriage and private hire fees 2026–27

The council's current licensing page links a table dated 1 August 2011, not a newly introduced 2026 tariff. Up to four passengers: under 0.7 mile £3.20, then 20p per 0.1 mile to one mile and 12p per 1/12 mile thereafter. For five or more passengers in a 5–8-seater: £4.30 initially, 20p increments to one mile, then 18p per 1/12 mile. Waiting £10/hour. Night, Sunday/bank-holiday and additional-passenger extras apply; consult the linked complete table and confirm the old-dated schedule before a fare dispute.

• Council-linked hackney carriage fare table — dated 1 August 2011

Knowledge test: 80% in every section, with three attempts before a 12-month wait. Requirements include a practical taxi driving certificate, online safeguarding pass, medical, enhanced DBS registered with the Update Service and driving licence. Shortest-route questions apply to hackney and dual applicants. Renewals and applicants licensed elsewhere need the relevant HMRC code.

• Taxi and private hire licences — applications and requirements

Use the council's current online driver-licence application route after meeting the adopted policy requirements. A full UK, EC or EEA driving licence must have been held for at least one year. The council separately provides an online knowledge-test booking form; the application must be complete and the applicant must satisfy the fit-and-proper test.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing online services
• Driver licence application
• Driver knowledge-test booking form

Use the council's current online vehicle-licence application route. The adopted policy requires all requested information, the fee and supporting documents before an application is complete. Licences normally run for six months; each new or renewal grant requires the vehicle to pass the council-approved test, in addition to the stated MOT requirement.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing online services
• Vehicle licence application
• Council report adopting the revised taxi licensing policies from 1 June 2022

Use the council's current online operator-licence application route. The adopted operator policy requires a current basic DBS disclosure for the applicant and each relevant partner, director or person with day-to-day control unless the stated current-enhanced-DBS exception applies; DBS Update Service participation and safeguarding training and assessment are also required.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing online services
• Operator licence application
• Council report adopting the revised taxi licensing policies from 1 June 2022

Adopted 2026/27 schedule: combined or single driver licence £179 for one year, £226 for two years or £267 for three years, plus DBS if required; theory test £37. Six-month vehicle licence £131 new or £113 renewal; vehicle test including MOT where requested £75. Operator licence £272 for one year, £358 for two, £444 for three, £526 for four or £604 for five years.

• 2026/27 taxi licensing fee schedule
• Committee decision approving the incremental taxi licensing fees

Withheld: no current official council numeric hackney-carriage fare table and matching enactment or effective date was located in this research pass. No value from a commercial fare calculator or third-party league table is used.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing online services
• Council report adopting the revised taxi licensing policies from 1 June 2022

New drivers must pass the council-approved knowledge test and complete council-approved safeguarding and disability-awareness training, including the safe-loading and passenger-transport assessment. The policy also requires a DVLA Group 2 medical, enhanced DBS with barred-list checks and Update Service membership; a council-specified practical driving examination may be required.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing online services
• Driver knowledge-test booking form
• Council report adopting the revised taxi licensing policies from 1 June 2022

Potential applicants first request and read Boston's Driver Enquiry Pack, then attend an appointment at the Municipal Buildings where their driving licence is checked and they take the comprehension test. Successful applicants receive the application pack. The council issues private-hire driver badges and dual Hackney Carriage/private-hire badges; the driver and vehicle licences must be issued by the same authority.

• Taxi and Private Hire Driver and Vehicle Information
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy
• Taxi and Private Hire Driver and Vehicle Information

A Hackney Carriage or private-hire vehicle application requires the council form, a Boston-area MOT certificate, the appropriate public- or private-hire insurance, and a taximeter calibration certificate where applicable. Licensed vehicles are MOT tested every six months and the vehicle licence renews annually. Hackney Carriages need the council plate, roof and for-hire signs, and a tested and sealed meter; private-hire vehicles must be pre-booked through their operator.

• Taxi and Private Hire Driver and Vehicle Information
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy
• Taxi and Private Hire Driver and Vehicle Information

Anyone operating private-hire vehicles must obtain a Boston private-hire operator licence. It lasts five years and the operating premises must be within the borough. Applicants who do not already hold a Boston Hackney Carriage/private-hire driver badge must supply a current Basic Disclosure at their own expense; the council also applies its fit-and-proper and immigration-status checks.

• Taxi and Private Hire Driver and Vehicle Information
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy
• Taxi and Private Hire Driver and Vehicle Information

Full Council approved the 2026/27 fee schedule on 2 March 2026, but the schedule does not print an exact commencement date. A new Hackney Carriage/private-hire driver licence is £250.30 and renewal £193.50. A new or renewed Hackney Carriage or private-hire vehicle licence is £191.30. A new five-year private-hire operator licence is £273.30, and the driver knowledge test is £31.70. These are council charges and should not be combined with external medical, DBS or training costs.

• Full Council 2 March 2026 - Annual Budget Report 2026/27
• Cabinet public reports pack 18 February 2026 - Appendix 5 Fees and Charges 2026/27

The council states that it regulates maximum hackney-carriage fares and links a current example tariff sheet, but its numeric current sheet was not retrievable in this review. A 2026 committee item recommends changes including 30p/45p/60p subsequent 190-yard increments for Tariffs 1/2/3, Tariff 2 from 21:00, and maximum booking fee £10. These are a proposal pending the council's decision/effective-date evidence and must not replace the current tariff.

• Taxi and Private Hire Driver and Vehicle Information
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy
• Maximum Authorised Hackney Carriage Fares - 24 August 2022

First-time drivers must pass Boston's English-reading, receipt-writing and basic-mathematics comprehension test, provide Enhanced DBS and DVLA checks, meet the DVLA Group 2 medical standard, complete the council's two safeguarding certificates, and evidence identity, address, right to work and any required overseas good-conduct check. A private-hire badge may be issued first; changing to the dual Hackney Carriage/private-hire badge requires the separate law, route and local-places knowledge test.

• Taxi and Private Hire Driver and Vehicle Information
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

Broxtowe issues a joint driver badge for both Hackney Carriage and private-hire vehicles. Request an application pack and appointment from the Licensing Team. The council assesses whether the applicant is fit and proper through its criminal-record, DVLA, medical, practical-driving and local-topography checks; a renewal also requires the applicable HMRC tax-check code.

• Taxis
• Becoming a Taxi Driver
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

Choose either the Hackney Carriage or private-hire route, obtain the council form and submit it with taxi insurance, V5 or ownership evidence, the required MOT, seating plan where carrying more than four passengers, and the full fee before booking the council depot examination. New applications are not normally accepted for vehicles over five years old and must meet Euro 6 for diesel or Euro 5 for petrol. Younger vehicles renew annually; from age five they renew six-monthly, normally only to age eight or age ten for wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

• Taxis
• Licensing a Vehicle
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

A private-hire operator must apply in writing on Broxtowe's approved form and be assessed as fit and proper. The 2023 council policy requires the fee, right-to-work evidence, safeguarding-course certificate, a Basic DBS certificate no older than 31 days for each relevant applicant or partner, and any applicable overseas certificate of good conduct. Private-hire vehicles and drivers may only fulfil bookings through an operator licensed by the same authority.

• Taxis
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

The current council fee page does not state when its figures commenced. A three-year initial joint driver licence is £284 and a three-year renewal £246; the knowledge test is £55. A one-year initial vehicle application is £376 including a refundable £40 plate deposit; renewal is £237 when under five years old or £203 for a six-month licence when older. Five-year operator fees range from £115 for one vehicle to £1,500 for twenty-one or more.

• Taxi Charges

Broxtowe's live current-fares page does not state an effective date. The basic Hackney Carriage rate is £3.50 for the first 880 yards, then 10p per 80 yards; waiting is 10p per 20 seconds. The page sets 1.25-times rates for midnight to 6am and ordinary bank holidays, twice the basic rate during its stated Christmas and New Year periods, separate multipliers for vehicles carrying at least five passengers, and a £40 soiling charge. Private-hire fares should be agreed with the operator and are not this council tariff.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy
• Current Taxi Fares

New drivers must have held a full driving licence for at least 12 months and complete Broxtowe's practical taxi-driving test, Group 2 medical, topography test, DBS criminal-record check and DVLA history check. The current fee page also identifies the initial knowledge test and safeguarding retest, while the 2023 policy requires safeguarding evidence and right-to-work and overseas good-conduct evidence where applicable. Applicants should use the current council pack because older page wording still refers to the former DSA name.

• Becoming a Taxi Driver
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

Charnwood issues one combined driver licence covering its Hackney Carriage and private-hire vehicles. A new applicant must be at least 18, have held an accepted full licence for at least 12 months and demonstrate the right to work. First book and pass the council knowledge test; after passing, complete the safeguarding, practical-driving, medical, Enhanced DBS/DVLA and Update Service steps, then submit the complete application and current supporting evidence together.

• Apply for a Grant (New) of a Combined Driver's Licence
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy revision 1.7 April 2026

For either vehicle type, first obtain an annual Certificate of Compliance from an approved garage; an interim compliance test is also required every six months. Then email the completed form with V5, hire-and-reward insurance and the compliance certificate, plus meter calibration evidence for a metered vehicle and operator authorisation where a private-hire proprietor does not hold their own Charnwood operator licence. Renewal applications and fees must arrive at least ten working days before expiry.

• Hackney Carriage vehicle licences
• Private Hire vehicle licences
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy revision 1.7 April 2026

A Charnwood private-hire operator licence lasts five years and normally requires an operating base within the borough. Email the complete form with right-to-licence evidence, references, any required planning approval, Basic DBS and statutory declaration for applicants who are not Charnwood-licensed drivers, and overseas good-conduct evidence where applicable. After the fee and all supporting information arrive, the council aims to process a complete application within ten days.

• Private hire operators' licences
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy revision 1.7 April 2026

The council identifies these as its full current charges from 1 April 2025, with the page last updated 11 December 2025. A three-year combined driver licence is £285 new or £259 renewal and the knowledge test is £73. A one-year vehicle grant is £280 with brackets or £249 without; renewal is £219. Five-year operator charges are £810 for one to three vehicles, £940 for four to nine and £1,090 for ten or more. DBS, DVLA, safeguarding, practical-test and medical charges are paid separately to their providers.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Fees and Charges

The council's currently linked Hackney Carriage fare cards state that fares apply from 17 August 2022. For up to four passengers, Tariff 1 is £3.25 for the first 440 yards, then 25p per 220 yards and 25p per 45 seconds waiting. Tariff 2 is £3.75 then 35p, and the Christmas/New Year Tariff 5 is £5 then 45p. A separate card sets Tariffs 3, 4 and 6 when carrying at least five passengers. Private-hire operators may set their own fares, so these are not private-hire tariffs.

• Hackney Carriage vehicle licences
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy revision 1.7 April 2026
• Hackney Carriage Fare Card - up to four passengers

New combined-driver applicants must pass Charnwood's written and verbal knowledge test, approved safeguarding course and practical taxi-driving test, meet the DVLA Group 2 medical standard, complete Enhanced DBS and DVLA checks through the council's provider, and register for the DBS Update Service. They must also prove right to work and provide any applicable overseas certificate of good conduct. Time-limited certificates should be coordinated before the complete application is submitted.

• Apply for a Grant (New) of a Combined Driver's Licence
• Private hire operators' licences
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy revision 1.7 April 2026

Start with the council licensing team on 01246 345230 or licensing@chesterfield.gov.uk to arrange an appointment and obtain application guidance. The council-linked April 2025 policy sets driver eligibility and checks; renewals should be submitted at least two weeks before expiry.

• Council taxi licensing and current fees
• Council taxi licensing policy, April 2025

The policy requires an MOT issued within 28 days, V5, insurance, application and payment. Council inspection is by appointment, with paperwork and fees received at least five working days beforehand. Subsequent MOT evidence is required every six months. Check the policy's vehicle-category and wheelchair-accessibility conditions before buying.

• Council taxi licensing and current fees
• Council taxi licensing policy, April 2025

The policy provides a five-year private-hire operator licence subject to the council's fit-and-proper assessment. Section 7 covers dispatchers, records, premises, complaints and renewal obligations. Contact licensing for the application process.

• Council taxi licensing and current fees
• Council taxi licensing policy, April 2025

Council fees page updated 1 April 2026: first driver application £286 including £92 initial application fee; renewal £286 plus £18 DVLA check. Knowledge test £64, upgrade £37. New private-hire or hackney vehicle £203; renewal £116, with an additional £10 hackney survey charge. Operator core fee £903 plus £39 per vehicle. DBS and other ancillary charges are separate; consult the linked table.

• Council taxi licensing and current fees

The current operative numeric taxi fare card has not yet been verified. No tariff figures are published here pending confirmation.

The policy requires new applicants to evidence a practical driving assessment. Drivers of wheelchair-accessible vehicles must pass an accepted competence assessment. Consult sections 3 and 5 for the applicable knowledge, safeguarding, medical and other driver checks.

• Council taxi licensing policy, April 2025

Apply on the council form and submit the current driving licence, enhanced DBS material, right-to-work evidence and other supporting documents by post or email to taxi.licensing@derby.gov.uk. Applicants must be at least 18, have held a full UK or European driving licence for at least 12 months, complete the required tests and training, and pay the three-year new-driver fee when applying.

• Taxi drivers

New and renewal applications are available through the council's online service. A complete application needs the relevant form, V5, bill of sale, correct insurance and, for a new hackney carriage, a meter-calibration certificate. Every vehicle must pass the council supplementary inspection as well as MOT; vehicles aged five or more are inspected every six months. From 13 March 2026, a private-hire vehicle must be under nine years old at first licensing.

• Taxi vehicles
• Taxi vehicle document downloads

The operating base must be within Derby and dispatched vehicles and drivers must also be Derby-licensed. Submit the council application form, five-year fee, a current Basic DBS for each relevant applicant, partner or director unless the stated licensed-driver exception applies, and right-to-work evidence for individuals and partnerships. Check planning permission first; mandatory safeguarding training is required before grant or renewal.

• Taxi operators

The council's current 2026/27 table lists a three-year new driver licence at £340 and renewal at £305, knowledge test £85, safeguarding course £60, enhanced DBS including administration £72 and hackney driver test £50. From 1 August 2026, annual vehicle fees are £140 new or £120 renewal, rising to £175 or £155 for vehicles over five. Five-year operator totals run from £574.54 for 0-10 vehicles to £1,785.76 for 151 or more. The driver section is labelled 2026/27 but retains a conflicting introductory date sentence, so no precise driver-fee start date is asserted.

• Taxi licence fees

The fare table currently linked by the council sets Tariff 1 at a £3.20 initial charge plus 20p for each succeeding 176 yards and 20p per 60 seconds waiting. Other initial charges are £3.60, £3.80 and £4.80 for the stated evening, weekend and festive periods; equivalent five-or-more-passenger initial charges are £5.20, £5.60, £5.80 and £6.80. A £60 cleaning fee is shown. The table itself does not state its adoption or effective date.

• Taxi vehicles
• Taxi vehicle document downloads
• Hackney Carriage Fare Table

A new driver must pass the Derby City knowledge test, a taxi-specific practical driving test and the council safeguarding-awareness course. Dual-licence applicants must take the advanced practical test covering safe wheelchair transport. Applicants also need a DVSA Group 2 medical, enhanced DBS with Online Update Service subscription, right-to-work evidence and, where relevant, an overseas certificate of good conduct.

• Taxi drivers
• Taxi operators

Use the council's taxi and private-hire service hub and prescribed driver application form. The adopted policy requires the knowledge test to be passed before the application is considered, followed by the complete form, fee and supporting evidence. A combined hackney-carriage/private-hire driver licence normally lasts three years; the policy says renewal documents should reach the council no later than six weeks before expiry.

• Derbyshire Dales District Council home page and service index
• Taxi and private hire
• Council report approving the final taxi and private-hire policy for adoption from 1 May 2024

Apply on the council's prescribed vehicle form with the fee, V5 or bill of sale, insurance, MOT evidence where applicable, write-off evidence for a used vehicle and the required proprietor information. The vehicle must meet the policy specification and pass the council's approved-station inspection. A normal licence lasts 12 months; a six-month option has been available from 1 May 2024 where the vehicle is known not to remain licensed for the full year.

• Derbyshire Dales District Council home page and service index
• Taxi and private hire
• Council report approving the final taxi and private-hire policy for adoption from 1 May 2024

A private-hire operating base must be within Derbyshire Dales. Apply on the council form with the fee and supporting documents; the policy requires a current Basic DBS unless its licensed-driver exception applies, operating and manager details, relevant passenger and safeguarding policies, and public-liability insurance where applicable. The council normally grants operator licences for five years and accepts applications by email to licensing@derbyshiredales.gov.uk.

• Derbyshire Dales District Council home page and service index
• Taxi and private hire
• Council report approving the final taxi and private-hire policy for adoption from 1 May 2024

Secondary reference only: TaxiTools (publisher check 2 August 2026) reports three-year driver £224.03, annual HC/PH vehicle £414.88 including two inspections, and five-year operator £556.82. It also reports conflicting year labels in the council schedule: title April 2026–March 2027 but taxi columns 2025/26. Direct council source remained inaccessible. Treat figures as unconfirmed reference amounts, not current payable fees.

• Taxi and private hire
• TaxiTools secondary fee reference, not council verification

July 2022 card is identified as current in the forthcoming 15 September 2026 review. Up to four passengers, Monday–Saturday 07:00–23:00: £4 first mile/480 seconds, then 15p per 110 yards or 30 seconds; waiting £18/hour. Night 23:00–07:00, Sundays and bank holidays: £5 first mile/432 seconds, then 25p per 146.6 yards or 36 seconds; waiting £25/hour. Five-plus passengers use that £5 daytime band; their night/Sunday/bank-holiday band starts £6.75 for first mile/411 seconds, then 40p per 176 yards or 41 seconds; waiting £35/hour. Christmas/New Year eves are not themselves bank holidays. Receipt on request. Proposed Appendix 2 is not adopted as of 13 September 2026.

• Taxi and private hire
• Taxi and private-hire proposed increase to maximum fares - issue and decision record
• June 2022 proposed increase to the table of maximum fares

New drivers must pass the written knowledge test with at least 80% in each of its three sections. The adopted policy also requires a DVLA Group 2 medical, enhanced DBS including adult and child barred-list checks with Update Service subscription, right-to-work evidence and safeguarding/CSE awareness training within six months of grant, refreshed every three years. Drivers of wheelchair-accessible vehicles need the stated NVQ or PATS competence before driving one.

• Council report approving the final taxi and private-hire policy for adoption from 1 May 2024
• Taxi and Private Hire Licensing Policy appendix
• Schedule of April 2024 taxi-policy amendments

Apply on the council's combined hackney-carriage/private-hire driver form. Applicants must be over 19, have held a full driving licence for at least two years, arrange an in-person identity and right-to-licence check at the Horncastle office, provide a DVLA check code, complete the required DBS, medical, assessments and training, and supply the form and fee. The council must complete all checks before authorising the applicant to drive.

• Hire vehicles - drivers
• Applying for hackney carriage and private-hire vehicle driver licences
• Taxi and private-hire driving assessment

Before applying for a private-hire vehicle licence, book and pass the mechanical test at a council-approved garage unless the vehicle qualifies for the stated under-six-month waiver. Submit the council form and attend the visual inspection with the current test certificate, original V5C, private-hire insurance, taximeter certificate where fitted and no-smoking signage. Licensed vehicles are currently mechanically examined every six months.

• Application for private-hire vehicle licence

Private-hire work requires driver, vehicle and operator licences. Use the council's January 2026 operator application form and contact the Licensing Team at licensing@e-lindsey.gov.uk for the application process. Check whether planning consent is required for the proposed premises. The current fee schedule confirms that the operator licence runs for five years.

• Private-hire vehicle operator
• Private-hire operator licence application form - January 2026

The current council schedule lists a five-year private-hire operator licence at £374, a new combined driver licence at £196 and renewal at £165. From 25 May 2026, a hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicle licence including its identification plate is £170. VAT is not chargeable on these council fees; approved-garage vehicle testing is paid separately to the garage.

• Hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle licence fees and charges

The council's current fare card, last revised February 2025, sets Tariff 1 from 07:00 to 23:00 at £5 for the first 880 yards, then 20p for each succeeding 176 yards, with waiting at 20p per 45 seconds. Tariff 2 is 50% above Tariff 1 and Tariff 3 is 100% above it for the stated periods. The card gives the revision month but not an exact commencement day.

• Maximum hackney-carriage fare structure
• Hackney Carriage Fare Card - last revised February 2025

New drivers need an enhanced DBS check with Update Service registration, DVLA check, Group 2 vocational medical, LRSP or Blue Lamp Trust driving-assessment pass, written communications and basic licensing tests, both mandatory Lincolnshire safeguarding e-learning certificates, and a right-to-work check. The council currently states that no separate wheelchair-passenger assessment is required.

• Hire vehicles - drivers
• Applying for hackney carriage and private-hire vehicle driver licences
• Taxi and private-hire driving assessment

Email licensing@erewash.gov.uk for the new-driver pack, complete the forms, then book an officer appointment on 0115 907 1110; the fee is paid at the appointment. Applicants must have held a full current driving licence for at least 12 months and complete the council's practical assessment, enhanced DBS and Update Service, Group 2 medical, knowledge test, safeguarding training and right-to-work check.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing
• Becoming a taxi driver
• Taxi Licensing Policy 2025

First pay the licence fee and book the council inspection at Merlin Way. Submit the council application form with 12-month hire-and-reward insurance, V5 or detailed proof of ownership, the applicable MOT and the council depot pass sheet. Vehicles under five receive one included annual test; vehicles over five receive two included tests six months apart. Vehicle plates normally run for 12 months.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing
• Licensing a vehicle
• Taxi Licensing Policy 2025

A private-hire operator licence is required to accept bookings or supply drivers and lasts up to five years. The council states that the applicant must demonstrate the right to work in the UK, provide an up-to-date Basic criminal-record check and complete the applicable HMRC tax check. Use the council application-form index or contact licensing@erewash.gov.uk for the current form and submission process.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing
• Private-hire operator licence
• Taxi Licensing Policy 2025

The official 2026/27 schedule lists a combined hackney-carriage/private-hire driver licence at £245 for three years or £85 for one year, knowledge test or retest at £38, and a five-year private-hire operator licence at £441. Annual vehicle charges range from £201.60 to £331 according to CO2 emissions and whether the vehicle is over five years old; the standard maximum annual charge is £331.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing
• Fees and charges 2026/27

The enacted maximum fare table took effect on 22 June 2026. For up to four passengers, the first mile is £5.50 on Tariff 1, £5.90 on Tariff 2 and £7.50 on Tariff 3; each later tenth-mile is 20p, 25p or 30p respectively. Five-to-eight-passenger first-mile rates are £7.20, £7.50 and £10. Waiting is 15p per completed 30 seconds and the soiling charge is £50.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing
• Taxi fares from 22 June 2026

New applicants need an approved practical driving assessment, enhanced DBS check with Online Update Service subscription, DVLA Group 2 medical, and safeguarding training. The four-part knowledge test covers licence conditions, disability and safeguarding, local geography, and the Highway Code; at least 70% is required in every section. Right-to-work evidence is mandatory.

• Taxi and private-hire licensing
• Becoming a taxi driver
• Taxi Licensing Policy 2025

New and renewing drivers use the council's taxi-driver portal. Before a new application, the council requires the applicant to pass its taxi knowledge test, safeguarding requirement and a practical taxi-driving assessment, and to arrange the specified medical examination. After portal registration, applicants must telephone Customer Services Licensing so the council can authorise the account before an application is made.

• Driver licence
• Taxi driver licensing portal
• Taxi licensing policy

The first step for a hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicle licence is to book and pay for the council inspection by telephone or at the Civic Centre. The test takes place at Jubilee House. Bring the V5C or new-owner slip, current MOT unless the vehicle is under one year old, public-hire insurance details, the driver's current taxi badge, a meter-calibration certificate and any applicable wheelchair lift or hoist certificate.

• Vehicle licence
• Taxi licensing policy

A business or individual based in Gedling Borough needs a private-hire operator licence to take telephone bookings. Apply using the council's operator form, check whether the proposed base needs planning permission or a change of use, and read the form and current policy before submission. The council offers one-year and five-year licences, with the charge determined by fleet size.

• Operator licence
• Taxi licensing policy

The council's live fee page lists a driver licence at £263 for one year or £474 for three years, DBS at £49.50 and the knowledge test at £50. A six-month vehicle licence including inspection is £210, plus a refundable £40 plate deposit. Operator fees range from £80 for one vehicle for one year to £13,906 for 51 or more vehicles for five years. The page gives no fee year or commencement date, so confirm before payment.

• Application fees

Gedling's current policy route says that hackney-carriage meters and displayed fare information must follow the council's fare scale, but no current public numeric fare scale with a confirmed operative date was located in the official source set. No fare figures are released from this record; operators and passengers should obtain the current table directly from the council.

• Taxi licensing policy

Before a new driver applies, Gedling requires a taxi knowledge-test pass, completion of its taxi safeguarding requirement, a practical taxi-driving assessment with a pass certificate and the specified medical examination. The council currently lists Blue Lamp Trust, Green Penny and IAM RoadSmart as practical-assessment providers and states that only medical certificates from its two named doctors at The Cornerhouse are accepted.

• Driver licence

Apply for either a dual driver licence or a private-hire-only driver licence using the council form. Submit the completed application, Right to Licence declaration, original supporting documents and full fee at a booked appointment; the council no longer accepts drop-ins. Driver licences last three years, subject to the council completing its fit-and-proper-person checks and required tests.

• Apply for a dual driver or private-hire driver licence
• Driver licence additional documents
• Driver licence checks and tests

New vehicle applications must be made in person by appointment with original documents; renewals can be sent to the Licensing Team. Supply the V5C or bill of sale, taxi insurance, proof of the initial enhanced mechanical inspection and the full council fee. Tests are stricter than a standard MOT and must be obtained from a garage on the council's current list. Allow five working days for a complete application; the licence lasts one year.

• Apply for a taxi vehicle licence
• Taxi vehicle supporting documents
• Taxi vehicle testing

An applicant must live in Harborough District or have an office or base there. Submit the operator application and Right to Licence declaration, attend a booked identity appointment, provide right-to-work evidence and the HMRC tax-check code requested by the form. An operator licence lasts five years. Mandatory safeguarding training must be completed within three months after the licence is issued.

• Mandatory safeguarding training
• Private operators licence

For 2026/27 the council lists a new three-year driver licence at £485, or £428 where DBS is supplied by a third party; renewal is £367 or £310 respectively. A new one-year vehicle licence including the plate deposit is £306 and renewal is £274. A new five-year operator licence is £841 and renewal is £799. The knowledge-test resit charge is £29 per paper; vehicle-test cost is paid separately.

• Fees for our services

The council's official download area still provides a document labelled Taxi Tariff 2022, and its current vehicle guidance confirms that hackney-carriage meters use council-agreed fares. However, the official pages checked do not establish that the 2022 document remains the operative table or give an exact enactment date. Numeric tariff figures are therefore withheld pending direct current confirmation.

• Taxi Tariff 2022 document landing page

Driver applicants undergo an enhanced DBS check, a DVLA check confirming at least three years with a full licence, a DVLA Group 2 D4 medical, local-authority and HMRC tax checks, a right-to-work check and the council's three-paper knowledge test. Drivers and operators must also complete the mandatory Blue Lamp Trust safeguarding course within three months after licensing; failure may lead to suspension.

• Driver licence additional documents
• Driver licence checks and tests
• Mandatory safeguarding training

High Peak issues a combined hackney-carriage and private-hire driver licence. Applicants must be at least 21 and have held a driving licence for more than 12 months. Follow the council's ordered application process, pay the council fee, email Licensing to book the knowledge test, and attend with the completed form and original identity, address, right-to-work, DBS, safeguarding and medical evidence.

• Taxi licensing
• Apply for a drivers licence

Complete the council vehicle form and provide valid hire insurance, the V5C for a vehicle not previously licensed, the 12-month fee and an MOT no more than one month old from a council-approved testing centre. All MOT advisories must be rectified before plates issue. A further approved MOT is required six months into each annual vehicle-licence period. The council currently states that no new hackney plates are available.

• Taxi licensing
• Apply for a new vehicle licence

A private-hire operator must be based within the High Peak authority area. Submit the operator form and operating-base, insurance, driver and vehicle documents, plus for each relevant applicant or company officer a recent DBS certificate, statutory declaration, right-to-work evidence, driving licence and recent address evidence. Email the complete set to Licensing; the council then arranges the senior-officer appointment and payment for the one-year grant.

• Taxi licensing
• New application for a private hire operator

The council's 2026/27 schedule lists a new three-year driver licence including the first knowledge test at £350 and renewal at £300. A new vehicle licence including brackets and plates is £260 and annual renewal is £210. A new one-year operator licence is £175 for one to three vehicles, rising by fleet band to £1,000 for 51 or more; the corresponding five-year renewal charges range from £600 to £3,600.

• Fees and charges
• Fees and Charges 2026-2027

The council's official 2023 notice records an enacted fare increase from 2 March 2023; it is not merely a consultation proposal. The current operating page requires meters to use the council's current fares table, but it does not link the 2023 numeric notice or reproduce current figures. Because the official current source chain is incomplete, no numeric tariff is released pending council confirmation.

• Operating hackney carriage vehicles
• Hackney carriage fares increase notice 2023

New drivers need the council-specified enhanced DBS certificate linked to the DBS Update Service, the prescribed safeguarding-course certificate, a medical dated within three months, original identity and right-to-work evidence and a pass in the local knowledge test. The council states that alternative DBS or safeguarding qualifications are not accepted. Applicants for private-hire work must also provide an offer of work from a licensed operator.

• Taxi licensing
• Apply for a drivers licence

Apply online for a hackney-carriage or private-hire driver licence, or request a paper pack, then book an appointment to present the original documents at Hinckley Hub. Applicants need a full driving licence held for at least one year, a DVLA check code, Group 2 medical, driving-assessment pass, photographs and DBS information. After submission, book and pass the council's three-part knowledge test. Licences normally run for three years.

• Driver licence fees and how to apply
• Driver licence application guidance notes
• Knowledge tests

A council-licensed driver can apply online for a hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicle licence, or request a paper form. Present valid hire insurance, the V5C or proof of ownership, a valid MOT and payment at the council appointment. A newly licensed vehicle must be under six years old and satisfy the council's emissions or accessibility rules. Vehicle licences normally last one year and cannot be dual-plated with another authority.

• Vehicle licence fees and how to apply

A private-hire operator licence is needed to accept bookings. Apply through the council's online route or request a form. The licence runs for five years. Applicants who do not already hold the council's driver licence need the specified enhanced DBS check; public-liability insurance is required where customers can enter or wait at the premises. Planning permission may also be required for a booking office.

• Private hire operator fees and how to apply

The council's 2026/27 schedule is operative from 1 April 2026. It lists a three-year driver licence at £187.85, plus £53.80 for the council-arranged enhanced DBS, making £241.65. A hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicle licence is £182.15. A five-year private-hire operator licence is £264.70, with a further £53.80 DBS charge where the applicant does not hold the council's current driver badge.

• Driver licence fees and how to apply
• Vehicle licence fees and how to apply
• Private hire operator fees and how to apply

The council's current fare page, updated 15 May 2026, says this tariff took effect on 11 October 2024. Tariff 1 starts at £3.40 and then rises by 30p for each additional 176 yards; the first mile is shown as £4.90. Tariff 2 starts at £5.10 and rises by 45p per 176 yards for the stated night and holiday periods. Tariff 3 starts at £6.80 and rises by 60p per 176 yards on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

• Taxi fares

Before applying, drivers must pass the specified BLT driving assessment and obtain a Group 2 medical including an optician's eye test. The council then requires its enhanced DBS process, DBS Update Service registration, original driving and identity evidence, and a three-part knowledge test covering numeracy, the Highway Code and route description. The compulsory BLT safeguarding e-learning course must be passed within three months after the licence is granted.

• Driver licence fees and how to apply
• Driver licence application guidance notes
• Knowledge tests

Apply online for Leicester's combined taxi-driver licence, which covers hackney carriage and private hire work. A new applicant must be over 18, have held a full UK or EU driving licence for at least 12 months, supply the required checks and evidence, and pass the council's specified assessments. Renewals are also submitted online with the required supporting documents.

• Taxi licensing in Leicester

Apply online for either a hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicle licence. The application must include a vehicle inspection sheet, insurance certificate and V5C logbook, and the applicant must separately book the council vehicle inspection online. The council also publishes vehicle application, renewal and conditions documents; ownership or vehicle changes are referred to the licensing team.

• Taxi licensing in Leicester

A private-hire operator licence is required for the office through which private-hire vehicles accept bookings. Leicester provides an online operator application and official guidance. Applicants may need planning permission and must complete any required HMRC tax check. New and renewal fees use the same one-year or five-year bands according to fleet size.

• Taxi licensing in Leicester

The council states that these fees apply from 1 June 2026. A new combined driver licence is £121 for one year or £163 for two years; renewals are £98 for one year, £140 for two years or £183 for three years, and the knowledge test is £24. A new or renewed hackney or private-hire vehicle licence is £224. Operator fees range from £480 for one vehicle for one year to £3,044 for 21 or more vehicles for five years.

• Taxi licensing in Leicester

No current enacted Leicester fare table is released from this record. The council's March-April 2025 consultation says its night-rate change was proposed, that consultation responses would be considered, and that the council would later determine whether to implement it. Those proposed figures must not be presented as the operative tariff without final council adoption evidence.

• Hackney taxis fares consultation 2025

New drivers must pass a DBS check, GP medical, topographical knowledge test, practical driving test and spoken-English assessment, and prove immigration status and complete any required HMRC tax check. The council also requires its child-sexual-exploitation awareness course within three months of licensing. From April 2026, drivers must join the DBS Update Service for six-monthly checks.

• Taxi licensing in Leicester

Call the Licensing Team on 01522 873715 for the hackney-carriage or private-hire driver application pack, which sets out the requirements and costs; the council also offers a generic online form-request service. Applicants must be fit and proper, at least 21, and have held a full UK, Northern Ireland or qualifying European driving licence for at least two years.

• Taxi licence - Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver
• Licensing - Request a licence application form

City of Lincoln Council confirms that it licenses hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicles. Its current public route is to request the required licence application form online or contact the Licensing Team. The public taxi page does not set out a vehicle-specific document checklist, so applicants should use the council-issued pack and must not rely on an inferred checklist.

• Taxi licence - Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver
• Licensing - Request a licence application form

City of Lincoln Council confirms that it licenses private-hire operators and that private-hire journeys must be pre-booked through a licensed operator. Request the operator application form through the council's online licence-form service or contact the Licensing Team. The current public pages do not publish a fuller operator-specific application checklist, so the council-issued pack remains authoritative.

• Taxi licence - Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver
• Licensing - Request a licence application form

The 2026/27 council schedule applies from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. Hackney fees are £148.20 for a one-year driver licence, £277.10 for three years and £157 for a one-year vehicle licence. Private-hire fees are £117.20 for a one-year driver licence, £254.10 for three years and £128 for a one-year vehicle licence. A five-year operator licence is £422 for fewer than 10 vehicles or £1,255 for 10 or more; the knowledge test is £39.

• Current fees and charges
• Corporate Issues - Fees and Charges 2026/27

The council's current Licence Downloads page links this maximum-fare card. Rate 1, for one to four passengers from 6am to 9pm, starts at £3.80 for the first 191 yards, then adds 25p per 191 yards or 40 seconds waiting. Rate 2 starts at £4.80 and adds 35p per 208 yards or 40 seconds in its stated night, larger-party and holiday periods. The fare card contains the date 11/01/2012 but does not label an effective date, so no commencement date is asserted.

• Licence Downloads
• Hackney Carriage table of maximum fares

Applicants need a DVLA driving-record check, DBS check, medical examination, driving knowledge test, Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership driving assessment and safeguarding training. They must also provide good-conduct certificates for any other country in which they lived for a significant period of three months or more, plus two passport photographs and the evidence required by the application pack.

• Taxi licence - Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver

Pass Mansfield's four-part knowledge test before submitting the combined hackney-carriage/private-hire driver application. The current council page and linked pack require the completed form, driving licence and DVLA code, DBS evidence, photographs, right-to-work evidence, Group 2 medical evidence, safeguarding certificate and, where applicable, overseas good-conduct certificates. New and renewal licences are normally issued for three years.

• Apply or renew a Taxi Driver's Licence
• Mansfield District Council Taxi Driver Application

Book a compliance check at the council's Hermitage Lane Vehicle Testing Station, then use the council vehicle application. Before the mechanical test, provide the passed compliance sheet, vehicle-registration document or bill of sale, valid insurance, any applicable MOT certificate and payment. A new vehicle must pass both the compliance check and mechanical test before the licence can be considered.

• Apply for a Vehicle Licence
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Licence application

Apply or renew through Mansfield's private-hire operator route and use only council-licensed vehicles and drivers. The linked form and policy require the completed application, relevant company or partnership details, two references for a new application, right-to-work evidence, basic DBS, safeguarding evidence, public-liability insurance, any applicable employers' liability insurance, and tax confirmation or renewal tax-check code.

• Apply or renew an Operator Licence
• Private Hire Operator's Licence application
• Hackney carriage and private hire policy 2024

The council's currently linked forms list a three-year new driver licence at £311 and renewal at £247; a hackney-carriage vehicle licence at £341 and private-hire vehicle licence at £311; and operator licences from £450 for one year to £855 for five years. The forms do not state when those application fees took effect. Separately, the council's 2026/27 schedule lists the annual taxi test at £56, partial retest £18, full retest £44 and compliance test £37.

• Mansfield District Council Taxi Driver Application
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Licence application
• Private Hire Operator's Licence application

Mansfield's current policy confirms that the council sets a maximum hackney-carriage tariff and supplies the authorised fare table to licence holders, while private-hire fares are not council-set. No current numeric fare table or operative date was found on the council's public pages, so no Mansfield tariff figures are released from this record.

• Hackney carriage and private hire policy 2024

Drivers must pass the council knowledge test with at least 80% in each of its legislation, licence-conditions, local-routes and Highway Code sections. The council also requires a full driving licence held for at least 12 months, annual DVLA and DBS checks, Group 2 medical fitness, right-to-work evidence and safeguarding training. Applicants resident abroad for more than six months need the specified good-conduct certificate.

• Apply or renew a Taxi Driver's Licence
• Mansfield District Council Taxi Driver Application

Pay for and pass Melton's face-to-face local knowledge test before the council invites a combined hackney-carriage/private-hire driver application. The standard combined licence runs for three years. Submit the application with the council-specified DBS, DVLA, medical, training, identity and right-to-work evidence; original documents and check codes are checked at a face-to-face appointment.

• Taxi vehicle and driver licensing
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2026

Apply through Melton's online taxi-vehicle form for a one-year hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicle licence. Provide the V5C, hire-and-reward insurance and a passed taxi-test inspection form from an approved garage; a new hackney carriage also needs the specified taximeter-calibration certificate. First registrations must normally be under 10 years old, and vehicles over eight years require testing twice yearly.

• Taxi vehicle and driver licensing
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2026

A Melton private-hire operator applicant must demonstrate that they are fit and proper, complete the council application and statutory declaration, pay in advance, prove the right to work, and provide a basic DBS disclosure no more than one month old for each relevant applicant, director or partner. Evidence of the specified safeguarding-vulnerable-passenger training is also required.

• Taxi vehicle and driver licensing
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2026

The council's taxi page, last updated 19 August 2026, lists a standard three-year combined driver licence at £362 new or £324 renewal; a standard one-year vehicle licence at £118 new or £107 renewal; and a five-year operator licence at £960 new or £830 renewal. Alternative-fuel vehicle licences are £88 new and £80 renewal, wheelchair-accessible vehicle licences have no fee, and each knowledge-test attempt is £50. The page does not state a commencement date for this fee table.

• Taxi vehicle and driver licensing

The current council-linked fare card is expressly stated as of 28 April 2025. Tariff 1, for up to four passengers from 7am to 7pm, is £3.50 for the first third of a mile, £2.50 per mile thereafter and £20 per hour waiting. Tariff 2, from 7pm to 7am, is £4.20, then £3 per mile and £25 per hour. Higher multi-passenger and holiday tariffs are also published on the fare card.

• Taxi vehicle and driver licensing
• Hackney Carriage table of fares as of 28 April 2025
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2026

All drivers must pass the three-part local knowledge test, hold the required enhanced DBS with ongoing Update Service subscription, permit six-monthly DVLA checks, obtain a GMC-doctor medical, and complete the specified safeguarding and disability-awareness courses. New applicants also need an approved practical taxi-driving assessment; overseas residence of three months or more triggers good-character evidence, and English certification may be required where ability is in doubt.

• Taxi vehicle and driver licensing
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2026

Read the council taxi policy, complete the driver application form and arrange an in-person appointment at Castle House. A new application costs £240 and normally takes around six to eight weeks. During processing, the applicant must complete the council's knowledge and practical-driving tests and the specified medical, criminal-record, driving-record and right-to-work checks. A successful licence covers both hackney carriage and private-hire driving for three years.

• How to apply for a taxi driver's licence

Complete the council's vehicle application form and submit it with the MOT certificate, V5C and proof of insurance, identifying the vehicle as hackney carriage or private hire. Every licensed vehicle must pass an initial council inspection and then another inspection every six months. The council issues the licence only after the required documents and a passed inspection are confirmed.

• How to apply for a vehicle licence

A private-hire operator licence is required to accept bookings. Complete the council's operator form for premises inside Newark and Sherwood district. The council assesses criminal record, character, previous licensing conduct, record keeping and legal compliance, and the applicant must show that the operating address is suitable and has any necessary planning permission. The published five-year fee is £380 plus £40 for each vehicle.

• Apply for a private-hire taxi operator's licence

The Full Council-approved 2026/27 schedule applies from 1 April 2026. A new driver application is £240; the licence fee for up to three years is £160, or £60 annually for a person over 65, and the knowledge test is £45. An annual hackney-carriage vehicle licence is £250 and an annual private-hire vehicle licence is £190. A five-year operator licence is £380 plus £40 per vehicle. Six-monthly inspections are £55 without an MOT or £65 with one.

• How to apply for a taxi driver's licence
• Apply for a private-hire taxi operator's licence
• 2026/27 Budget Book - Fees and Charges

No numeric hackney-carriage tariff is released from this record. Official committee material confirms historical changes, including a March 2023 decision to move the evening Tariff 2 start to 8pm, but the council's current taxi pages do not provide a consolidated current fare card or a commencement date for the combined tariff. Older fare appendices must not be presented as the present table without that confirmation.

• General Purposes Committee, 2 March 2023 - Review of Taxi Fares

A new driver must pass the council knowledge test and a practical driving test, meet the DVLA Group 2 medical standard through the council's medical adviser, pass the required DBS and DVLA record checks, and prove the right to work in the UK. The council applies a fit-and-proper-person assessment before granting the combined three-year driver licence.

• How to apply for a taxi driver's licence

Use North East Derbyshire's current online driver-licence application and book the separate council knowledge test through its self-service portal. The adopted policy requires a full driving licence held for at least one year and the specified fitness, medical, criminal-record, safeguarding and disability-awareness checks. The council may require a practical driving assessment where it determines one is appropriate.

• A-Z Online Services
• Taxi Licensing Policy - Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Drivers
• Council minutes, 3 October 2022 - Adoption of the Revised Taxi Licensing Policies

Apply through the council's current online vehicle-licence service and use its separate MOT booking route where required. The adopted policy grants hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle licences for six months unless a shorter term is appropriate. Every vehicle must pass the council-approved licensing test at each six-month renewal; this is additional to the MOT requirement that applies to hackney carriages from one year old.

• A-Z Online Services
• Taxi Licensing Policy - Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles
• Council minutes, 3 October 2022 - Adoption of the Revised Taxi Licensing Policies

Apply through the council's current online operator-licence service. The adopted policy normally grants a private-hire operator licence for five years and requires the operating base to be inside North East Derbyshire. The applicant and relevant company or partnership controllers must satisfy the council's suitability checks, provide the specified current DBS evidence, maintain the DBS Update Service and complete mandatory safeguarding training before grant or renewal.

• A-Z Online Services
• Taxi Licensing Policy - Private Hire Operators
• Council minutes, 3 October 2022 - Adoption of the Revised Taxi Licensing Policies

The General Licensing Committee approved these advertised fees on 4 March 2025, but the confirmed minutes do not state their commencement date. A combined driver licence is £194 for one year, £256 for two years or £311 for three years, plus DBS where required; the driver theory test is £50. A six-month vehicle licence is £151 new or £123 renewal, and the vehicle test is £75. Operator licences are £291 for one year, £369 for two, £447 for three, £526 for four or £604 for five years.

• General Licensing Committee, 4 March 2025 - Revision of Taxi Licensing Fees
• General Licensing Committee, 14 May 2026 pack - confirmed minutes of 4 March 2025

No numeric hackney-carriage tariff is released from this record. The council's confirmed October 2020 minutes adopted an alignment with Chesterfield's tariff after consultation, but the currently available North East Derbyshire service and policy pages do not supply a consolidated fare card or its operative date. The older proposal table and another council's later tariff must not be treated as North East Derbyshire's current fares.

• General Licensing Committee, 25 February 2021 pack - minutes of 22 October 2020 tariff decision

A new driver must pass the council knowledge test, complete council-approved safeguarding and disability-awareness training and assessment, meet the DVLA Group 2 medical standard, and provide the required enhanced DBS certificate with DBS Update Service membership. A full driving licence must have been held for at least one year. A practical driving examination is conditional where the council determines it is appropriate, not stated as universal in the adopted policy.

• A-Z Online Services
• Taxi Licensing Policy - Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Drivers
• Taxi Licensing Policy - Private Hire Operators

North Kesteven issues a combined hackney-carriage and private-hire driver licence, normally for three years. Applicants must use the council application pack, provide the specified identity, driving and right-to-work evidence, complete the required checks and tests, and attend an appointment at the council's Sleaford offices. Applicants must be at least 18 and normally have held a full UK driving licence for at least 12 months.

• Combined hire driver licence

A separate council vehicle licence is required for each hackney carriage or private-hire vehicle carrying no more than eight passengers. The vehicle must be suitable, mechanically sound, insured for hire and reward and pass the council's detailed compliance test to current MOT standards twice each year. A private-hire vehicle must not be designed or presented so that it resembles a taxi.

• Hackney carriage (taxi)
• Private hire vehicle (minicab)

A five-year private-hire operator licence is required to invite or accept bookings. The operating base must be inside North Kesteven, the applicant must be fit and proper and entitled to work in the UK, and the address must be suitable with planning permission where needed. A Basic DBS certificate less than one month old is required unless the applicant is already a North Kesteven licensed driver; public-access premises also require public-liability insurance.

• Private hire operator's licence

The council's 2026/27 notice applies from 1 April 2026. A one-year driver grant is £135.98 and renewal £132.39; a three-year grant is £193.35 and renewal £189.76. The DVLA check is £9.90 and the knowledge test £28. New full-plate vehicle fees are £123.05 for hackney carriage and £129.21 for private hire; full-plate renewals are £116.12 and £121.84 respectively. A five-year operator grant is £174.54 and renewal £167.54.

• Licensing fees
• Public Fees Notice - Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing 2026/27

The council's current hackney-carriage page states that the linked tariff took effect on 7 April 2025. Tariff 1, from 7:30am to 11pm, starts at £3.50 for the first tenth of a mile, then 20p for each further tenth of a mile, with 20p for each 40 seconds waiting. Tariff 2 is 50% above Tariff 1 overnight and at specified premium times; Tariff 3 is 100% above Tariff 1 at the specified Christmas and New Year times. Additional charges include £1.50 for each passenger above four and a maximum £100 soiling charge.

• Hackney carriage (taxi)
• Maximum Authorised Fare Scale for Hackney Carriages

A driver applicant must complete safeguarding training and accept the code of conduct, pass the council knowledge test, meet the medical standard and undergo Enhanced DBS and DVLA checks. The medical is required on application, then every six years or annually after age 65; the DVLA check is repeated annually. The council requires an Enhanced DBS check every six months unless continuity is maintained through the DBS Update Service.

• Combined hire driver licence
• Private hire operator's licence

Applicants may apply for a hackney-carriage, private-hire or dual driver licence covering North Northamptonshire. The council publishes applications and fees on a three-year basis, allowing a shorter term only in specified circumstances without reducing the fee. Applicants must complete the required training, tests and checks before submitting the application and must satisfy the council's fit-and-proper-person assessment.

• Taxi licensing
• Hackney carriage and private hire driver licences
• Tests and training

A vehicle carrying up to eight passengers needs a hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicle licence. Before applying it must pass the required MOT and council vehicle test at an approved garage, subject to the council's age-based testing rules. The application requires the V5C, hire-and-reward insurance, lease documents where applicable, test evidence and a recent Basic DBS check for a proprietor who is not already a licensed driver. Renewals should be submitted at least six weeks before expiry.

• Taxi licensing
• Apply for a vehicle licence
• Hackney carriage and private hire licensing policy

A private-hire operator licence lasts five years and is required for taking bookings. The applicant must disclose licensing and conviction history and provide the specified identity, right-to-work and Basic DBS evidence. Commercial premises require planning evidence; rented premises require the owner's consent. The council also requires £5 million public-liability cover and, where there are employees, employers' liability cover. Renewal should be made at least six weeks before expiry.

• Taxi licensing
• Private hire operator licensing
• Apply for an operator licence

The council states that its taxi-licensing fees apply from 26 January 2026 to 31 March 2027. A three-year driver licence is £262, an annual hackney-carriage vehicle licence is £262 and an annual private-hire vehicle licence is £239. A five-year private-hire operator licence is £328, and an enforcement-officer vehicle re-inspection is £50. Approved garages charge separately for MOT and council vehicle testing.

• Taxi licensing
• Licensing fees and charges

No numeric hackney-carriage tariff is released from this record. The current 2025-2028 policy requires a meter not to exceed the tariff published for the applicable North Northamptonshire zone and requires the tariff to be displayed, but the current taxi hub and policy page do not provide a consolidated numeric fare card with an operative date. Legacy former-district fare tables are not treated as current without council confirmation.

• Hackney carriage and private hire licensing policy

All driver applicants must complete council-approved knowledge, safeguarding, equality and diversity training and an approved advanced-driving assessment. Hackney-carriage and dual applicants also take the second knowledge-test element and the wheelchair assessment. Applicants must meet DVLA Group 2 medical standards, obtain the council's Enhanced DBS check with barred-list searches, join the DBS Update Service for six-monthly checks, and satisfy DVLA and right-to-work requirements.

• Tests and training
• Medical certificate and assessment
• DBS check

North West Leicestershire offers a private-hire driver licence or a dual private-hire and hackney-carriage driver licence. New applications are made online after completing the required checks and tests. Applicants upload a photograph, driving licence, Enhanced DBS certificate, DVLA check evidence and mandate, practical driving-assessment pass, Group 2 medical evidence, right-to-work documents and the other requested material.

• Driver Licence
• Knowledge Test

Contact the licensing team before licensing a new hackney carriage or private-hire vehicle, then submit the online vehicle application. Every vehicle must pass the council's visual and mechanical criteria before grant. Vehicles are tested annually until they reach six years old and twice yearly from six years. Hackney carriages must have a meter fitted and programmed to the council policy before a licence is issued.

• Vehicle Licence

Private-hire operator licences are available for one, two, three, four or five years through the council's online account. Grant or renewal cannot proceed until the council receives a valid Basic DBS certificate, although it will also accept an Enhanced DBS certificate. Applicants must read and comply with the operator conditions in the council's hackney-carriage and private-hire licensing policy.

• Private Hire Operator Licence

The council currently links a 2026/27 fee schedule but does not state its exact commencement date. Driver grant or renewal is £130 for one year, with two- and three-year renewals at £215 and £301; the knowledge test is £53. A vehicle licence is £302 under six years or £364 over six years, with stated wheelchair-accessible and ultra-low-emission discounts. Operator fees range from £298 for one year to £1,164 for five years.

• Fares, Fees and Charges
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Fees 2026-27

The council states that this hackney-carriage fare table took effect on 28 March 2022. The normal fare is £4 for up to one mile, then 20p for each additional tenth of a mile; requested waiting time is 25p per completed minute. Bank holidays and journeys begun between midnight and 6am are normal fare plus 33%, specified Christmas and New Year journeys are double fare, and qualifying five-to-eight-passenger journeys are normal fare plus 50%. The soiling charge is £50.

• Fares, Fees and Charges
• Hackney Carriage Fares from 28 March 2022

New drivers must pass the mandatory knowledge test and an accepted practical driving assessment, meet the DVLA Group 2 medical standard, provide an Enhanced DBS certificate and DVLA evidence, and satisfy right-to-work, English-language and fit-and-proper requirements. Safeguarding and disability awareness form part of the knowledge test, and every driver must complete the specified safeguarding-vulnerable-passenger and disability-awareness training within 12 months of first licensing. Enhanced DBS status is checked every six months.

• Driver Licence
• Knowledge Test
• Disability Awareness and Safeguarding

Nottingham issues one combined licence to drive its hackney carriages and private-hire vehicles. Applicants must be at least 18, have held a full British driving licence for at least one year, complete the council application pack, and provide the Enhanced DBS and DVLA evidence, character references, work offer or hackney-proprietor confirmation, identity, right-to-work and photograph documents. All tests and checks must be passed before the one- or three-year badge is issued.

• Combined Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver licence

A Nottingham vehicle licence permits private-hire work through a city-licensed operator or, for a hackney carriage, plying for hire inside the city. Apply with the V5C, the appropriate hire insurance and the council fee. The council then arranges an MOT-standard examination at Eastcroft. Licences are normally annual, changing to six months for older vehicles under the published age rules; initial private-hire applications over ten years old are not accepted.

• How to Apply for a Vehicle Licence

A five-year operator licence permits the invitation or acceptance of bookings for Nottingham-licensed private-hire vehicles from premises with the required planning status. Applicants disclose previous licensing history and relevant convictions and provide two character references and right-to-work evidence. More than two vehicles may require planning permission, and the proposed business name, telephone number and vehicle side-panel design must be submitted for consideration. Renewals should be presented at least 14 days before expiry.

• Private Hire Operators Licence

The current council fee page does not state when its figures commenced. A driver licence is £148 for one year or £260 for three years; the council lists a £50 topography test, £60 driving test, £20 safeguarding awareness charge and £75 medical. Hackney and private-hire vehicle licences are £210 annually or £105 for six months, plus a £75 vehicle MOT and £30 initial plate deposit. Operator grant is £1,340 for five years and renewal £1,275, plus £21 per vehicle.

• Private Hire Operators Licence
• Taxi Licensing Fees

Nottingham City Council's current hackney-carriage fare page states that the table took effect on 13 June 2022. From 6am to 10pm the meter starts at £2 for the first 122.2 yards, then adds 20p for each 86.2 yards to one mile and 20p for each further 160 yards; waiting is 20p per 38 seconds. A separate overnight distance and waiting scale applies from 10pm to 6am. Specified Christmas, New Year and bank-holiday journeys are fare-and-a-half, and the page lists a £1 addition and a non-enforced £60 soiling charge.

• Hackney Carriage Fares

New drivers must complete the Blue Lamp Trust safeguarding course, pass an accepted taxi driving assessment and pass Nottingham's electronic topography test covering conditions, locations, numeracy, road signs and shortest routes. They must also provide the required medical fitness evidence and Enhanced DBS and DVLA checks, register the DBS certificate with the Update Service, and meet identity and right-to-work requirements. The council conducts DBS checks every six months and continuing DVLA checks.

• Combined Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver licence

Oadby and Wigston issues a combined hackney-carriage and private-hire driver licence for three years. New applicants first book and pass the council competency test, then submit the full application with driving-licence and DVLA evidence, identity and address documents, English evidence where required, Group 2 medical evidence, safeguarding and disability-awareness training, a Blue Lamp Trust practical-driving assessment and the Enhanced DBS application reference. The council currently advises an eight-month new-application timescale after all documents and a passed test are received.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver Licence
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

Apply online for a hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicle licence after checking the council policy. A vehicle first licensed normally must be under six years old and is not normally licensed beyond 12 years; separate limits apply to executive and wheelchair-accessible vehicles. Vehicles require annual VOSA MOTs plus the specified six-month inspection cycle, valid insurance, plates and required safety equipment. Hackney carriages also need an approved, calibrated meter certificate.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Licence
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

Anyone accepting or inviting private-hire bookings needs an operator licence. The council assesses whether the applicant is fit and proper, will comply with the conditions and has a suitable operating address. Operational participants must pass the operator competency test, and each applicant, partner, associate or company director who is not already a licensed driver must obtain the required DBS check through TaxiPlus. New and renewal applications should be submitted at least six weeks before the licence is needed.

• Private Hire Operator Licence
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

Full Council approved the 2026/27 fee schedule on 19 February 2026, but the schedule does not state its exact commencement date. A three-year combined driver licence is £365 and the driver competency test £60. A one-year vehicle licence is £365, with electric vehicles £182.50 and ultra-low-emission or wheelchair-accessible vehicles £274. A five-year operator licence is £1,090 for one to five vehicles, £1,610 for six to ten, or £2,140 for eleven or more; the operator competency test is £60.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Licence
• Appendix 4 - Scale of Fees and Charges 2026/27
• Full Council 19 February 2026 - 2026/27 Budget and Scale of Fees and Charges

The council's policy version 5.2, adopted in November 2025, labels Appendix 6 as the current hackney-carriage fare table, although it does not state when the scale first commenced. The daytime rate from 6am to midnight is £4 for the first mile, then 30p for each 195.6 yards; the night and bank-holiday rate is £5 for the first mile, then 40p for each 247 yards. The stated Christmas and New Year rate is £8 for the first mile, then 60p for each 195.6 yards. Five-or-more-passenger journeys add 50%, and the soiling charge is £50.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

A new driver must pass the council competency test and the Blue Lamp Trust practical assessment, complete online-classroom safeguarding and disability-awareness courses, meet the Group 2 medical standard, undergo Enhanced DBS and DVLA checks and show the required English competence and immigration status. Where English is not the applicant's first language, the council requires Functioning Level 2 English evidence. The driver page states that new and renewal applicants must complete the safeguarding and disability-awareness courses.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver Licence
• Private Hire Operator Licence
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

Rushcliffe's combined driver application is made online after checking that all required documents, tests and approvals can be completed within the three-month application period. Applicants need a full UK driving licence held for at least one year, Enhanced DBS, council knowledge test, English evidence or test where required, identity and immigration evidence, medical examination, approved driving test, safeguarding pass and address evidence. Renewal applicants also need the applicable HMRC tax-check code.

• Taxi Licences
• Information For Taxi Drivers
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2025-2030

Choose a private-hire or hackney-carriage vehicle route, arrange and pay for an MOT at a Rushcliffe-approved garage, then submit the online application within 14 days with the MOT, V5C, insurance and fee. Hackney applications also require meter-calibration and roof-sign evidence. New vehicles normally must be under eight years old; renewals may continue to 15 years, with stated exceptions. Vehicles over eight years normally receive six-month licences, while younger vehicles receive one-year licences.

• Taxi Licences
• Information About Taxi Vehicles
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2025-2030

A private-hire operator's base must be inside Rushcliffe. Apply online for the five-year licence and pay within the application form. An applicant who is not already a Rushcliffe-licensed driver must provide a Basic DBS check, and the proposed premises may require planning permission. Operators must accept advance bookings, retain the prescribed booking, vehicle, driver, insurance and complaint records, and make those records available for inspection.

• Information for Taxi Operators
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2025-2030

The council's current fee page does not state when its figures commenced. A new driver licence is £345 for three years or £199 for one year; renewal is £315 or £164, and the current fee page lists knowledge and driving tests at £35 and an English test at £54. A vehicle application is £228. A five-year operator licence is £1,060 before vehicles, with £139 per vehicle for one to four vehicles and published total bands from £2,030 for five to seven vehicles.

• Information For Taxi Drivers
• Taxi Licensing - Fees and Charges

Rushcliffe's current vehicle page links the approved hackney-carriage fare notice, which states that the table took effect on 12 August 2022. From 6am to 10pm the meter starts at £2 for the first 122.2 yards, then adds 20p for each 86.2 yards to one mile and 20p for each further 160 yards; waiting is 20p per 38 seconds. A separate overnight scale applies from 10pm to 6am. Specified Christmas and New Year periods are fare-and-a-half, bank holidays add £1, and the notice lists a non-enforced £60 soiling charge.

• Information About Taxi Vehicles
• Notice of Variation of Hackney Carriage Table of Fares
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2025-2030

Drivers must pass Rushcliffe's computerised knowledge test, an approved spoken-English test unless exempt, the required medical examination, an approved driving test and vulnerable-person safeguarding training. They must also provide Enhanced DBS, DVLA, local-authority and NR3 evidence as part of the fit-and-proper assessment, plus identity and right-to-work documents. The spoken-English requirement applies to new grants and renewals from 1 April 2023.

• Taxi Licences
• Information For Taxi Drivers
• Information for Taxi Operators

Rutland has separate hackney-carriage and private-hire driver routes, administered for the council by Peterborough City Council. A hackney driver may also drive Rutland private-hire vehicles, while a private-hire-only driver may not drive hackney carriages. New applicants must be at least 18, have held a full UK licence for more than one year, prove the right to work, complete the online route and provide the required checks and certificates before the council's appointment and suitability assessment.

• Taxi driver
• Private hire driver
• Rutland Taxi and Private Hire Policy

Apply through the Peterborough licensing account for a Rutland hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicle licence. Both routes require a recent MOT dated within 30 days, the appropriate hire insurance and ownership evidence. Vehicles must meet the policy criteria introduced on 22 November 2024. Hackney vehicles are not licensed beyond 15 years; private-hire vehicles are not licensed beyond ten years, and roof signs are prohibited on private-hire vehicles.

• Taxi vehicle
• Private hire vehicle
• Rutland Taxi and Private Hire Policy

A private-hire operator licence is required to accept or invite bookings. Apply through the Peterborough licensing account using the Rutland taxi operator route. The council must be satisfied that the operating address is suitable; a booking office may need planning permission, and premises accessible to the public require public-liability insurance. Drivers may work for an existing operator, but cannot accept bookings independently unless they hold an operator licence.

• Private hire operator
• Rutland Taxi and Private Hire Policy

No numeric taxi-licensing fees are released from this record. The live general fee page still shows £133 for a driver and £218 for a vehicle, while a later archived statutory notice proposed higher figures from 8 June 2026 but allowed the final amounts to be modified after objections. A final modified schedule or an updated current fee page confirming which figures prevail was not located.

• Licence fees
• Proposed changes to taxi and private hire licence fees for 2026 to 2027

No numeric hackney-carriage tariff is released. Rutland's current policy discusses fare cards where byelaws are adopted, but Appendix L is explicitly only an example and its monetary fields are blank. Private-hire fares are not regulated by the council and should be agreed with the operator before the journey. A blank policy template must not be converted into a live tariff.

• Private hire vehicle
• Rutland Taxi and Private Hire Policy

Applicants need an Enhanced DBS certificate and DBS Update Service subscription, DVLA licence and check code, an approved driving-assessment pass, medical certificate and right-to-work evidence. A statement of good conduct is also required after the stated period of overseas residence. The council arranges a suitability test for hackney applicants; the private-hire route additionally lists a taxi general competency certificate from Peterborough Regional College. All applications remain subject to the fit-and-proper assessment and NR3S checks.

• Taxi driver
• Private hire driver
• Rutland Taxi and Private Hire Policy

South Derbyshire currently licenses private-hire drivers, not hackney-carriage drivers. Applicants must be fit and proper, medically fit and have held a full UK driving licence for at least 12 months. First complete the Enhanced DBS and book and pass the council knowledge test, then submit the complete driver application with the required identity, right-to-work, medical, eyesight, DVLA, practical-driving, local-knowledge, photograph and any overseas good-conduct evidence. The council aims to decide valid complete applications within ten working days.

• Private hire
• New private hire driver's licence

A new private-hire vehicle must be under 15 years old, suitable, safe, mechanically sound, appropriately insured and not resemble a hackney carriage. Book and pass the council depot test, then submit the application with the required ownership, insurance and supporting documents. The licence lasts one year and a further depot test is due after six months. The council states that all private-hire vehicles must meet Euro 6 emissions standards from 1 January 2027.

• Private hire
• New private hire vehicle licence

A five-year private-hire operator licence requires a complete application and fee plus a recent Basic DBS for each relevant applicant, director or company secretary, planning and contractual evidence for the base, right-to-work documents, applicable public and employers' liability insurance, staff and vetting information, DVLA evidence and the applicable tax-check code. The council aims to decide a valid complete application within ten working days after assessing whether the applicant is fit and proper.

• Private hire
• New private hire operator's licence

The council publishes a 2026/27 fee column but does not state the exact commencement date on this page. A private-hire driver licence is £265 for three years, £190 for two years or £135 for one year; the knowledge test is £38.40. A vehicle licence is £190 and the depot test booking page identifies £31 due initially with the £159 balance on application. Five-year operator fees are £382 for one to five vehicles, £505 for six to twenty, £684 for twenty-one to fifty and £893 for fifty-one or more.

• New private hire vehicle licence
• Licensing fees

A council hackney-carriage tariff is not applicable because South Derbyshire states that it does not currently issue hackney-carriage licences. Its licensed vehicles are private hire and must be pre-booked through a licensed operator. No numeric council fare table is published from this record; any private-hire fare should be agreed through the operator rather than presented as a council tariff.

• Private hire

New drivers must pass the council local-knowledge test and an approved practical driving assessment, provide current medical and eye-examination certificates, maintain Enhanced DBS Update Service registration for six-monthly council checks, and provide DVLA and right-to-work evidence. Child sexual-exploitation awareness training is required within six months and refreshed every three years; disability-awareness training is also required within six months unless accepted equivalent evidence is supplied.

• New private hire driver's licence
• New private hire operator's licence

South Holland issues a combined Hackney Carriage and Private Hire driver licence. A first-time applicant must arrange the council comprehension and identity-verification appointment, pass the comprehension test before applying, then submit the council form, fee, original driving licence, photograph, safeguarding certificates, medical, approved driving-assessment certificate, Code of Conduct sign-off, DVLA check code, DBS identity documents and right-to-work evidence.

• Taxi Licensing
• Become a Taxi Driver

For either a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire vehicle, submit the council vehicle form and fee with hire-and-reward insurance, V5 registration document, a current certificate of compliance and test report from an approved garage, and a current LOLER certificate where applicable. Hackney vehicles must meet the council's additional wheelchair-accessibility, age, meter and top-light requirements; private-hire vehicles must work under a licensed private-hire operator.

• Taxi Licensing
• Hackney Carriage Vehicle
• Private Hire Vehicle

A South Holland private-hire operator licence normally lasts five years. Submit the council application and fee with right-to-work evidence, any applicable statutory declaration, intended fare list and public-liability insurance. Planning permission is needed where premises will be used as a booking office; applicants who are not already a vehicle proprietor or licensed private-hire driver also need a Basic DBS disclosure.

• Taxi Licensing
• Private Hire Operator

The council's licensing schedule is effective from 1 April 2026. A combined Hackney Carriage/Private Hire driver licence is £170 new or £153 renewal. Hackney vehicle licences are £240 new and £229 renewal; private-hire vehicle licences are £211 new and £198 renewal. A private-hire operator licence is £197. These are council fees; separately charged DBS, medical, assessment and training costs should not be merged into them.

• Licensing fees effective from 1 April 2026

The council's current page sets maximum Hackney Carriage fares but does not state their effective date. Day rate, 7:30am to 11pm, starts at £2.70 including the first 1/12 mile, then 15p per further 1/12 mile; the night/Sunday/bank-holiday rate starts at £3.60 then 20p per 1/12 mile; Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day starts at £4.50 then 25p per 1/12 mile. Waiting is 10p, 15p or 20p per 30 seconds by rate. Private-hire prices are not presented as this council tariff.

• Table of taxi fares

New drivers must have held a full UK or EU driving licence for at least 12 months, pass a council comprehension test and the Blue Lamp Trust taxi-driving assessment, meet the council medical standard through a doctor with access to their records, complete an Enhanced DBS check and remain on the DBS Update Service, provide safeguarding-training certificates and demonstrate the right to work. The council page also requires a signed Driver Code of Conduct.

• Become a Taxi Driver
• Private Hire Operator

New Hackney Carriage or Private Hire driver applicants must contact South Kesteven customer services for an application pack, complete it and book an in-person appointment. Applications can take six to eight weeks depending on DBS timing and any further testing. Applicants must be at least 18, have held an accepted full driving licence for at least 12 months and provide the council with a DVLA check code and right-to-work evidence.

• Taxi and private hire vehicle, driver and operator licensing
• Apply for a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire driver's licence
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 1 February 2026

The council provides an online route for new Hackney Carriage and Private Hire vehicle licences and for transferring a licence to another vehicle. Under the policy effective 1 February 2026, ordinary new, renewal and replacement applications must meet Euro 6 from first registration, meaning registered after 1 September 2015, and vehicles can continue to be licensed only until 15 years old. Applicants should check the full vehicle specification before applying.

• Taxi and private hire vehicle, driver and operator licensing
• Apply for a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire vehicle licence
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 1 February 2026

Use the council's online application for a Private Hire Operator licence. A private-hire vehicle must be controlled by a licensed operator, and the operator, driver and vehicle licences must all be issued by South Kesteven. The current policy requires the prescribed form, fee and Disability Awareness training certificates for customer-facing and service-management roles; the applicant is then assessed as fit and proper.

• Taxi and private hire vehicle, driver and operator licensing
• Apply for a Private Hire Operators licence
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 1 February 2026

The current council page lists these charges as applying 'from 1st Feb' but does not print the year, so no year is inferred. A three-year driver licence is £220 and an annual driver licence is £80. Annual vehicle licences are £212 for Hackney Carriage and £231.50 for Private Hire, with published reductions for specified LPG, hybrid, electric and wheelchair vehicles. A five-year Private Hire Operator licence is £202.50. The English-language retest is £47.50; the initial test is free.

• Fees and charges - Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle licensing

South Kesteven partially deregulates Hackney Carriage fares: proprietors may deposit their own rate, while the council supplies a default table for those who do not. The currently linked 2025 default fare card states a £1.70 hiring charge, then 10p per subsequent 1/18 mile, waiting at 15p per minute, a booking fee not exceeding £12 and 70p for each passenger above four. Tariff 2 is 1.5 times the basic fare in its stated night, Sunday and holiday periods; Tariff 3 is twice the basic fare in its stated Christmas and New Year periods. The card prints no exact effective date and is not a private-hire tariff.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 1 February 2026
• Hackney Carriage Fare Scale 2025

Before grant, a new driver must pass an approved practical driver-proficiency assessment, meet Group 2 medical standards, complete Enhanced DBS and retain a DBS Update Service subscription, and complete the council-required safeguarding, exploitation/modern-slavery and Disability Awareness courses. A communications test applies where the required English qualification cannot be demonstrated. Overseas good-conduct evidence is required where the policy's residence threshold is met. The February 2026 policy removed the former knowledge-test requirement, so no knowledge test is claimed here.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 1 February 2026
• Requirements for grant of a driver licence updated February 2026

Prospective drivers are directed to email the licensing team with their name and telephone number so an officer can discuss their plans and arrange an application pack. The council page says applicants must have held a full motor-car driving licence for at least two years.

A licensed hackney carriage must display its white rear plate, roof sign and meter. Only a person holding a valid West Lindsey hackney-carriage or private-hire driver licence may drive it; the council page links the applicable vehicle conditions and current fare downloads.

Five-year licences require a suitable operating base within West Lindsey and necessary planning consent. Public-liability insurance is needed when the public can access the premises, not for a home operation without public waiting facilities. Submit Basic DBS unless already a licensed driver, application and fee. New applicants acknowledge HMRC responsibilities; renewals supply a tax-check code. There is no vehicle-number cap. Subcontracting does not remove the initial operator's contractual responsibility.

• Operator requirements
• Application notes

The council’s published 2025/26 budget schedule lists a three-year driver application at £224, DBS check £38 plus £10 administration, new or renewal vehicle licence £282, and a five-year private-hire operator licence £246. Treat these as the published 2025/26 figures and verify the latest charge before paying.

• Medium Term Financial Plan 2025/26 Appendix 3 fees

Council's current linked card is effective May 2022. T1: £3.20 first 704 yards, then 40p/352 yards; waiting 30p each started minute. T2: £4.36 first 704 yards, then 60p/352 yards; waiting 40p/minute. T2 applies daily 23:00–07:00, bank holidays, immediately preceding Sunday, and Christmas/New Year's eves until 18:00. T3: £6.40 first 704 yards, then 80p/352 yards; waiting 60p/minute, for Christmas Eve 18:00 through 27 December 08:00 and New Year's Eve 18:00 through 2 January 07:00. Animal extra £1.50; soiling maximum £75. Severe-weather T2 requires written council permission, not automatic weather detection. Exact distance-part rounding and interaction of named holidays with ordinary T2 should be preserved before calculator activation.

• Current licensing hub links customer fares
• Current-linked card effective May 2022

The council removed its knowledge-test requirement effective 4 June 2026. Applicants still need two years' full driving entitlement, sufficient English communication, medical fitness and DBS checks. The application pack includes two safeguarding e-learning courses covering safeguarding, exploitation and modern slavery. A Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership assessment with a low-risk outcome is required where the DVLA licence has six or more live points, rather than being stated as universal. The current-linked general policy adds adequate literacy/numeracy and Group 2 medical evidence. Appendix 4 expressly requires the safeguarding module before initial application and renewal, with an associated code of conduct; the current webpage confirms the courses are available. Existing drivers accumulating six points in three years also require the low-risk driving assessment. Its older knowledge-test appendix is superseded by the explicit 4 June 2026 removal on the current application page.

• Current driver requirements amended June 2026
• Current-linked class-specific licensing policy reviewed for safeguarding and renewal

West Northamptonshire offers a private-hire driver licence and a dual hackney-carriage/private-hire licence, normally for three years. Private-hire entitlement is council-wide; hackney applicants select one or more of the former Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire zones. All applicants must obtain an enhanced DBS check including the adults' and children's barred lists through the approved provider, subscribe to the DBS Update Service and permit checks at least every six months. New and renewing applicants complete safeguarding and vulnerability training. New applicants also pass the council spoken-English test, induction and knowledge test, and an approved advanced driving assessment, with a wheelchair element for those intending to drive a wheelchair-accessible vehicle. A Group 2 medical is required on first application and renewal until age 65, then annually. Current certificate validity windows and application evidence are set out on the council pages.

• Driver licence
• DBS check
• Medical certificate assessment

Current vehicle guidance updated 10 June 2026 identifies the policy effective 1 April 2024. Both an MOT and council vehicle test at an approved garage are required before application and every six months; interim submissions include both certificates and current insurance. The policy retains different hackney-zone age/emission provisions: Northampton applies Euro 6 petrol/diesel or Euro 5 petrol-hybrid/ULEV standards from April 2025; South Northamptonshire sets six-year first-grant and ten-year renewal age limits, subject to exceptional-condition four-monthly tests. It also specifies all hackneys must be wheelchair accessible from January 2026. Private hire first grants require Euro 6; from December 2025 renewals permit ULEV, Euro 5 petrol hybrid or Euro 6 petrol/diesel. The December 2028 ULEV/hybrid restriction is future, not currently imposed. Daventry's complete age/exemption rules and any later zonal amendments still require reconciliation before this is a complete vehicle eligibility guide.

• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)
• Current official vehicle licensing requirements and policy evidence
• Current official vehicle licensing requirements and policy evidence

Supply Basic DBS for each named applicant unless their West Northants driver Enhanced DBS Update Service applies; ID, national-insurance proof, recent address evidence, right-to-work evidence, tax-check information, vehicle list and each vehicle's V5/insurance. Public-liability cover is required where applicable. Published 2026/27 five-year new/renewal fees are £1,050 for 1–5 vehicles, £1,200 for 6–20, £2,100 for 21–50, £3,150 for 51–100, £5,400 for 101–200, £8,400 for 201–300, £11,400 for 301–400, £14,400 for 401–500 and £21,000 for 501+. A zero-vehicle new one-year licence is £250.

• 2026/27 fee table
• Current May2026 application checklist

The unified fee schedule applying from 5 May 2026 lists new and renewal vehicle licences at £235 and £225 excluding the vehicle test; new and renewal driver licences at £245 and £233; induction training with knowledge test at £85; and operator charges beginning at £250 for a new one-year licence with no vehicles and £1,050 for a five-year licence covering one to five vehicles.

The council tariff page states these maximum hackney-carriage fares apply from 17 October 2022. Tariff 1 (05:00–23:00) starts at £2.40 for up to 158 yards, then 24p for each 176 yards; waiting is 20p per 30 seconds. Tariff 2 (23:00–05:00, Sundays and bank holidays) starts at £3.60 for up to 158 yards, then 30p per 176 yards; waiting is 30p per 30 seconds. The printed Christmas and New Year periods use tariff 1 plus 100%.

• Hackney carriage (Taxi) tariff

The current training page, updated 10 June 2026, requires new and renewing drivers to complete STC safeguarding and the council vulnerability module. Certificates are valid four months for application. New applicants need a remote Pearson spoken-English result of at least 43 (B1), completed in one session. All applicants require an approved advanced driving assessment; wheelchair-accessible driving also requires a wheelchair assessment, separately or combined. Approved assessment providers are Blue Lamp Trust, Green Penny, Diamond and Mann Fleet Solutions, with evidence valid four months. The vulnerability exercise comprises a fifteen-minute video and nine questions.

• Current official driver training requirements

The 2024–2029 policy commenced 1 October 2024. Applicants obtain an enhanced barred-list DBS and register for DBS Update, provide a Group 2 medical and complete the online application after preparatory steps.

The council licenses vehicles with up to eight passenger seats. Hackney vehicles use white plates and an illuminated roof sign; private-hire vehicles use yellow plates. Full specifications remain to extract.

Operator licences last five years. Non-licensed-driver applicants need basic disclosure and a Level 2 Introduction to the Role of the Professional Taxi and Private Hire Driver certificate. All applicants provide booking telephone numbers and associated addresses, assistance-dog/disability/safeguarding policies, public-liability cover for publicly accessible offices, and company registration/OFCOM documents where applicable. Request the form by email with applicant/contact and linked business details.

• Operator application

Cabinet approved the 2026–27 fees on 11 November 2025; the updated report explicitly freezes taxi licensing charges. The indexed council appendix shows HC vehicle new/renewal £345, PH vehicle new/renewal £319.50, vehicle change £156 and combined HC/PH driver new/renewal £322. Driver duration is not specified on the recovered table, so £322 must not be described as an annual charge. Operator bands and the final updated appendix need direct verification before a complete fee schedule can be given.

• 2026–27 approved fee decision
• 2026–27 cabinet appendix indexed fee table
• Updated report confirms taxi fee freeze

Current-linked fares effective9March2023: first mile or part £5/£7.50/£10/£12.50 for tariffs1–4; subsequent tenths of a mile20p/30p/40p/50p; waiting minute33p/50p/66p/83p. For1–4 passengers T1 applies07:00–22:30, T2 overnight/bank holidays; T3 applies18:00 Christmas Eve–07:00 December27 and18:00 New Year's Eve–07:00 January2. For5–8 passengers use T2/T3/T4 respectively. No luggage, shopping, wheelchair, mobility-scooter or assistance-dog surcharge; tolls may be added.

• Current taxi guidance fare link
• Current-linked fare table effective9March2023

Pass the English test (£47), driving assessment and two-day Level 2 professional taxi/private-hire driver course. Discuss convictions with licensing before starting.

A dated independent review of Basildon's council application page reports a three-year combined hackney-carriage/private-hire driver licence, a council knowledge test and a Group 2 medical after the test at a clinic approved by the council. It reports medical review every five years up to age 65 and annually from 65, with a shorter interval possible where the examining doctor requires it. The council's current application page was not independently retrievable during this review, so applicants must confirm the current DBS, English, safeguarding, evidence, provider and payment requirements directly with Basildon before booking or paying.

In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Basildon reported age standards, rear-window light-transmission requirements and daily roadworthiness checks for taxis and private-hire vehicles, and permitted CCTV in both fleets. It reported no DBS requirement for non-driver vehicle owners. Exact limits and the operative application checklist remain withheld because located July 2026 committee material was a recommendation to Cabinet, not proof of final adoption.

• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)

In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Basildon reported 33 private-hire operator licences. It said dispatcher and booker DBS checks are required and that operators must retain 11 of the 12 booking-record fields surveyed; the exception reported was the driver's name, while the driver licence number and vehicle registration must be kept. It answered no for a required policy on employing people with convictions. The return recorded a dedicated taxi and private-hire policy updated in 2026, but the separately located July 2026 committee material only recommended policy changes to Cabinet. This authority-reported return is not a complete application checklist; confirm the operative policy, application process, licence term and fees with the council.

• Taxi and PHV operator licensing policies by licensing area (TAXI0111)
• Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics data tables

Secondary evidence only: TaxiTools, checked by its publisher 1 August 2026, reports driver new fees £225/£255/£297 for one/two/three years and renewal £113/£159/£195. Reported vehicles: HC new £390, renewal £375; PH new £340. Its PH £325 row is interpreted as renewal despite an alleged council mislabel, so that interpretation is not confirmed here. Operators reported for 1, 2–10 and 11-plus vehicles: one-year £110/£180/£300, five-year £300/£750/£1,250. TECSI could not independently access the linked council fee page; confirm amounts with licensing before payment.

• TaxiTools fee transcription checked by publisher 1 August 2026
• Official fee page; fetch blocked

PHTM's September 2026 trade table reports a two-mile tariff-1 fare of £7.60. This is a secondary benchmark only, not an adopted full council fare specification. Initial charge, distance/time pulses, waiting, extras and holiday schedules remain unverified; do not extrapolate this single example into other journey prices.

• PHTM 2 September 2026 two-mile daytime fare comparison

On 14 July 2026 the Licensing Committee rejected a proposal to remove the topographical element from a separate private-hire driver route, so the existing local-knowledge arrangements were retained at that stage. The wider 2026–31 policy was still moving through adoption, so applicants should confirm the operative test and approved driving-assessment provider with the council.

• 14 July 2026 licensing committee post-consultation decision

New applicants need a combined licence and twelve months DVLA driving experience. Standard renewal three years, submitted at least six weeks before expiry. D4 medical at entry, five-yearly from45 and annually from65.

• Combined driver application

Private-hire vehicles normally display prescribed roof/door signs and rear plate; exemption requests assessed individually. Online grant/renewal followed by arranged vehicle test.

• Vehicle licensing

Individual/company application forms required with supporting evidence. Renewals include booking records. Original right-to-work and DBS evidence must be verified before processing.

• Operator licensing

April2026: three-year driver new£419/renew£382; vehicle up-to-twelve-month£298; five-year operator new£2,853/renew£2,247.10. Driver suitability test£48.60.

• April 2026 fees

Council fare PDF recovered, but its initial included-distance field is visibly blank. A current-card review identifies£3.60 starting charge,10p distance increments and20p per40seconds waiting, but source copies disagree about distance stages and festive timing. Without the initial distance a reliable meter calculation cannot be constructed; this is incomplete official evidence, not a full fare card.

• Currently linked fare sticker
• Alternative 2023 fare card
• Bedford official tariff evidence

Driving assessment, safeguarding, disability awareness, wheelchair assessment and driver suitability/local-knowledge assessment required.

• Combined driver application

Apply in person by appointment so original documents can be verified. Applicants must be at least 18, hold a DVLA licence and obtain a Group 2 medical. Driver licences normally last three years; over 65 the licence and medical are annual.

• Driver application

New hackney carriage and private hire applications need the application form, appropriate hire insurance, MOT where required, original V5C and fee; hackney applications also require the bill of sale. First-licensed vehicles must be under five years old, or under eight years for wheelchair-accessible vehicles. Both routes require mechanical inspection and a further inspection six months after licence issue. Licences last one year. Council plates and door livery must be displayed; hackneys also receive a fare chart.

• Hackney carriage vehicle applications
• Private hire vehicle applications

An operator licence is needed before accepting private-hire bookings whether or not the operator owns the vehicles. Directly used vehicles and drivers must be Braintree-licensed. Written booking records must identify customer, booking time, pickup, destination and allocated vehicle, and be available for council inspection.

• Operator records and licensing

The council's current licensing-fee directory lists private-hire operator £500 for five years and vehicle £250. Private-hire or dual driver costs £254 for three years, £165 for two, £110 for one. Knowledge test £42 and DBS £59.50 are separate. Vehicle change £97, trailer licence £54; inspection fees paid to the test centre are £35 for a vehicle and £18 for a trailer. No effective date is printed on the directory entry.

• Current linked council fees

July 2025 fare: £4 for the first 528 yards, then 20p for each started 176 yards. Waiting is 44p per started minute. Night/Sunday/public-holiday tariff adds 50%; specified Christmas/New Year periods double the base tariff. Five or more passengers attract separate higher-band rules. Soiling charge £100. Journeys spanning tariff periods may be split proportionately by time or distance.

• Current taxi fares and tariffs, commencement July 2025

Pass the council knowledge test before applying. Full safeguarding and driving-assessment requirements remain to extract.

• Driver application

Driver licences normally last three years. Applicants need a UK/EU licence held at least 12 months and right to work. Non-residents are asked for a statement explaining their connection and employer confirmation of work in Breckland. Request the application pack from licensingteam@breckland.gov.uk.

Hackney applications require public-hire insurance, V5 or purchase evidence, MOT for vehicles over one year old, approved mechanical pass, application, fee and statutory declaration. Road tax is checked; licences last one year and vehicles over eight years need another mechanical inspection within six months. Hackneys need approved signs and a local-tariff meter. Private hire applications require an appointment, application, mechanical test, MOT over12months, V5 or supplement, private-hire insurance and card payment. Private hire vehicles need at least four passenger seats, extinguisher and first-aid kit, with no toplight or roof/boot rack. They must operate under a private hire operator and only Breckland-licensed drivers may drive them.

• Current taxi policy link
• January2023 policy currently linked
• Private hire vehicle checklist

Renewal applicants who are not current Breckland hackney/private-hire licensed drivers must supply a basic DBS criminal-convictions certificate. Every individual must complete their own statutory declaration, including company directors, secretaries and partners. The renewal application accepts sole proprietor, company or partnership applications.

• Operator renewal application

Page updated 2 April 2026: driver grant/renewal £322/£284; HC vehicle £316/£293; PH vehicle £255/£244; operator £490/£480. Pre-application portions are non-refundable. Enhanced DBS £59.50 is additional.

• Fees April 2026

PHTM's September 2026 trade table reports a two-mile tariff-1 fare of £8.00. This is a secondary benchmark only, not an adopted full council fare specification. Initial charge, distance/time pulses, waiting, extras and holiday schedules remain unverified; do not extrapolate this single example into other journey prices.

• PHTM 2 September 2026 two-mile daytime fare comparison

New applicants need a full UK/EU driving licence held at least 12 months; enhanced DBS; Group 2 fitness on the Breckland medical form, completed by their own GP or D4Drivers; a taxi driving assessment pass from Norfolk Road Safety or BLT; and BLT's virtual face-to-face safeguarding course (e-learning is not accepted). At application the medical, DBS and safeguarding documents must be within three months, and driving assessment within 12 months. Right-to-work evidence is also required. These are the current application requirements; this does not claim every ongoing licence condition is reproduced.

• Current new-driver requirements updated 2 July 2026

Hackney, private-hire or dual licences run up to three years. Right-to-work evidence, identification and relevant tax checks apply. Overseas criminal evidence is requested for six continuous months abroad since age 10. DBS Update and Group 2 medical requirements apply.

• Driver

Vehicle licences last 12 months. New applications require V5C in the applicant's current name/address, bill of sale, MOT and compliance check, insurance and fee. Inspections are booked with Nicks Tyres, Bentley Garage. Renew two to four weeks before expiry. Replacement-vehicle applications also require return of the old plate and window card.

• Vehicle guidance updated February 2026

An operating home or business address within Brentwood is required. Licences usually last five years, and direct vehicles/drivers must be licensed by the same council. Applications and renewals are online; the 2025–2030 policy contains the full licence conditions.

• Operator guidance updated December 2025

Fee page updated 31 March 2026: HC/PH vehicle £296/£274; driver one-year new/renewal £185/£168 and three-year £479/£429, excluding DBS.

• Fees

Effective 28 April 2025. Tariff 1: £5.30 first 1,320 yards/267 seconds, then 30p per 188 yards/38 seconds; weekday 06:00–20:00 and Saturday 06:00–18:00. Tariff 2: £6 first 1,340 yards/305 seconds then 30p per 167 yards/38 seconds for weekday evenings to 23:00, Saturday 18:00–23:00 and Sunday 06:00–18:00. Tariff 3: £6.60 first 1,309 yards/295 seconds then 30p per 151 yards/34 seconds for nights and public holidays. Festive tariff 4: £10.60 first 1,320 yards/309 seconds then 30p per 94 yards/22 seconds (24 December 18:00–27 December 06:00; 31 December 18:00–2 January 06:00). Extras: 40p each passenger beyond one; 50% uplift for five or more; applicable crossing/congestion charges; inside/outside soiling £70/£25; private-hire booking fee up to £20 within district.

• Current taxi fares effective 28 April 2025

All drivers pass an electronic knowledge test: 55 questions in six sections over 50 minutes. The page was updated 5 June 2026.

• Knowledge

The joint licensing service asks for driver renewals at least four weeks before expiry. This is processing guidance, not permission to work after expiry.

• Joint renewal guidance

The joint service asks for vehicle renewals at least two weeks before expiry. Full Broadland-specific vehicle standards remain to extract.

• Joint renewal guidance

A district operating base is required and bookings/records must be held there for inspection. Non-driver applicants need basic disclosure within one month; company directors and secretary are included. Specified overseas residence requires good-conduct evidence. Check planning suitability and supply £5 million public-liability cover, right-to-work evidence and applicable tax check. Licences last five years.

• Current operator requirements

Current application pages checked 13 September 2026 quote five-year operator fees by fleet size: 1–6 vehicles £635.90; 7–49 £786.20; 50–99 £936.60; 100+ £1,187.60. Private hire vehicle renewal is £250 for 12 months, or £180 for a six-month licence for vehicles over seven years old. The pages do not give an effective date; driver and other ancillary fees remain unverified.

• Current private hire vehicle renewal fees

December2022 official Council papers contain a proposed Broadland fare table: weekday06:00–23:00 £5 firstmile/600seconds, then25p per176yards/minute; night£6.50 firstmile/600seconds then30p per176yards/minute; Sunday daytime/publicholidays £5.50 firstmile/660seconds then25p per160yards/minute. Soiling maximum£80. These are dated proposal figures, not verified operative2026 fares. The shared website's current 'Table of Fares' page explicitly refers to South Norfolk and must not be assigned to Broadland.

• Broadland official tariff evidence

Applicants must be over 21, have held a UK DVLA licence for at least twelve months, and demonstrate right to work. The current application page requires an approved driving assessment, English-language evidence or an approved assessment, enhanced DBS, and DVLA Group 2 medical evidence. The medical can be completed by the applicant's GP or an identified approved provider with access to the medical summary. All new and renewing drivers need disability-awareness theory training; drivers of wheelchair-accessible vehicles additionally need the practical element. The currently linked joint guidance identifies Blue Lamp Trust and Green Penny training. These are confirmed application requirements, not a claim that every safeguarding or renewal condition has been captured. The current-linked policy additionally requires safeguarding and disability-awareness training for all applicants; existing drivers without completion must provide proof before renewal or risk suspension. Written and spoken English must be acceptable; approved assessment or equivalent English-taught qualifications may be accepted, and existing drivers may be reassessed if concerns arise. Listed alternatives include school qualifications, UK degrees, HNC/HND and ESOL/SELT/IELTS at B1 or above. PREVENT training is discretionary, not a universal requirement. The reviewed policy does not specify a recurring refresher interval or a driver knowledge-test requirement.

• Current new taxi driver application requirements
• Joint disability awareness training guidance
• Current-linked Broadland taxi licensing policy, DOCX independently extracted by publication reviewer

Contact licensing first. Applicants must be at least21 and have held a UK/EC licence for three years; medical, right-to-work and enhanced DBS checks apply. Join DBS Update. Restricted private hire is tied to one operator and specified executive/event or school work.

• New driver

First-licensing vehicles must be under five years old, or under ten for London taxis. Supply ownership/V5 evidence, MOT, insurance, compliance certificate and hackney meter calibration. Contact licensing before purchase if suitability is uncertain. Only appropriately Broxbourne-licensed drivers may drive the vehicle, with the stated post-repair mechanic testing exception.

• New vehicle

Premises must be within Broxbourne, with planning/radio permissions where required and public liability insurance where accessible to the public. Supply basic DBS less than three months old per applicant unless an existing local licensed driver with valid enhanced DBS, right-to-work proof, complaints policy and relevant booking/dispatch ex-offender policy. Licensing supplies safeguarding/disability training after review.

• New operator

Current application page quotes £240 application and £72 enhanced DBS. Other fees and the commencement date remain unverified.

• New driver

Official December 2023 review identifies existing rates, proposed unchanged for 2024/25: first 1,000 yards £4/£5/£7.50/£9.50, then 30p/40p/50p/70p per started 190 yards or 38 seconds waiting. Rate 1 is Monday–Saturday 06:00–22:00; rate 2 covers nights, Sundays and bank holidays; festive rates and five-to-eight-passenger substitutions apply. This is dated historical official evidence, not confirmation of the operative 2026 schedule.

• Broxbourne dated official fare evidence

Pass the council knowledge test, disability/safeguarding course and approved driving-standard assessment. Hackney knowledge includes routes; private-hire knowledge excludes routes.

• New driver

New applicants must have held a full UK, EC or EEA driving licence for at least two years and have the right to work. The staged process starts with safeguarding and disability-awareness training, then an online application with identity, address, driving-licence and overseas good-conduct evidence where applicable. Applicants must pass the knowledge test, complete an in-person identity/DBS stage, subscribe to the DBS Update Service, pass an approved taxi-driving test and submit a Group 2 medical certificate and D4 report dated within eight weeks. The council also carries out annual DVLA licence checks and requires HMRC tax evidence where applicable.

• Driver application
• Taxi driver's medical certificate

Annual vehicle licence; test at Waterbeach before grant and after six months. Legal owner must be named proprietor. Provide V5, insurance, sale/finance papers and CCTV installation certificate; converted WAVs need type approval.

• Current vehicle application

The licence is specific to its holder and operating address and is not transferable. Submit the operator application and reference form, pay the fee, and register as a non-driver proprietor if not a Cambridge-licensed driver. The council arranges an inspection. Renewal should reach the council at least eight weeks before expiry. The guidance requires planning permission for the operating premises.

• Operator applications reviewed March2026

Current fees for licence starts after 1 April 2026: new driver £300 for one or three years; renewal £225 one-year or £270 three-year. DBS £49.50, initial knowledge test £105, retest £75; DVLA check £6.85/£20.55 for one/three years. New HC/PH vehicles £300/£250; renewals £215/£200. Funding-dependent ULEV renewals £107.50/£100 and zero-emission £0 apply only to eligible licences expiring on or before 30 November 2026. Operator new £416, renewal £365 one-year or £1,370 five-year. Page reviewed9September2026.

• Council 2026–27 taxi licensing fees

The council passenger page, reviewed 28 July 2026, publishes £3.80 for the first 87.3 metres from 07:00–19:00; £5.00 for nights, Sundays and bank holidays; and £6.20 for its printed Christmas and New Year periods. Each subsequent distance of up to 129 metres costs 20p, and each period of up to 28 seconds spent motionless or below the changeover speed costs 20p. The page also lists the passenger, bicycle, fuel-surcharge and soiling extras.

• Taxis and private hire vehicles: information for passengers

New applicants must complete the council's knowledge test, approved practical taxi driving assessment, safeguarding/disability training, enhanced DBS with Update Service, and Group II medical checks. The knowledge examination has 100 multiple-choice questions across eight sections, lasts two hours and requires 80% in each section; three attempts are allowed in twelve months. Practical assessment evidence must be no older than twelve months. The current training page requires STC's two-hour online safeguarding/disability course, with a QR-coded certificate dated within three months of the application or renewal process starting; training is repeated at every renewal and another qualification is not a substitute. The medical certificate must be no older than eight weeks when the licence is issued. Overseas good-conduct and immigration evidence may also be required.

• Driver application
• New taxi driver licence requirements
• Safeguarding and disability awareness training reviewed September 2026

Applicants must be over21, hold a full DVLA licence for three years, meet Group2 medical and enhanced DBS standards and prove right to work. Register interest, complete pre-licensing checks, apply online, then attend with original DBS and ID. Private-hire applicants need written work confirmation from a local operator.

• Application

One-year licences require correct hire insurance, ownership/registration evidence and approved-centre inspection. Normally first licensing/replacement must be no older than seven, with a twelve-year maximum and limousine exception. Mechanical checks are annual through seven years, six-monthly over seven to ten, four-monthly over ten. New hackney licences require wheelchair accessibility; existing saloon grandfather rights remain. Non-driver proprietors require annual basic DBS.

• Current policy directory
• Currently linked policy version2.1 December2025

Normally five-year licences. Provide right-to-work evidence, vehicle list, basic DBS for non-driver applicants/directors/partners (then annually), and applicable overseas criminal-record evidence. Keep an ex-offender employment policy and relevant public/employer liability cover. New bases must be within Castle Point, with a grandfather exception for previously licensed outside bases.

• Current policy directory
• Currently linked policy version2.1 December2025

For 1 April2026–31 March2027, new combined driver licences cost £260/£320/£375 for one/two/three years; private hire £180/£230/£280. Published renewal charges are £178 combined and £140 private hire (term not stated in that column). Vehicle grant/renewal: hackney £450/£300, private hire £265/£200. Operator fees: one vehicle £100 one-year or £500 five-year; two-plus vehicles £200 or £1,000. English test £49; medical, DBS and external training cost extra.

• 2026–27 published licensing fees

The current public page links an approved April2024 fare card. Standard four-seat daytime flag is £3.40 for158.6yards or2minutes; then20p per180.4yards/45seconds until £8.40, then20p per163.6yards/33seconds. Night flags are £5.40 (20:00–midnight, Sundays/public holidays) and £6.40 (midnight–06:00). Festive periods double rates. Five-to-eight-seat rates are one-and-a-half times standard. Exact time/distance combination and holiday precedence require meter-specific treatment; these figures are not an activated calculator tariff.

• Current public taxi guidance
• April2024 approved fare card currently linked

Provide approved driving-assessment, disability-awareness and safeguarding certificates and English evidence where needed. Hackney applicants take the local knowledge test. Do not license a vehicle before the driver badge is granted.

• Application

Applicants need a UK licence held12 months and right to work. After tests, supply medical, DVLA details and photograph; enhanced DBS is arranged. The dual badge normally lasts three years aligned to DBS expiry.

• Driver route

Vehicles should be under seven years old or pass exceptional-condition checking before application. Supply correct hire insurance and V5C; new hackney carriages require specified wheelchair-accessibility/type-approval evidence. Compliance tests and, from 30 March 2026, six-monthly MOTs must use Thorn Turn or Sandy depots. Renew at least ten working days before expiry; a vehicle untested before expiry is treated as new.

• Vehicle application

An operating base within Central Bedfordshire is required. New applicants submit driver/vehicle details, public and employer liability insurance, basic DBS if not already locally licensed, identity/right-to-work evidence, knowledge-test pass and CSE-training certificate. Renew before expiry with documents and relevant tax check; late renewal becomes a new application.

• Operator application

The knowledge course/test costs £70, payable again on a repeat attempt. Full licensing fees remain unextracted.

• Driver route

The council's current passenger page publishes approximate hackney-carriage examples: one mile £4.88, two miles £7.21, three miles £9.54, four miles £11.88 and five miles £14.21. A tariff sheet must be displayed in the vehicle. These examples are not a complete meter specification: the page does not identify the tariff band, commencement date, initial distance, waiting increments or festive supplements. Private-hire prices are set by the operator and an approximate cost should be given when booking.

• Current passenger fare guidance

Attend the five-hour knowledge course and pass its test, then the council transport-team practical assessment and child-sexual-exploitation training. Three knowledge attempts are allowed within six months. Only specified recent external CSE certificates are accepted.

• Driver route

Dual driver applicants must be at least21, have two years UK/European driving entitlement including one UK year, and no more than six current points. Enhanced DBS Update, medical and right-to-work evidence apply. Licences last three years.

• Driver20August2026

Private-hire first licensing normally requires under four years, replacement under six and renewal no older than twelve, subject to exemptions. Euro6 and mechanical inspection are required; inspections recur six-monthly and MOT annually after age three. Supply ownership evidence, insurance, inspection and proprietor documentation, plus basic DBS per owner unless covered by the licensed-driver Update Service exception. Licence duration is one year.

• Private hire vehicle requirements updated August2026

Five-year operators need a manned Chelmsford base, public liability insurance and written booking records. Basic DBS is required per director/partner subject to the licensed-driver Update Service exception; the page also sets annual checks for non-driver holders and company directors/partners. Booking/dispatch staff require basic DBS and an ex-offender policy.

• Operator application and conditions

The application fee is £237 on the page updated20August2026. Training and other external charges are additional.

• Driver20August2026

Official page updated 6 August 2026 contains conflicting distance figures, so exact estimates are withheld. It lists weekday/Saturday daytime flag £4 for 625 yards, nights/bank holidays £5 for 700 yards, Sunday daytime £5 for 410 yards and festive £6.20 for 495 yards. Daytime then says 20p per 71 yards but also £2.55 per mile, which do not agree. Waiting bands list 20p per 17.5/14.1/11.6 seconds and festive 40p per 19.8 seconds. Additional passenger 30p; listed luggage items 20p; soiling maximum £65.

• Council fare page updated 6 August 2026

Complete initial training and geographical test, or eligible refresher training. Medicals repeat every three years or annually over65; the examiner needs medical history if not the GP.

• Driver20August2026

Driver licences last three years. Applicants need three years UK/equivalent driving entitlement, right to work, NI number and effective English. Enhanced DBS and DVLA checks go through TaxiPlus with DBS Update registration; Group2 medical is required.

• Current driver

Vehicle licences last one year. The current page removes general age limits and requires Euro4 petrol or Euro6 diesel. Provide V5 (or qualifying keeper slip and detailed sale receipt), hire-and-reward insurance, MOT unless under one year, matching-address DVLA licence and proprietor declaration. All interested proprietors provide ID, right-to-work evidence, Basic DBS under three months and safeguarding proof; existing licensed drivers with maintained DBS Update membership have the stated DBS exemption. Overseas residence of six continuous months triggers overseas criminal-record evidence. A council garage inspection is arranged except for new vehicles. New hackney applications are unavailable while numbers are controlled; plate allocation and transfers follow separate approval. Renew before expiry. Report damage within72hours and obtain inspection/reinspection before returning a suspended repaired vehicle to passenger service.

• Current vehicle application requirements

Five-year operator licences require a Colchester operating base, right to work, safeguarding evidence, public liability insurance and an ex-offender recruitment policy for booking/dispatch staff. Submit the application and documents by email. Basic DBS must be within three months, with a convictions declaration; overseas residence of at least six months needs overseas criminal records or good-character evidence. Current Colchester drivers maintaining DBS Update Service are exempt from a fresh certificate; company directors and partners are individually checked. Residential bases may need planning consent. Keep booking records and handle complaints. Subcontracted passengers must be informed when another council's driver/vehicle will fulfil the booking and may refuse.

• Current operator application requirements

2026/27 five-year operator grant/renewal: one vehicle £350, 2–5 vehicles £405, six or more £480; category change £97. Annual vehicle fees: hackney carriage £420, private hire £350. New three-year driver licence £250; renewal £230. Inspection £60, reinspection £50.

• 2026/27 licensing fees

The 2024 saloon card covers up to four passengers. Daytime Monday–Saturday 06:00–22:00 starts £4 for 183 metres; 40p per started202metres to1597metres total, then535metres to3202metres, then320metres. Waiting40p per started65seconds. Night/Sunday/holiday rate starts£5.40, festive£7, with distinct stepped distances and waiting40p/49seconds or50p/46seconds. Luggage and additional passenger extras30p under rates1/2; assistance dogs/wheelchairs free; soiling£125 at driver discretion. Night/festive pulse totals conflict with printed stage caps and remain unsuitable for automatic calculation.

• Council 2024 saloon fare card, up to four passengers

Pass language and knowledge tests, virtual safeguarding and disability training and driving assessment. Specified English qualifications may exempt the language test after original-certificate verification; exemptions are not automatic.

• Current driver

The recovered official council policy says hackney applicants take a 12-question route test with a 10-answer pass mark, while new private-hire applicants are not required to take that route test. It also states applicants are normally expected to have held a full motor-car licence for 36 months. The operative current adoption date was not established, so confirm these conditions before applying.

• Policy discovery on webdev

In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Dacorum reported both age and emissions standards and daily roadworthiness checks for taxis and private-hire vehicles, and permitted CCTV in both fleets. It reported no rear-window light-transmission threshold or DBS requirement for non-driver vehicle owners. A council policy PDF was located, but its current operative status was not re-established after the site migration, so exact thresholds and application requirements remain withheld.

• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)

The council's published operator application asks for the proposed operating addresses and evidence that planning permission is in place or not required. It also asks about Information Commissioner's Office registration where booking-office or vehicle CCTV is used, Ofcom licensing where a business radio network is used, and the intended vehicle and driver fleet. The form says operator licences are typically issued for five years. The council's migrated current policy hub was not independently re-established in this recovery pass, so applicants should confirm the live checklist and fee directly before applying.

• Private hire operator licence application form

Council fee page updated 31 March 2026: three-year HC or PH driver new/renewal £339/£266; dual £376/£308. Full knowledge test £94, conditions-only £53, English assessment £53 total. Annual HC vehicle new/renewal £449/£329; PH new/renewal £297/£297 (renewal with substitution £302), excluding compliance test. Five-year operator new/renewal £537 for up to three vehicles, £901 for four or more. External DBS currently £74 and MOT/compliance £52 are recharged/provider-changeable rather than guaranteed fixed charges.

• Council licensing fees page updated 31 March 2026

Decision dated 22 January 2026 adopts the publicised proposal after 13 objections. Four bands include first 440 yards: 1–4 passengers day £3.80 then 37p per started 220 yards/45 seconds waiting; night £5.06 then 49p. For 5–8 passengers day £5.70 then 55p; night £7.59 then 73p. Night applies 23:00–07:00, Sundays, official bank holidays and Christmas/New Year eves from 18:00. Double meter applies after 23:00 on December 24/31 and all December 25/January 1. Soiling £80; toll/congestion charges recoverable. The decision requires publication for enforceability; operative publication/commencement was not found, so these adopted figures are not asserted to be the currently enforceable meter card.

• Decision, 22 January 2026
• Adopted proposal and decision, independently rendered

Not verified in this batch.

• Policy discovery on webdev

One- or three-year private-hire/joint licences require driving entitlement held12 months, right to work, enhanced DBS underthree months or appropriate Update record, Group2 medical underfour months and DVLA consent. Good-conduct evidence applies where UK residence has not been continuous forfive years.

• Current driver

Vehicle licences run for twelve months. New applications require V5, authorised-garage compliance certificate sent directly to the council, appropriate insurance, and Basic DBS unless already a council-licensed driver. Hackneys require a sealed/calibrated meter and installation certificate. V5 should show M1 and the current keeper; a keeper slip with purchase receipt or a new-vehicle purchase/lease receipt can substitute initially. Non-standard/limousine vehicles or those without M1 need Individual Vehicle Approval. Include private-hire plate-exemption documents where applicable. Transfers require the former licensee's written consent, new proprietor insurance and relevant DBS. Replacement vehicles need fresh compliance/insurance and applicable approval/meter documents.

• Current vehicle application guidance

Official 2025 current-version policy uploaded January 2026, Part 4, requires application/fee, fitness checks for all company or partnership applicants, in-person right-to-work evidence and proof planning permission is granted or unnecessary. The operating base must be inside the district; an alternative booking location needs a new application, not a licence transfer. Basic DBS must be less than three months old on application and renewed annually; current council-licensed drivers with valid driver DBS are exempt. Applicants with fewer than five UK-resident years also need embassy good-conduct evidence. Enhanced DBS cannot be demanded for operator-only licensing, although existing enhanced/Update Service evidence can be accepted. Public-access booking premises need public liability insurance, and every vehicle needs appropriate motor insurance. Licences are offered for one or five years, subject to shorter personal/immigration limits. Operator, driver and vehicle licences must match the issuing authority.

• Current official operator licensing requirements and policy evidence
• Council operator application checklist

The 19 November 2025 committee resolved to implement driver/operator fees immediately and adjust payments from 1 April 2025. One-year joint HC/PH or standard PH driver new/renewal £160/£120, excluding stated DVLA/DBS checks; restricted SEND driver one/three years £90/£270. Operator one-year fees for 1, 2–5, 6–10, 11+ vehicles are £126/£156/£186/£216; five-year equivalents £627/£737/£847/£957. Reduced vehicle fees were separately subject to consultation; its final outcome is not verified here, so those proposed amounts are not quoted as payable.

• 19 November 2025 fee decision reproduced in February 2026 pack
• Approved driver/operator fee report
• Vehicle fee consultation and unchanged operator bands

The official card records a council resolution on 19 November 2025 and effect from 3 December 2025. Tariffs 1/2/3 begin at £4.20/£6.20/£8.00 for the first 960 yards, then 25p/25p/35p for each started 160 yards. Day rate is 07:00–21:00 Monday–Saturday; tariff 2 covers nights, Sundays and bank holidays; tariff 3 covers the printed Christmas and New Year windows. Waiting is printed as a combined distance/time meter increment, so no unsourced standalone waiting formula is inferred.

• Taxi fares 2025 web card

Enhanced driving assessment normally within12 months and local knowledge are listed. Private-hire-only applicants have six months after grant to provide the driving-assessment and knowledge documents; joint applicants need them before validation.

• Current driver

Dual or private-hire licences require medical, DVLA, enhanced DBS Update and right-to-work checks. The page's dated immigration-document examples are not reproduced; current right-to-work guidance must be used.

• Driver

All standard hackney plates are currently allocated under a cap. Fully electric or fully wheelchair-accessible exceptions are considered individually. Full vehicle specification still requires review.

• Driver

Applicants require a Basic criminal-record check at application and annually. Maintain a booking/dispatch staff register, obtain annual Basic DBS checks for each person, record certificate numbers and the licence holder's viewing date/time, and apply at least the council's ex-offender standards. Outsourced staff must meet equivalent vetting. Keep accessible booking records at the licensed premises, including passenger/hirer, request time, pickup, destination, driver name/licence, vehicle registration and booking/dispatch staff identities. PSV substitution requires the hirer's recorded informed consent.

• Current operator conditions

Published operator fees: five-year new licence £302, renewal £296; one-year new or renewal £267. No commencement date is shown in the extracted operator fee section; checked 13 September 2026.

• Current taxi licensing fees

Council-hosted survey reproduces a card effective 5 August 2022: four bands start £4/£5/£7.50/£9.50 for 1,000 yards and then charge 30p/40p/50p/70p per started 190 yards. Band 1 applies Monday–Saturday 06:30–22:00; band 2 covers nights, Sundays and bank holidays; band 3 named Christmas/Boxing/New Year dates and eves after 18:00. Carrying five or more passengers moves the applicable band up one. Waiting is £25/hour in band 1 and £30/hour otherwise. This is dated source evidence, not confirmation that no later revision occurred.

• Council-hosted unmet-demand report reproducing 5 August 2022 fare card

Complete driver training/knowledge, approved practical driving and English competency testing or verified exemption. Dual routes test has25 questions; private hire12 locations. Rules test contains25 questions including highway code and maths.

• Driver

The current council business portal links taxi and private-hire licensing. Its official guidance describes enhanced DBS and Update Service registration, medical assessment, right-to-work evidence and pre-application literacy/numeracy testing, but the guidance document date was not established; reconfirm every requirement before applying.

• East Suffolk business and licensing services

Use the East Suffolk taxi and private-hire licensing route in the current business portal for vehicle applications. Detailed vehicle standards in the linked policy must be reconfirmed because the document's present adoption date was not established.

• East Suffolk business and licensing services

The current council portal routes users to taxi/private-hire licensing. The linked policy covers operator licensing, but applicants should obtain the present form, premises requirements and record-keeping checklist directly from Licensing.

• East Suffolk business and licensing services

Current council page checked 13 September 2026 lists driver pre-application test £35, initial application £200 and three-year licence/badge £300 as separate lines; DBS £49.50 and replacement badge £6. Annual PH vehicle £257, electric/hybrid £192, disability vehicle £128; HC £302/£226/£151 respectively. Operator five-year fees are £400 for 2–5 cars and £900 above five. Owner-driver amount is misformatted as £3.0500 and withheld. Medical and college courses are provider-priced. No effective date is printed.

• Current council taxi fee table

Official cards retain separate zones. North October 2022: daytime 07:00–23:00 £4 for 880 yards/316.8 seconds, then 20p per 125 yards/45 seconds; night £4.40 for 700 yards/198 seconds then 20p per 106 yards/30 seconds; festive £7 for 1,260 yards/252 seconds then 20p per 100 yards/20 seconds, with combined time/distance parts. North adds 80p per passenger beyond four and £60 soiling. South February 2024 prints initial amounts '3.80p'/'4.50p' (currency typo unresolved), includes 700 yards, then 20p per 200/180 yards or 25 seconds; day 05:30–22:30. South has bank-holiday/eve +50%, named festive +100%, 30p additional passenger beyond three/luggage use, and £75 maximum soiling.

• North-zone card, October 2022
• South-zone card, February 2024

The official policy is dated September 2021, resolving its previously unknown document date. It requires a pre-application reading/writing/arithmetic test, 12 months' full DVLA entitlement, enhanced DBS and continuous Update Service subscription, and Group 2 medical evidence. Medicals repeat at 45, 50, 55, 60 and 65, then annually; valid Group 2 licence holders need no additional medical information under this dated policy. Both licence classes undertake a driving assessment including licensing-law knowledge; hackney applicants additionally take a shortest-route geography test. All new applicants complete the safeguarding online module and provide its pass certificate. The policy names an individual driving examiner, whose current appointment has not been reconfirmed. A later consultation proposes safeguarding/disability/CSE refresher training during the three months before renewal, but no final operative decision has been verified here; it is not presented as an adopted obligation.

• Council taxi policy and conditions, explicitly dated September 2021
• Proposed changes only: refresher-training consultation

Request an application pack from licensing. Driver licences are issued for three years and DBS checks apply.

• Current licensing

Hackney vehicle licences last12 months and require mechanical examination at Oakwood Hill before grant and subsequent checks specified by conditions.

• Current licensing

Current HTML states operator licences lastfive years. An older linked private-hire guide says12 months; the conflict is retained and old duration not used.

• Current licensing

The council's MOT centre currently quotes £54.85 for a Class IV taxi/private hire vehicle up to eight seats and £12.60 for a taxi meter test. Retesting is free when the original test was at that centre and the retest is within ten working days. These are testing charges only, not licence application fees. A current adopted driver/vehicle/operator licence fee schedule has not been verified in this review.

• Current council testing charges

The April 2025 review reproduces the adopted tariff effective 28 February 2024 and recommends no increase. First-mile charges are £4.50/£4.70/£5.10/£6.50 for rates 1–4, followed by 30p/40p/50p/60p per started 176 yards. Waiting is 30p per started 40 seconds across all bands. Daytime rate is Monday–Saturday 06:00–22:00; night/Sunday/bank-holiday and festive rates apply. Higher occupancy substitutes higher bands; soiling up to £80, assistance and other dogs no extra charge.

• Epping Forest official fare evidence

The council's currently linked guidance requires three years' full UK/EEA driving entitlement, enhanced DBS and medical evidence, and a council knowledge test before issuing a driver licence. Fitness includes district and Highway Code knowledge, understanding safeguarding requirements, and reasonable spoken English. It explicitly requires significant topographical knowledge and a pass in the council test. The file sits under a 2020 upload path and does not establish a current approved safeguarding course, practical-assessment scheme or refresher timetable; this summary is deliberately partial rather than treating the guidance link as proof of a complete modern training package. Current taxi hub still links class-specific guidance revised January 2017 (hackney) and May 2016 (private hire). Hackney clause 33 expressly requires safeguarding training as determined by the council, plus council-provided safeguarding information in the vehicle. Private-hire clause 34 in the separate published document requires the information but does not repeat the training wording. This documentary difference is not treated as a private-hire exemption or a universal refresher schedule.

• Current-linked public hire application guidance
• Current-linked class-specific licensing policy reviewed for safeguarding and renewal

Fenland offers separate hackney-carriage and private-hire driver application routes and one- or three-year licences. The adopted policy version 2 is effective from 23 February 2026.

• Taxi licensing
• Licensed drivers
• Hackney carriage and private-hire licensing policy 2026–2031 (effective 23 February 2026)

Current online routes cover new and renewal hackney-carriage, private-hire and special-event vehicles. Vehicles must meet the approved-list and compliance-test requirements; the council advises approval before purchase.

• Taxi licensing
• Vehicle licensing
• Hackney carriage and private-hire licensing policy 2026–2031 (effective 23 February 2026)

A private-hire operator licence is required to run a private-hire business. The adopted policy requires the application, fee, a premises inspection and basic DBS evidence unless the applicant is already a council-licensed driver.

• Taxi licensing
• Hackney carriage and private-hire licensing policy 2026–2031 (effective 23 February 2026)

Current web renewal fees are £101 for a one-year driver or £236 for three years; new/renewal hackney-carriage vehicle £165 and private-hire vehicle £146. Other driver, operator, test and disclosure costs remain to be confirmed before payment.

• Licensed drivers
• Vehicle licensing

Official 12 May 2022 card: tariff 1 Monday–Saturday 07:00–23:00 £4 first mile, then 20p per started 146.2 metres (printed as 1/11 mile). Tariff 2 23:00–07:00 and all Sunday £6 first mile then 30p per same unit. Tariff 3 £8 first mile then 40p per unit, described as from 18:00 for public bank holidays including Christmas/New Year; precise holiday end boundaries are not printed. Waiting 40p per started 114.2 seconds. Each passenger above four 50p, maximum £2; two under-16s count as one and under-threes excluded. Soiling maximum £80. November 2024 minutes retain unchanged fares rather than implement the consulted increase.

• Council fare card resolved 12 May 2022
• November 2024 minutes retaining tariff

The adopted policy lists enhanced DBS, knowledge-test passes for new applicants, medical evidence when due, right-to-work evidence, DVLA licence/check code, an approved advanced-driving test and safeguarding certificate. Confirm providers and sequencing with Licensing.

• Licensed drivers
• Hackney carriage and private-hire licensing policy 2026–2031 (effective 23 February 2026)

In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Great Yarmouth reported enhanced DBS and barred-list checks for taxi and private-hire drivers, DBS Update Service membership, child sexual abuse and exploitation training, a topographical requirement and an oral-English standard. It reported no advanced-driver-training requirement and said overseas applicants must provide a certificate of good character. This authority-reported statistical return does not replace the council's current application pack, so applicants should confirm forms, medical and right-to-work evidence, test format, providers, renewal rules and fees directly with the council.

• TAXI0109: Taxi and PHV licensing policies, drivers, by licensing area at 1 April 2026

In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Great Yarmouth reported age standards for taxis and private-hire vehicles, permitted CCTV in both fleets, and required DBS checks for non-driver taxi and PHV vehicle owners. It reported no daily roadworthiness-check requirement or rear-window light-transmission threshold. Current operative local application and specification pages were not recovered, so exact age limits, tests, documents and fees remain withheld.

• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)

In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Great Yarmouth reported 23 private-hire operator licences. It said dispatcher and booker DBS checks are required and that operators must retain all 12 booking-record fields surveyed, including passenger, booking, journey, driver, vehicle, booker and dispatcher details; it answered no for a required policy on employing people with convictions. The same return recorded a dedicated taxi and private-hire policy last updated in 2022. This is an authority-reported statistical return, not a complete application checklist; confirm the current application process, licence term, staff-vetting rules and fees with the council.

• Taxi and PHV operator licensing policies by licensing area (TAXI0111)
• Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics data tables

The council’s published 2025/26 schedule listed a three-year driver licence at £230, private-hire vehicle licence at £294 and five-year private-hire operator licences from £409 for one to ten vehicles. These are dated 2025/26 figures, not a claim of the current 2026/27 charge; confirm the latest fee before paying.

• Fees and Charges 2025/26

January 2025 council review proposed: day 06:00–21:00 £3.20 first 294 yards then 20p/started 146.6 yards, waiting 20p/40 seconds; night/public holiday £3.60 first 352 yards then 30p/176 yards, waiting 30p/45 seconds; Sunday daytime £3.40 first 456 yards then 25p/162.9 yards, waiting 25p/42 seconds. Festive £4.60 first 160 yards then 40p/180 yards and 45 seconds, 24 December 18:00–27 December 06:00 and 31 December 18:00–2 January 06:00. Proposed luggage/additional passenger 40p, cleaning £80 inside/£30 outside. These are proposal evidence, NOT a confirmed operative schedule: the report requires statutory advertising and objection handling.

• Official January 2025 review pack, proposal not final card

The council-hosted policy handbook says driver applicants need a valid DVLA licence check code, a Group 2 medical and evidence of council-approved safeguarding-awareness training. The handbook is an older policy document still hosted by the council; confirm the current application pack and training provider before booking or paying.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy and Handbook

Policy adopted25March2026 took effect1July2026. Minimum age21, UK licence held12 months, enhanced DBS with both barred lists and Update registration apply. TaxiPlus undertakes fortnightly status checks; Group2 fitness and right-to-work checks are required.

• Current adopted policy
• Adoption confirmation

Request the private-hire application from licensing and return it with £298, insurance including on-risk private-hire cover, current MOT and compliance-test certificate and keeper registration or ownership evidence. The page quotes £50 for the test. The licence lasts one year. Renewal also requires £298, insurance and MOT/compliance evidence. Driver, vehicle and operator licences must all be issued by Harlow; private-hire journeys require advance booking and cannot start by hailing or rank pickup.

• Current vehicle requirements

Request an application from licensing, return it with payment, Basic DBS, a scale premises drawing and right-to-work evidence for every applicant. Planning reviews the premises. Suitability, objections or unsuitable premises may be referred to a subcommittee. Renewals require a form, fee and Basic DBS; the council may inspect premises and booking records.

• Current operator application requirements

Current grant and renewal fees: £298 for one year or £710 for five years; duration follows the selected fee. No fee effective date stated.

• Current operator application requirements

The council’s current hub links a fare card effective 2 August 2024. It prints four bands and example two-mile totals of £8.00, £8.80, £10.00 and £11.00. The card does not expose the exact meter pulse needed for a route calculator, so TECSI does not infer a step formula from those examples.

• Taxis licensing hub
• Hackney carriage tariffs effective 2 August 2024

Pass knowledge and driving assessments, language proficiency, safeguarding and disability-awareness requirements. Hackney drivers additionally require a wheelchair assessment.

• Current adopted policy

Applicants normally need three years driving experience, a UK licence, right to work, enhanced DBS registered with Update Service and a Group 2 medical completed within one calendar month. Submit a complete application online; the current lead-time warning says at least 16 weeks.

• New driver requirements

New hackneys must be purpose-built, wheelchair accessible, under six years, Euro6, with four-to-eight passenger seats and four doors. Tyres need3mm tread at testing; insurance write-offs are not accepted. Supply V5C, MOT and compliance pass from an approved garage within14days, public-hire insurance and meter-calibration certificate. Non-driver applicants need Basic DBS; a non-owner needs owner consent. Meter and illuminated roof sign are mandatory. Carry spare/approved repair arrangement, extinguisher, first-aid kit, bulb kit and warning triangle. WAV drivers need loading/securing/unloading training proof before licensing.

• Current vehicle guidance

Operating premises must be within Hertsmere. Apply online with Basic DBS for each individual, partner or director, right-to-work evidence/share code, applicable public and employers liability insurance, complaints policy, and lost-property policy/procedure. Current page warns processing is around sixteen weeks or longer; that is guidance, not a guaranteed deadline.

• Current operator application requirements

For 1 April2026–31 March2027: new driver £302 one-year or £394 three-year; renewal £207/£299; assessment interview £51. New/renewed HC or PH vehicle £269; age-policy, plate or import exemption request £40 each; ownership transfer £99. Five-year operator tiers:1vehicle£393;2–5£537;6–10£796;11–20£1,083. Larger fleets and variations have separate published tiers. Vehicle substitution is a new licence; surrendering the old licence yields £11 per unused calendar month. Operator knowledge test £100 for1–10 vehicles or£120 for11+.

• Council 2026–27 taxi licensing fees

Effective 20 January 2025: Monday–Friday 06:00–20:00 excluding public holidays starts £3.10 for 259.6 metres or 55.7 seconds, whichever first; subsequent started 129.7 metres/26.6 seconds cost 26p below £14.45, then 91 metres/19.5 seconds. Other weekday hours and weekends start £3.10 for 210.1 metres/45.2 seconds, then 26p per 105.1 metres/22.5 seconds below £17.35, thereafter 91 metres/19.5 seconds. Other bank holidays and Christmas/New Year eves after 18:00 add 50%; Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day add 100%. Extras: soiling £50, pre-arranged hiring £2, waiting 25p/minute.

• Current-linked fare card effective 20 January 2025

Safeguarding assessment and approved advanced driving assessment are required, with wheelchair assessment for WAV or hackney drivers. New applications require disability-awareness training from 1 April 2026. Interview assesses English and licensing knowledge.

• New driver requirements

Choose dual hackney/private-hire or private-hire-only licensing. Applicants must be 18 or older, have held a full licence for 12 months, have right to work and understand English. Complete medical fitness, enhanced DBS or Update registration, DVLA and applicable tax checks before submitting the online application.

• Become a driver

New private-hire vehicles must meet Euro6, be M1 approved or converted with corresponding IVA, taxed and insured for hire/reward. CategoryS write-offs are prohibited; CategoryN is considered individually. Obtain compliance certification at Adam's Autos before online application; vehicles aged eight or more need six-monthly compliance tests. MOT at the compliance test is optional for licensing according to the page. Submit insurance,V5 or keeper slip,applicable IVA and compliance certificate. Driver and operator must also be Huntingdonshire licensed. Fees from1April2026 are £316 initial and£242 annual renewal for PH or hackney;£79 insurance replacement covers three months.

• Fees from1April2026
• Current vehicle guidance

Apply through the licensing portal with driver, vehicle and public-facing staff lists; safeguarding certificate; tax code (company code for a limited company); Basic DBS under three months or suitable registered enhanced DBS; right-to-work evidence; non-domestic occupation permission; ICO registration; and public liability insurance if a waiting area is provided. Provide complaints, staff/driver training, ex-offender recruitment, safeguarding and lost-property policies. Check planning requirements for commercial or residential premises. Trading names cannot use 'Taxi' or 'Cab'. An officer reviews the complete application before grant.

• Current operator application checklist

From 1 April 2026: five-year operator grant £582, renewal £470; one-year licence where permitted £146; change of company director £16. Three-year driver grant £238/renewal £170; annual vehicle grant £316/renewal £242.

• Become a driver

Current HTML lists £2.90/£3.90/£4.90 for first 110 yards, then 30p/50p/50p per 200 yards. Daytime Monday–Saturday is 07:00–19:00; night/Sunday/bank-holiday and festive bands apply separately. Festive spans Christmas Eve 19:00–Boxing Day 07:00 and New Year's Eve 19:00–New Year's Day 07:00. Waiting/low-speed time below 16.79 km/h is 40p per started 40 seconds. Five-plus passengers add £3; soiling £80. HTML says 'completed part' while proposed PDF says 'uncompleted part', and night heading says 'Monday and Saturday'; these wording differences are retained for review rather than silently corrected.

• Current fare page
• Council proposed chart for textual comparison

Pass knowledge/competency and driving assessments and undertake safeguarding training. Knowledge covers numeracy, English, conditions and Highway Code; routes apply to dual drivers. A GP completing the Group 2 examination must have full medical records.

• Become a driver

Apply online for a combined hackney/private-hire driver licence, normally for up to three years. Submit DBS, medical fitness and assessment evidence and the licence fee. The medical must establish Group 2 fitness and be completed by a GP with access to medical records.

• Current linked driver appendix

Apply online with fee and email V5 and insurance to licensing. Recent purchases can initially use a keeper slip with evidence; renewal requires full V5. Vehicles undergo nominated-garage mechanical/aesthetic inspection exceeding MOT standards. Licences last twelve months; vehicles over four years at grant require a midyear test, no earlier than eight weeks before the due date. Submit its certificate within three working days. Unroadworthy failures receive a STOP order and cannot work until passed and released. Check suitability before purchase; non-type-approved vehicles need individual-approval evidence. Expired licences cannot operate while renewal is undecided.

• Current vehicle requirements

The current-linked 2024–2027 policy says operator licences may run for up to five years, with a shorter period available on request. The day-to-day manager must hold the council's Certificate of Competence, obtained by passing a 90% knowledge test on operator, private-hire vehicle and private-hire driver conditions. The applicant and each partner, director or company officer must provide a basic DBS unless one was already supplied with a driver-licence application. Operators must make and maintain sufficient suitability checks on everyone and every vehicle they employ, use or contract, including appropriate insurance and proper handling of complaints. Reuse of a revoked operator's name is barred for 48 months. If the Certificate holder leaves, the Licensing Team must be contacted as soon as possible and may allow a replacement grace period. The live hub also links detailed Appendix P conditions covering six-month booking/driver/vehicle records, staff checks and safeguarding, premises permissions and PSV substitution, but that document still says Draft Conditions – November 2020; those details therefore remain explicitly provisional rather than being presented as adopted current rules.

• Current policy and appendices hub
• Current-linked Appendix P operator conditions
• Taxi and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2024 to 2027

Not verified in this batch.

Current card effective 5 November 2025. Tariff 1 05:30–21:59: £3.70 after five seconds covers first 304.02 metres or 67.8 seconds combined; then 20p/138.33 metres or 30.933 seconds. Tariff 2 22:00–05:29 and public holidays except festive: £4.70 first 183.586 metres or 35.2 seconds combined; then 20p/116.98 metres or 22.616 seconds. Tariff 3 from 24 December 18:00 to 27 December 05:29 and 31 December 18:00 to 2 January 05:29: £5.30 first 307.47 metres or 68.7 seconds combined; then 20p/92.21 metres or 20.626 seconds. Extra passengers beyond two up to four 20p each; passengers beyond four 80p each; luggage 20p; soiling up to £75.

• Current hackney carriage hub
• Official fare chart effective 5 November 2025

Pass the council knowledge assessment covering combined-licence conditions, maths and Highway Code, an approved driving assessment, and the Introduction to the Role of a Professional Taxi and Private Hire Driver qualification.

• Current linked driver appendix

Applicants must be over 18 and have held a full DVLA licence for at least 12 months. The council requires Group 2 medical fitness, an enhanced DBS check, right-to-work and DVLA-history checks, a driving-standards test, and its knowledge and safeguarding test. The online application asks for the fee and knowledge-test payment, DVLA and National Insurance numbers, followed by a 15-minute supporting-document appointment. Medical evidence is renewed at age 45, every five years thereafter, and annually from 65. Successful applicants receive a combined hackney-carriage and private-hire driver licence; the council says drivers are normally licensed for three years, with one year available on written request.

• Becoming a taxi driver

PH vehicles should be under seven years and120,000miles, with policy exceptions. Pass the approved-station vehicle test and MOT, then apply online with driver badge/right-to-work details and fee. Send test certificate, insurance certificate/schedule and V5 or purchase proof. The current page quotes £148 for one year, £22 signs and£39 ownership transfer. Front-door prebooked/operator signs are required. Report accidents within72hours. Cameras require written approval; inward cameras also require ICO registration. The outward-camera permission described is for insurance only and excludes in-cab audio.

• Current vehicle requirements

The operating premises must be suitable, not disturb the area and have any necessary planning permission. Apply with the fee, complete vehicle/driver list, Basic DBS within six months and right-to-work evidence. The page exempts existing local combined-driver licence holders from repeat DBS/right-to-work evidence. Notify changes of name or address. Fees depend on fleet size.

• Current operator guidance

The current driver-service-linked schedule is effective 1 April 2025, superseding the 2015 files still in the downloads directory. Combined driver new/renewal costs £192/£154 for one year, £382/£347 for three. Annual vehicle new/renewal: HC saloon £159/£149, HC wheelchair-accessible £191/£149, private hire £148/£133. Five-year operator new/renewal: one vehicle £304/£288; 2–10 £407/£391; 11–20 £585/£569; over20 £995/£979. DBS £57.50 and knowledge test £53 are additional. Vehicle transfer £39 and licence plate £20.

• Current linked council fees

Effective 27 January 2025: £5.30 covers the first mile, then 23p for every subsequent 176 yards or uncompleted part. Waiting is 28p for each minute or uncompleted part. Hirings 23:30–06:00 and bank holidays add 50%; Sundays 06:00–23:30 add 30%. Five to eight-seat vehicles carrying more than four passengers may add 50%.

• Hackney carriage fare charge card (2025-01-27)

Applicants must be over 18, hold twelve months' full DVLA entitlement, pass a driving standards test and the in-house knowledge examination, and meet medical, enhanced DBS and right-to-work requirements. The knowledge test lasts ninety minutes and covers English/maths, Highway Code, licence conditions/places of interest, safeguarding and disability awareness. All three sections require 85%; after three failures the applicant must wait six months to reapply. Enhanced DBS must be enrolled in the Update Service for six-monthly checks. Medical reports are required initially, at 45, five-yearly thereafter and annually from 65.

• Current official driver application requirements

Pass the relevant knowledge test before submitting a driver application. Provide a driving licence held for at least 12 months when booking. Tests take place in person at the Town Hall; a dual applicant books the hackney-carriage test.

• Knowledge tests

Current-linked March 2026 application pack: first licensing normally requires a vehicle no older than five years; Euro 6 diesel, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles may be up to seven years. New and renewal applications require original ownership/V5C evidence, hire insurance (including fleet schedule where relevant), a compliance certificate and separate inspection sheet. The certificate must be issued within one month of a new application or renewal expiry; vehicles undergo an annual test before renewal. New ownership may instead be evidenced by the specified manufacturer/dealer invoice or solicitor-confirmed private purchase; missing renewal V5C requires DVLA evidence and the original within six weeks. Company documents must consistently identify the company. Door-sign, plate or tint exemptions require written approval before testing. Wheelchair lifts require a six-month-valid LOLER certificate. The pack's six-month appointment heading alone is not treated as a universal testing interval.

• Current official vehicle licensing requirements and policy evidence
• Current official vehicle licensing requirements and policy evidence

The current April 2026 operator application pack requires a complete application with driver/vehicle lists; a photograph taken within 12 months for every owner, partner or director; two identity documents, at least one photographic; and basic criminal-record disclosure no older than one calendar month. Every individual in a partnership must supply the supporting documentation. Public-access premises require public liability insurance. Standard duration is five years; the pack quotes £3,550.50 for that term. Applicable HMRC tax-check requirements are explained separately. Applications/documents may be emailed or posted to licensing. Standard conditions require journey particulars to be retained at the notified business address at least three months, extendable by written council notice. Plate-exempt executive work has separate 12-month contract/work-division records; that special rule must not be substituted for ordinary booking retention. This is a current application-pack review, not an invented commencement date for all underlying conditions.

• Current operator hub
• Current official operator licensing requirements and policy evidence
• Current official operator licensing requirements and policy evidence

Current-linked April 2026 pack specifies £3,550.50 for a five-year operator licence.

Official card effective 5 March 2024 distinguishes town and airport departures. Town daytime £4 first 876 metres then 20p per started 146 metres; night 23:00–06:00/bank holidays £4.60 first 500 metres then 20p/116 metres. Airport daytime £4.60 first 300 metres, then 20p/36 metres until 1,173.56 metres, thereafter 20p/140 metres; airport night £5 first 300 metres, then 20p/34 metres until 1,373.56 metres, thereafter 20p/112 metres. Waiting is 20p per started 40 seconds up to five miles, then 30-second units. Festive surcharge 50%, but New Year's Eve starts 18:00 town versus 06:00 airport. Telephone booking £2, soiling £50, removal job £10; permitted tolls/congestion/airport access pass through.

• Official card effective 5 March 2024

Standard private-hire/hackney knowledge testing has 26 multiple-choice questions in 30 minutes covering places, journeys, conditions, numeracy and Highway Code. The separate airport test has eight questions in 20 minutes and needs six correct; national-airport testing has 23 questions in 30 minutes with each category passed.

• Knowledge tests

The dual licence lasts three years. Supply enhanced DBS/Update evidence, right-to-work and driving-licence evidence, medical no older than three months and applicable HMRC code. Medicals are annual from age 65; overseas residence can require good-conduct evidence.

• Dual drivers

Hackney and private-hire vehicle licences last one year and require approved-centre testing. Current guidance requires Euro 6 for new/replacement vehicles from 1 April 2022 and proprietor DBS evidence, allowing qualifying enhanced Update certificates for licensed drivers.

• Vehicles

Private-hire operator licences last five years. Each partner/director must supply a basic DBS dated within 28 days, then annually on the licence anniversary. Booking/dispatch employee checks and record-keeping conditions apply.

• Operators

For 1 April2026–31 March2027: three-year driver licence £303; one-year vehicle licence £304, reduced25% to £228 for wheelchair-accessible vehicles; five-year private-hire operator licence £293. Vehicle replacement or transfer carries no fee. The schedule quotes TaxiPlus enhanced DBS at £75.49 but explicitly warns that this external-provider charge can change and must be checked with TaxiPlus.

• Taxi and private-hire fees 1 April2026–31 March2027

Maldon does not impose an approved hackney-carriage fare system. Section 6.10 of the current-linked policy, operative from 1 April 2022, says fares are agreed between the licence holder and hirer because of the rural district and trade feedback. A written receipt should be supplied on request. There is consequently no council meter tariff to insert into a national cheapest/most-expensive ranking; an agreed quote is required, not a zero fare.

• Current policy hub
• Current-linked policy, section 6.10

An approved training course and test are required on application, including renewals. Current guidance requires at least one year holding a full UK driving licence and evidence of earlier driving experience if less than three years.

• Dual drivers

The joint 2024–2029 policy took effect 1 October 2024. Complete the checks before applying online: enhanced barred-list DBS and Update registration, approved driving assessment, English, professional training and Group 2 medical.

PH new,renewal,replacement and transfer applications follow the same process and are not number-limited. Supply V5,insurance,MOT,radio-equipment licence where relevant and Basic disclosure unless already a licensed driver/operator. The council checks vehicle tax. A nominated garage must test the vehicle before grant. Request forms from licensing@babergh.gov.uk stating identity/contact details and the PH/taxi business you will work for. Executive/corporate plate exemptions are written applications considered individually; exempt vehicles must still carry the plate.

• Current vehicle application

Policy effective 1 October 2024 requires non-driver operators to provide Basic DBS and a statutory declaration, then annual Basic DBS; each director/partner is covered. Overseas stays of three continuous months trigger overseas criminal-record evidence or embassy good-character evidence, with approved translation. Existing driver checks provide the stated exemption. New applicants must pass approved safeguarding before grant, with five-year refreshers. Operators must meet tax conditionality. All three licences must share an authority, while lawful subcontracting to another licensed operator is allowed; the original operator remains responsible.

• Adopted version1.5 policy effective1October2024

The council English test costs £47. Driving assessment and professional course payments are separate and made to providers.

Current-linked card effective August 2023: first mile £5.50 daytime 07:00–22:00, £7 night/bank holidays including Easter Sunday, £12 festive. Subsequent 176-yard units cost 20p/30p/40p; corresponding time units 60/50/40 seconds. Festive spans December 24 18:00–27 07:00 and December 31 18:00–January 2 07:00. More than four passengers pay 1.5 times the rates. Congestion/ULEZ/tolls/parking pass through; minimum soiling £100. No extras for luggage, mobility equipment or assistance dogs. Printed conversion of 176 yards to 169.934 metres is incorrect and must not be used.

• Current taxi hub
• Current-linked card effective August 2023

Pass the English test and approved driving assessment and complete the two-day Level 2 Introduction to the Role of a Professional Taxi and Private Hire Driver course.

Guidance updated 13 August 2026 requires a new-driver appointment before application, including verbal test, right-to-work and DBS checks. Pay within 24 hours of booking. Then submit application, medical, photographs, DBS declaration and training evidence; licences normally last three years.

• New drivers

Vehicles must meet Euro 6, be insured and roadworthy and have applicable MOT and council compliance tests no older than two calendar months at commencement. Taxi meters must support the approved calendar fare scale. Vehicle licences last up to 12 months.

• Vehicles

The current page, updated 11 March 2026, provides operator licences for up to five years. Applicants submit the form by email or post and pay online for the five-year period. The booking-taking base must physically be within North Hertfordshire and is inspected by a council officer after application; virtual bases are not ordinarily licensed. Basic DBS is required unless the applicant is an existing North Herts licensed driver. Applicants must read the immigration-check guidance and keep booking records. Licence issue follows the completed paperwork and base inspection.

• Operator application requirements

The council fee hub still links its 2025–26 schedule, effective 12 May 2025: driver one/three years £164/£294; five-year operator £593.75. Vehicle annual/six-month fees £205.75/£144.25, electric £103/£72, hybrid £137.25/£96. Computer knowledge test £58.75, new-driver appointment including verbal test, enhanced DBS and right-to-work check £121.25; medical and DVLA checks are provider-priced. These are the currently linked published figures, not a verified 2026–27 revision; check current payable amount with licensing.

• Currently linked fees effective 12 May 2025
• Council licensing fee hub

Official rates from 1 April 2025: standard £4 for first 1,000 yards or part; thereafter 10p per started 60 yards OR started 20 seconds waiting. Midnight–06:00, Sundays and bank holidays £6 initially and 15p per same unit. Christmas Day doubles standard tariff. Soiling maximum £75. No additional passenger surcharge even in vehicles licensed for more than four. Fares are VAT-inclusive maximums, lower fares negotiable; receipts on request. Out-of-district fare can be agreed before starting.

• Current official fare page

A verbal assessment and safeguarding-awareness course are required. The safeguarding presentation/questionnaire must be completed and returned to licensing.

• New drivers

New drivers attend a booked assessment with DBS, 12-month driving-licence evidence, medical/D4, right-to-work and two satisfactory references. Renew at least a month before expiry.

Provide V5, insurance, service history, proprietor DBS and inspection pass. MOT evidence applies from one year for hackneys and three for private hire. Replacement vehicles need new licences.

Submit references, appropriate fee and planning confirmation if operating more than one vehicle. Public-access offices need public-liability insurance; renewals need a tax-check code.

Published new-driver charge is £139.90 including the first knowledge test; renewal is £107.36. Retests cost extra.

Current-linked card effective 11 March 2024: flag includes 0.9 mile and booking fee. Day 07:00–23:00 £4.20 then £2.30/mile; night £6.30 then £3.50/mile; Sunday daytime £5.30 then £2.90/mile. Festive periods (24 December 18:00–27 December 06:00; 31 December 18:00–2 January 06:00) and other bank holidays £8.40 then £4.60/mile. Waiting 80p per two minutes; luggage 30p/item; carrying more than four may attract 50% extra. Section 67 booking row separately states £18.50 (+10% heading); do not treat this as an ordinary universal booking surcharge. Soiling maximum £85. Intermediate distance and waiting rounding are not specified.

• Current taxi application page
• Fare card effective 11 March 2024

Pass knowledge testing and provide Norfolk safeguarding and certified half-day basic first-aid/CPR training. Renewal training applies.

Applicants must be at least 18 and have held a full UK driving licence for at least 12 months. They must pass the council's knowledge test and an approved driving assessment; hackney applicants also take a wheelchair assessment. The application requires safeguarding training, a doctor-completed medical, DBS evidence, right-to-work evidence and relevant HMRC tax evidence, plus driving-licence, identity, address, photograph and National Insurance documents. The knowledge test moved to a tablet-based test at council offices from 25 May 2026 and requires 80%. The council advises at least six weeks for processing.

• Current taxi and private-hire licensing overview

The current council overview says a vehicle must be under five years old on first licensing. Full exceptions and testing conditions should be checked before purchase.

Private-hire operators need a Norwich district base where bookings are taken and records retained for inspection. Right-to-work and applicable tax-check evidence are required; the licence lasts five years and planning permission may be needed.

The application overview publishes a private-hire operator fee of £945.50. Other fees have not been reconciled against the complete current schedule.

The council's 12 May 2025 decision implements four hackney-carriage fare schedules. Their starting amounts are £4.40, £4.60, £4.80 and £5.90. The respective initial allowances are 40, 40, 90 and 90 yards; subsequent charges are 20p per started 175, 168, 157 and 137 yards; waiting is 20p per started 36, 36, 30 and 24 seconds. The decision does not reproduce the operative clock-time and calendar boundaries for those four schedules, so this guide does not assign day, night, Sunday, bank-holiday or festive hours to them.

• Hackney carriage fares decision, 12 May 2025

Applicants must be at least 18 and hold twelve months' full UK driving entitlement. From 25 May 2026 the knowledge test is tablet-based at council offices, with an 80% pass mark. It covers customer care/equality, licence-specific rules, local routes, roads and Highway Code. Hackney applicants need shortest-route knowledge; private hire applicants key locations/landmarks. Driving assessment, safeguarding training, medical and DBS checks are required; hackney drivers additionally need wheelchair assessment.

• Current driver application tests

Applicants must be at least 18 with a full UK driving licence held over one year. Upload enhanced DBS/Update evidence, medical, DVLA check, photo, right-to-work and required overseas good-conduct certificates; bring originals to interview.

Apply online with insurance and V5C/new-keeper slip, pass the council testing-centre inspection and take the pass sheet to the plate-collection appointment. The current-linked requirements distinguish new-entry and existing fleets: non-ULEV/ZEV first-licensing limits are 3 years HC and 4 PH; their maximum licensed ages are 11/9, while the existing-renewal cohort has 15/10, each capped at 31 December 2029. Non-ULEV/ZEV inspections become six-monthly at 6 years, with critical testing at 10 HC/8 PH. ULEV/ZEV first-entry maxima are 8/19 years and lifetime maxima 15/20; both need six-monthly inspection from 8 and critical testing from 12. The council's ULEV definition requires hybrid/E-REV and alternative-fuel V5 taxation with CO2 at most 105g/km; ZEV requires the specified electric/alternative-fuel class and zero CO2.

• Vehicle application and inspection guide updated 25 August 2026
• Current-linked vehicle requirements 2022

Supply driver/vehicle lists with licensing and insurance details, complaints and customer-service procedures and director/significant-control DBS and right-to-work evidence. Planning permission may be needed depending on fleet size.

The licensing hub updated 25 August 2026 still links a fee sheet headed 2024–25. That sheet quotes HC/PH driver new £496 and three-year renewal £339; HC vehicle new/annual renewal £231 and PH £192. Operator fees for 1/5 years are £245/£1,041 (1–5 vehicles), £478/£2,256 (6–10), £711/£3,440 (11–30), £956/£4,896 (31–50), and £1,189/£5,830 (51+). Vehicle tests are paid separately to the testing station. These are the council's currently linked published figures, not independently confirmed 2026–27 prices; confirm before payment.

• Currently linked 2024–25 council fee sheet

Dated official evidence, not a confirmed 2026 fare: East Cambridgeshire's 2022 comparison records Peterborough's first-mile charge as £3.30 at all times, with the included distance stated as 1,760 yards; its comparative two-mile figure is £5.00 in both listed periods. Peterborough's current licensing hub confirms the council's fare-setting/byelaw framework but the operative full fare card was not recovered in this pass. No later pulse, waiting, surcharge or holiday rule is inferred from the old comparison, and the £3.30/£5.00 figures must remain explicitly dated rather than offered as current journey prices.

• East Cambridgeshire 2022 neighbouring fare comparison

Provide Peterborough Regional College taxi general competency and an approved driving-assessment pass. The current approved driving providers are BLT Driver Training and Green Penny.

Apply online for combined hackney/private-hire or restricted private-hire licensing. The restricted route covers school contracts and chauffeur work only. Book a knowledge, suitability and document-check appointment. Published targets are six to eight weeks for complete new applications and four weeks for renewals.

• Current driver guidance

Vehicle licences last one year. PH applicants provide Basic DBS unless already council-licensed drivers, overseas good-character evidence where applicable, V5 in their name/address, ownership/lease evidence, MOT/compliance check and PH insurance. For a PH vehicle over three years at initial application, its MOT must be no more than 10 days old. The council must approve installed safety cameras. PH plates are secured externally at the rear and council stickers fixed to rear doors. HC first-entry licences are for wheelchair-accessible vehicles, with WAV replacements required; the current policy requires Euro 6 for HC saloon/WAV first licensing and allows continuously licensed non-Euro-6 vehicles present on 1 April 2026 until 31 March 2031.

• Council current policy link
• Current linked combined licensing policy

Operators need a home/business base within Rochford and normally receive five-year licences. New and renewal applications are online. The linked policy requires a completed application, right-to-work evidence, Basic DBS unless already a council-licensed driver, vehicle list and fee. Applicants who lived abroad for six continuous months or more since age ten must provide overseas criminal-record/good-character evidence. Planning requirements must be addressed; the operator licence is not transferable. Changes to the holder's or operating-centre address must be notified within 48 hours. Vehicle records must identify licence number, registration, make and type.

From 1 April 2026, driver grant/renewal costs £192/£175 for one year or £424/£374 for three years, for combined or single HC/PH licences. HC/PH vehicle grant or renewal is £280, including wheelchair-accessible vehicles; replacement vehicle £60, interim inspection £30. Operator one/five-year fees: one vehicle £106/£280, 2–5 £122/£360, 6–10 £190/£700, 11+ £250/£1,000. DBS is £75 subject to provider changes; additional knowledge test £25.

• Official 2026–27 fees, page 31

Current card effective8May2024; September2026 review proposes a future1October start, not an operative change today. All bands first440yd or120s. T1/T2 flags£4/£5,20p per170yd/36s until£9.80/£10.80, thereafter134yd/28.8s. T3£6,20p170yd/24s until£11.80 then134yd/24s. T4£10,40p170yd/36s until£21.60 then134yd/28.8s. T5£6,30p170yd/36s until£12 then134yd/28.8s. T1 Mon–Sat06–21; T2 weekday04–06/evening21–24/Sunday-holiday06–24; T3 weekday00–04/weekend-holiday00–06; T4 Christmas00–Boxing06 and NewYear00–06; T5 Boxing06–27Dec06. Extras luggage50p maximum (mobility aids free), passenger above one50p, animal£1 maximum except assistance dogs, soiling£100.

• Current May2024 card AppendixA in September2026 review
• Review distinguishes future October2026 proposal

Knowledge testing is required for both routes. Renewals require updated disability-awareness and safeguarding training, DVLA mandate and enhanced DBS Update evidence.

• Current driver guidance

Current guidance reviewed 17 April 2026 requires three years full UK driving-licence evidence, DVLA share code, active DBS Update subscription and Group 2 medical no older than three months from a practitioner with full records. A validated application receives a fee link, payable within 48 hours.

• Current driver guidance

The council's 1 November 2025 policy requires hackneys to be white, fully wheelchair accessible and at least Euro 6. Private hire normally requires Euro 6 or zero/ultra-low emissions, but vehicles specifically built or professionally adapted for wheelchair users have an explicit Euro 5 exception. The zero/ultra-low requirement by December 2030 is future and subject to a 2027 review, not a current ban on combustion vehicles. New applications need approved-garage MOT and compliance certificates issued within one month, regardless of vehicle age; hire insurance, V5C, approved CCTV installation certificate and a basic DBS within one month for non-driver proprietors are also required. Renewals require recent MOT/compliance, insurance and the relevant proprietor DBS. No more than eight passengers may be licensed. These principal current standards replace a statistics-only partial; specialist-vehicle conditions remain separately linked in the policy.

• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)
• Current official vehicle licensing requirements

Applicants need a South Cambridgeshire office, suitability/fit-and-proper assessment and premises assessment. The application checklist requires non-driver operators' Basic DBS under one month old, National Insurance and right-to-work proof, ICO registration, and procedures covering training, complaints, customer service, disability awareness, discipline and lost property. Public liability insurance and landlord permission are required where applicable. The council requires original right-to-work documents and will not issue without that entitlement. The page was reviewed 17 April 2026; applicants must also read the licensing policy and relevant appendices.

• Operator application checklist reviewed April 2026

Secondary reference only: TaxiTools, checked by that publisher on 1 August 2026, reports driver new £290 including first competency test, three-year renewal £175, vehicle new/renewal £195/£155, operator one-year £250 or five-year £930 and one-year renewal £205. Council application pages returned server errors during this review, so these amounts have not been independently confirmed as current council charges; confirm before payment.

• TaxiTools secondary fee reference, not council verification

Officially reproduced South Cambridgeshire card effective18April2022: first92m included; day07–19 £3.30, nights19–07/Sundays/bank holidays£4.40, festive£5.40. Festive24December19–BoxingDay07 and31December19–NewYearDay07. Subsequent started175yd/160m20p across bands. Meter combines distance/time, with waiting or travel below16.79km/h triggering time charges; extracted card gives20p but not the time interval, which remains unverified. Five+ passengers£3.50/journey; bicycle outside luggage compartment£1.50; vehicle rendered unfit£100; conditional diesel supplement40p when stated government national price threshold179.9p/litre has been exceeded since1April2022. Current operative linkage and any subsequent changes not confirmed.

• Council fare card reproduced in neighbouring authority official July2022 pack

Advanced driving assessment plus safeguarding and disability training must be no older than 12 months. Attend the council competency test after validation and aim to pass within two months.

• Current driver guidance

Combined applicants must be over 21, have held a full UK licence for 12 months and have right to work. Submit pre-application first; eligibility review can take 21 days and its reference lasts six months. Supply Group 2 medical, enhanced DBS and overseas good-conduct evidence where applicable.

• Current driver guidance

Current new-vehicle guidance requires first-licensed vehicles to be under five years old from first registration and advises suitability confirmation before purchase. Submit hire insurance, MOT and nominated-station mechanical taxi test each dated within 30 days, plus V5C or a bill of sale showing first registration; a full V5C must follow within one month of grant if initially absent. A fitted hoist, winch or ramp requires a LOLER certificate. Applicants without a South Norfolk combined driver licence need basic disclosure. Hackneys additionally need an approved meter certificate, calendar-controlled sealed tariff meter, displayed fare table and Taxi roof light front and rear. Council inspection precedes grant. The page quotes £275 for twelve months and up to fifteen clear working days after successful application/inspection. These are the current published application requirements, not every specialist or renewal condition.

• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)
• Current official vehicle licensing requirements

Five-year operator licences require a district operating base where bookings are taken and records available, planning checks, £5 million public liability insurance and right-to-work evidence. Basic disclosure within one month is required except the stated local-driver/applicant exemption; companies supply directors' and secretary's disclosures. Overseas residence since18 of three months or lack of five-year UK residence needs good-conduct evidence. Renewal, recently expired and equivalent existing licences require a tax-check code.

• Current operator application and fees

Published five-year fleet fees: 1–6 vehicles £635.90; 7–49 £786.20; 50–99 £936.60; 100+ £1,187.60. No fee commencement date printed; checked13September2026.

• Current operator application and fees

South Norfolk's fare cap began on 1 April 2023; the current adopted-table page directly links the recovered schedule. T1 Monday–Saturday 06:00–23:00: £5 includes one mile or 600 seconds, followed by 25p per 176 yards or minute. T2 nightly 23:00–06:00: £6.50 includes one mile or 600 seconds, followed by 30p per 176 yards or minute. T3 Sunday 06:00–23:00 and public holidays: £5.50 includes one mile or 660 seconds, followed by 25p per 160 yards or minute. The table explicitly permits incomplete distance/time parts and combinations; these are shared meter allowances, not separately additive journey-time charges. Full extras and public-holiday/night overlap require further verification.

• Current adopted fare table hub
• Current linked fare table
• Council confirms 1 April 2023 commencement

Provide approved taxi-driving and disability-awareness assessment certificates and English-language evidence or take the council assessment. The medical practitioner must have access to records.

• Current driver guidance

Dual driver applicants must be 21 or older and have held a full UK licence for three years. Request the application/welcome pack from HackneyCarriage@southend.gov.uk before starting the online application.

• Current driver guidance

In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Southend-on-Sea reported both age and emissions standards for taxis and private-hire vehicles, permitted CCTV in both fleets, and required daily roadworthiness checks for both. It also reported a limit on licensed taxi numbers, but no DBS requirement for non-driver vehicle owners. This authority-reported return is not a complete application specification; confirm exact thresholds, quantity-limit scope, inspections, documents and fees with the council.

• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)

Published operator conditions require a vehicle register showing licence, proprietor, registration and first-operated date, retained at least six months after the vehicle leaves the operation. Each booking must be recorded before the journey with booking/hiring dates and times, customer, pickup point, allocated driver and vehicle; retain six months. Operators must hold their drivers' and vehicles' licences, undertake Basic criminal-record checks and notify address changes and new convictions/cautions/fixed penalties within seven days. The council page permits a base up to seven miles outside the city boundary, subject to applicable planning consent.

• Current published operator conditions

Secondary evidence only: a TaxiTools transcription checked 1 August 2026 reports the 2026–27 three-year driver charge as £405 new, including the knowledge test, and £355 renewal. It reports annual vehicle charges of £405 for hackney carriage and £360 for private hire, running 1 March to 28 February. Reported operator charges are £1,485 for five years, £1,245 for two to three years, £1,000 for under two years, or £140 for a one-year licence limited to three or fewer vehicles. The current council schedule was not independently retrieved in this review; confirm every amount and term before payment.

• Southend-on-Sea taxi and private-hire licence fees, checked 1 August 2026

A council statutory notice dated 2 July 2026 proposed £4.50 for the first quarter-mile or two minutes, or a combination. Subsequent distance/time combinations were 20p per 170 yards or 36 seconds until £10.10, then 20p per 134 yards or 28.8 seconds. Overnight waiting was 20p per 24 seconds midnight–04:00, extended to 06:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and bank-holiday Mondays, excluding Christmas/New Year. Objections closed 16 July. This is a proposed/conditionally approved schedule: no final objection outcome or operative card has been recovered, so do not treat the elapsed consultation deadline as proof these prices are in force. The notice does not reproduce the full festive/extra-charge schedule.

• Council licensing committee 23 June 2026 conditional fare decision
• Council statutory notice published by Basildon Echo 2 July 2026

The restricted private-hire route does not require the topography knowledge test and is limited to airport, theatre and general out-of-town bookings at a fare agreed when booked. Full dual testing requirements are in the application pack.

• Current driver guidance

Separate hackney/private-hire licences last up to three years. Applicants must be 21 with 36 months UK/EEA driving experience, right-to-work evidence, DBS and a GP Group 2 medical. Apply to renew eight to twelve weeks before expiry.

Current vehicle guidance requires Euro 6 at first application, hire insurance, V5, evidence of card-payment facilities and basic DBS issued within three months unless already licensed by St Albans. Hackneys need a tariffed meter calibration certificate and evidence of a connected printer. Vehicles under one year are exempt from MOT/compliance evidence; testing is annual until age seven, then compliance testing every six months. Compliance certificates must be within one calendar month of licence commencement. Tyre/brake MOT advisories must be rectified before grant. Factory window tints are accepted but additional tinting is not. Dual-plated vehicles are refused. Existing non-wheelchair hackney licences retain replacement grandfather rights only if renewed on time. Licences run up to one year; failure of required tests suspends use until passes are obtained. Application guidance displays £282 new and £263 renewal (£222/£203 fully electric), without a commencement date on this page.

• Current official vehicle licensing requirements and policy evidence
• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)

Operators submit signed application, each applicant's Basic disclosure and right-to-work evidence, recent photograph, public liability insurance, driver/vehicle lists and £602 fee. Original right-to-work evidence is checked in person. New applicants attend operator training (£90 per person). Successful licences last five years and must be granted before operating; tacit consent does not apply. Each renewal requires Equality Act/safeguarding refresher training, listed at £40. Premises used as a booking office need planning permission. Fees are current displayed figures without a printed commencement date.

• Current operator guidance

The council's current driver page displays £406 for a new driver, £136 for a one-year pro-rata grant, £381 renewal and £127 one-year pro-rata renewal; it also lists DBS £77, Versant test £54, hackney knowledge test £77, new-driver training £90 and renewal training £40. The current vehicle page displays renewal at £263, reduced to £203 for a fully electric vehicle. The operator page displays a £602 five-year fee and £90 new-operator training, but its renewal checklist separately says fee payment of £680. Because the operator figures conflict and the pages print no common effective date, this is a partial current-page snapshot rather than a complete fee schedule; applicants should confirm the payable amount before applying.

• Current driver licence page and displayed fees

Official card effective 18 January 2023: all initial charges include 880 yards; subsequent intervals are 76.52 yards. T1 £3.90/15p; Sunday T2 £5.07/19p; T3 £5.85/22p applies to 23:30–06:00, public/bank holidays except Christmas/New Year's Day and both eves 20:00–23:30. T4 Christmas Day through Boxing Day 06:00 and New Year's Eve 23:30 through New Year's Day 06:00 is £7.80/30p. For 5–8 passengers, ordinary £5.85/22p, night/holiday £7.31/27p and those festive windows £11.70/45p. Waiting is 20p per 18 seconds, electronic/telephone booking £1 and fouling £75. Airport/zone charges are additionally listed; printed airport examples are historical, not current airport prices. The 2023 newsletter confirms implementation, but current hub linkage and incomplete-interval rounding remain unverified.

• Official fare card effective 18 January 2023
• Official June 2023 implementation guidance

Driver Training Day and English qualification evidence are required. The specific knowledge section exempts private-hire applicants; hackney applicants must pass routes, Highway Code, maths and policy sections.

Dual applicants attend an initial interview and provide right-to-work, enhanced DBS, a full driving licence held one year and own-GP Group 2 medical evidence.

• Council licensing guidance

Hackneys display yellow plates, roof TAXI sign and a calibrated meter. Private-hire vehicles display green plates and council door signs and must not display a roof sign.

• Council licensing guidance

Applicants need a Stevenage operating base and Basic criminal-record check unless already a hackney/private-hire driver. Public-access premises such as waiting rooms require public liability insurance; the page exempts a home operation from this requirement. Operators use Stevenage-licensed drivers and vehicles for their own work, while subcontracting to licensed operators inside or outside the town is explicitly permitted. Drivers/operators must accommodate disabled passengers without disability-related surcharges. The current application page, rather than the separately indexed legacy annual-term PDF, supports this summary.

• Current operator guidance

Stevenage Cabinet approved the phased 2026/27 taxi-licensing charges, intended to support service delivery from 1 January 2026. The adopted first-phase figures are: driver licence £169 for one year or £429 for three years; vehicle licence/change of vehicle including compliance £279; temporary vehicle £147; vehicle transfer £83; private-hire operator £263 for one year or £1,005 for five years. The appendix also lists DBS £99, English-language test £91, knowledge test £173, replacement paper licence £10, badge £25 and plate £50. The Cabinet also approved reduced fees for qualifying low- and zero-emission vehicles; applicants should confirm eligibility and the amount directly with the council.

• Cabinet decision: taxi and private-hire licensing fees and charges 2026/27
• Appendix A: phased taxi licensing fees and charges 2026/27

The council's final decision makes the revised tariff operative 15 December 2025. Current detailed rates include 528 yards: T1 £3.90 then 30p per started 220 yards, waiting 30p/minute; T2 £5.85 then 45p, waiting 45p/minute; T3 £7.80 then 60p, waiting 60p/minute. T1 06:00–23:00; T2 nights plus daytime public/bank holidays/Easter Sunday and Christmas/New Year's Eve from 18:00. T3 Christmas/Boxing Day and New Year's Eve 23:00 to New Year's Day 06:00. Baggage 20p for up to two items or 40p maximum for three-plus; extras cap £2, soiling cap £50. The same page retains inconsistent older typical-mile examples and minimum-charge text; use the adopted detailed rates with that caveat, not its old examples. The August 2026 consultation is not promoted to an operative increase.

• Current passenger fare guide
• Final adopted 2025 decision
• Separate proposed 2026 annual review

Pass spoken English, knowledge and driving assessments before a dual licence is granted.

• Council licensing guidance

Apply for the appropriate hackney or private-hire driver category; private-hire-only licensing does not authorise hackney driving. The council provides a driver information/application pack.

• Council licensing guidance

The current approved 2024 policy and March 2024 implementation newsletter require Euro 6 for new vehicles, with no minimum/maximum first-licensing age; the Euro 5 renewal transition ended 1 January 2026. MOTs are annual from age one for hackneys and three for private hire. Council mechanical testing is six-monthly, with an additional annual test at age ten and above; missed interim tests suspend the licence. Applications require comprehensive hire insurance, MOT where applicable, mechanical test, V5 or accepted ownership evidence and fee. Continuous insurance evidence is required. Dual plating is prohibited. Hackneys require an approved calibrated meter, visible fare table and working white roof sign; private-hire roof signs are prohibited. Front and rear plates must be securely displayed; executive exemptions require written authorisation and plates inside the vehicle.

• Current official vehicle licensing requirements and policy evidence
• Current official vehicle licensing requirements and policy evidence
• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)

Current approved 2024 policy §39 provides five-year operator licences from premises inside Tendring; planning consent must be obtained where required. Renew before expiry; late renewals are new applications. Bookings must be recorded before departure, identifying hirer, pickup/destination/times, allocated vehicle/driver, booking/dispatch staff, fare basis and subcontracting; retain records at least 12 months and produce them on demand. Operator, vehicle and driver licences must be from the same council. Public booking offices require at least £1 million public liability insurance; vehicle insurance copies must be retained. Address/director changes must be notified within seven days. A material source inconsistency remains: §39.1 asks for an enhanced DBS application, while §39.2 explicitly requires basic DBS within 28 days and exempts current council-licensed drivers; overseas applicants need good-conduct evidence. Confirm the correct operator-only DBS route with licensing rather than silently choosing a contradictory checklist.

• Current operator licensing page

The 2 February 2026 committee approved discretionary fees from April 2026. Driver grant/renewal application fees are £125 for one year, £155 for two or £185 for three. Suitability test and application pack £37; knowledge test £27 per test. Medical, passenger assistance, disability awareness, child sexual exploitation training and DBS are additional third-party costs. Vehicle/operator fees were separately subject to statutory advertising and delegated objection handling; their final consultation outcome has not been verified here.

• 2 February 2026 committee adopted fee decision
• Appendix A current and proposed fee table

The council's final August 2022 newsletter gives the fare scale effective 11 August 2022 and remains linked from its current newsletter hub. The fare table states £3.40 for the first 235 yards and 30p for each subsequent 235 yards; waiting 30p for each 60 seconds or uncompleted part. Sunday, bank/public-holiday and midnight–06:00 hirings add half the ordinary fare. Listed extras are 20p for luggage, each person above one, a bicycle or non-folding pram. Vehicles carrying more than four passengers use a 50% uplift without other extras. Christmas 24 December 18:00–27 December 07:00 and New Year 31 December 18:00–2 January 07:00 use double tariff 1; festive multi-seat use adds a further 50% to that doubled fare. No extra charge applies to wheelchairs. Damage/soiling recovery is described in terms of restoration costs, not a fixed fee. Contemporaneous reporting confirms no objections and commencement on 11 August.

• Current official newsletter hub linking final August 2022 notice
• Official August 2022 fare increase notification and card
• Contemporaneous report confirms no objections and 11 August commencement

New applicants must pass suitability and knowledge tests. Child Sexual Exploitation and Vulnerable Persons training applies to grants and renewals from April 2024, through Blue Lamp Trust.

• Council licensing guidance

Applicants must be at least 21 with a full UK DVLA licence held three years, right to work and suitable character/medical fitness. Dual licensing permits hackney and private-hire driving.

Current vehicle guidance requires MOT, designated-garage compliance certificate, ownership or hire-purchase evidence and hire/reward passenger insurance. Hackneys need a calibrated, sealed, correctly tariffed meter; private hire needs calibration only if a meter is fitted. Licences last one year with renewal requested four weeks before expiry. Vehicles normally must be under seven years old, but the council expressly allows disapplication where acceptable standards are met. Vehicles ten years and older need three compliance tests yearly; those aged three and older need annual MOT. No category of insurance write-off is licensed. A failed MOT/compliance test means immediate removal from service pending valid clearance. Accidents must be reported within 72 hours. Rear and internal plates are required; executive PH rear-plate exemption does not remove the windscreen plate or driver-badge requirement. These are current published principal conditions.

• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)
• Current official vehicle licensing requirements

Applications go to licensing.team@threerivers.gov.uk with fee paid through customer services. Each applicant supplies an unused same-day DVLA check code and planning-permission evidence, then takes the operator knowledge test. The council inspects the base, booking process and records. Licences run up to five years; annual Basic disclosure is mandatory. Renewals must be submitted at least two months before expiry; expired licences require a new application. New driver employment must be emailed to licensing. Own dispatched drivers and vehicles must be Three Rivers-licensed; subcontracting to other licensed operators is allowed.

• Current operator application and maintenance

The council confirms its consulted 2026/27 licensing charges took effect on 1 April 2026. New private-hire or hackney driver licences are £199 for one year or £518 for three; renewals are £178 or £477. New dual-driver licences are £232 or £612, with renewals £227 or £597. A new annual vehicle licence is £235 and renewal £197. The enhanced-DBS charge is £52.60 and knowledge-test attempts two to five cost £21. Operator and ancillary charges are also listed in the full schedule; applicants should use that live document for the applicable vehicle band and replacement items.

• Licensing fees 2026-2027
• Licensing fee review 2026-2027 outcome

The current council-linked approved card is dated 6 November 2023. £4 includes the first 1,015 metres or part; each started 90 metres thereafter up to 2,030 metres costs 10p, then each started 50 metres costs 10p. Waiting is 10p per started 20 seconds. Night start charge from 21:30–06:00 is £4.50. Christmas Day doubles the fare; ordinary bank holidays add 50p except Boxing Day/New Year's Day, which add 50%, also applying from New Year's Eve 20:00. These are metre distances, not miles; commercial transcriptions using 1,015 metres as 1.015 miles are unsafe. The card confirms committee approval but does not separately specify legal commencement. Stage-boundary handling and stacking of night/holiday adjustments require explicit interpretation before calculator activation.

• Current official fare hub
• Current linked adopted card dated 6 November 2023

Applicants must be 21 with three years' UK DVLA entitlement. An advanced taxi assessment through Green Penny, BLT or Drivetech must be dated within twelve months. Safeguarding is mandatory with a new certificate every three years; the page lists BLT e-learning or virtual-classroom courses and Green Penny. Group 2 medical evidence must be under three months old; established drivers provide medicals three-yearly until 65 then annually, or more often if required medically. Enhanced DBS must be enrolled in its Update Service. Applicants book the knowledge test after submitting their application.

• Current driver requirements and training

Hold a full DVLA licence for one year, provide right-to-work, enhanced DBS and Update registration, applicable tax checks and Group 2 fitness. Overseas residence of six continuous months since age ten requires criminal-record evidence. A restricted private-hire licence permits school contracts only.

• Council licensing guidance

The final policy effective 1 December 2025 requires application, V5C, ownership or permitted leasing evidence, MOT, approved-garage test sheet, insurance and a basic DBS unless already a Thurrock-licensed driver. Petrol vehicles require Euro 4 and diesel Euro 6; vehicles licensed on 1 December 2025 have a transition until 1 December 2027. Private-hire classic vehicles and limousines have explicit emissions exemptions. Hackneys normally must be wheelchair accessible, with a defined pre-February-2014 proprietor replacement exception that ends on transfer. Hackney wheelchair loading is side-door only. Hackney inspections are initial, annually through age three, six-monthly over three through six, and four-monthly thereafter. Existing wheelchair hackneys must be replaced by wheelchair vehicles. Private-hire third-row access may be accepted with advance passenger warning; this exception is not applied to hackneys. Licence duration is twelve months.

• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)
• Current adopted taxi policy: vehicle standards

Apply or renew online with the completed form, Basic DBS unless already a council-licensed driver, and fee. Renewals and same-type applications to another authority require an HMRC tax-check code. A base outside Thurrock needs the relevant council's operator licence; controlled vehicles and drivers must share the operator's licensing authority. Published annual/five-year fees, effective 1 April 2025, are: one vehicle £90/£410; 2–5 £295/£1,405; 6–10 £615/£2,905; 11–20 £910/£4,305; 21+ £1,130/£5,355. The current hub links the policy running 1 December 2025–30 November 2030.

• Current published fees effective 1 April 2025
• Operator application
• Operator base and current policy

Thurrock's current fee page says its taxi-licensing charges are valid from 1 April 2025. New combined hackney/private-hire driver licences are £215 for one year or £510 for three; renewals £175/£470. New private-hire-only driver licences are £160/£335 and renewals £120/£295. Annual hackney and private-hire vehicle licences are £323 and £359, reduced to £273 and £309 for wheelchair-accessible vehicles; compliance testing is £47. Five-year operator charges range from £410 for one vehicle to £5,355 for 21 or more, with one-year alternatives. DBS is £64, an additional knowledge test £28, and replacement charges are listed separately. No later-dated replacement schedule was found on the live page checked 13 September 2026.

Effective 26 August 2022. All six bands initially cover 114.95m, alternatively a time allowance or combination. Ordinary ≤4 passengers: £3.20/48s, then20p per159.3m/48s to9.65km, thereafter30p per178.75m/48s. Ordinary >4 or night/Sunday/public-holiday ≤4: £4.80/36s, then30p per170m/36s, thereafter40p per186m/36s. Higher-period >4: £7.20/24s, then40p per176.36m/24s, thereafter60p per193.1m/24s. Festive ≤4: £6.40/24s, then40p per175.85m/24s, thereafter60p per193.1m/24s. Festive >4: £9.60/18s, then60p per182.5m/18s, thereafter80p per200.22m/18s. Every band changes distance step at9.65km. Night is22:00–06:00 Monday–Saturday; Sundays/public holidays all day. Festive:24Dec18:00–27Dec06:00 and31Dec18:00–2Jan06:00. Dogs50p except assistance dogs; tolls/congestion actual; soiling charge possible, amount unspecified. Prices include VAT. Out-of-borough fare may be agreed before departure.

• Current official maximum fare table effective 26 August 2022

Knowledge, language, safeguarding/CSE and disability requirements apply. Restricted school-contract testing omits unrelated route/numeracy topics and substitutes specified online safeguarding/disability courses for PATS.

• Council licensing guidance

The council policy available at the checked official URL says a new applicant must have held a full UK driving licence for three years and pass the council-approved driving test. The policy URL carries a 2023 document timestamp, so applicants should confirm that no later operative policy changes these conditions.

In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Uttlesford reported emissions standards for taxis and private-hire vehicles and permitted CCTV in both fleets. It reported no taxi quantity limit, rear-window light-transmission threshold, daily roadworthiness-check requirement or DBS requirement for non-driver vehicle owners. This authority-reported snapshot is not a complete application specification; confirm exact emissions thresholds, inspections, documents and fees with the council.

• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)

The council's May 2023 operator application form asks for the proposed Uttlesford business type, whether the public can access the premises, premises equipment and facilities, renewal fleet composition and wheelchair-accessible numbers, and details of any booking app. App operators must explain who accepts and dispatches bookings, where records are stored, how the booking remains the operator's contract, how the driver/vehicle/operator triple-lock is maintained, and what licensing and vehicle information passengers receive. The published licensing policy requires booking-office or other staff with access to passenger information to meet the operator suitability standard, using Basic DBS checks and statutory declarations; failure to vet staff can lead to revocation. These are official substantive operator requirements, but the artifacts carry 2023 timestamps and a newer full application/conditions set has not been independently confirmed, so this remains partial. The earlier misplaced driver-training text is not an operator requirement and is superseded by this field correction.

• Private hire operator application form, May 2023

Secondary evidence only: TaxiTools, checked 1 August 2026, reports driver new/renewal £259 for three years; annual HC/PH vehicle £167.50 new or £147 renewal; operator new/renewal £556 for five years. Its linked current council fees page could not be retrieved. The official decision index records 2026/27 fees as approved, but the final numeric adoption table has not been independently matched to these figures. Confirm directly before payment.

• TaxiTools dated fee transcription
• Referenced council fees page (not retrieved)
• Official fee decision index, recommendations approved

The approved 2025 six-band tariff is corroborated by 2 October 2025 council minutes recording meter updates following the approved increase; the exact commencement day was not recovered. All bands include the first 1,100 yards, then charge each 70.4 yards: R1 £5.40 +10p; R2 £6.75 +15p; R3 £9 +20p; multiseat R4 £7.65 +15p; R5 £9 +20p; R6 £11.25 +26p. Waiting: R1 10p/10.6 seconds; R2/R4 15p/15.9 seconds; R3/R5 20p/21.2 seconds; R6 26p/27.5 seconds. R1/R4: Monday–Saturday 07:00–22:30; R2/R5: 22:30–07:00 Monday–Saturday, midnight Saturday through Monday 07:00, and public holidays. R3/R6: Christmas Eve 06:00 through midnight Boxing Day, and New Year's Eve 18:00 through midnight New Year's Day. Band mapping is retained from the official preceding table and unchanged in the approved proposal. Exact multiseat threshold, extras, initial time allowance and pulse rounding need the full operative card before automated pricing.

• January 2025 six-band fare proposal subsequently approved
• October 2025 minutes confirm approved rates and meter updates

The recovered council policy requires new applicants to have held a full UK driving licence for three years and pass a council-approved driving test. Section 2.15 applies the training-day requirement to first applications and renewals, before grant or within the council-specified timeframe. Appendix L covers customer service, safety, legislation, disability awareness and safeguarding. Both private-hire and dual applicants take the course knowledge assessment; only dual applicants take the additional district-geography test. Mixed written and multiple-choice answers assess written English. Bespoke home-to-school training has no final test; it must not be confused with an unrestricted driver qualification. These are substantive official indexed clauses, but the direct PDF is currently blocked and current hub linkage/latest amendments remain unconfirmed.

• Official indexed licensing policy sections 2.14–2.15 and Appendix L, independently corroborated by publication reviewer

Applicants must be over 21, have held a full UK or EEA driving licence for at least two years and have the right to work. Before the new-licence appointment they must pass the council knowledge test and an approved practical driving assessment, obtain a medical from their own GP or another GP at the same practice, and complete an online DBS check. The online application requires driving-licence and address evidence, right-to-work evidence and a certificate of good conduct after three continuous months or more living abroad. Knowledge, practical-test and medical evidence must be submitted before the appointment; licences may run for up to three years.

• Current driver licensing overview
• Online application evidence

The current 2026–2030 policy, effective 15 January 2026, requires M1 type approval, four doors, four to eight passenger seats and suitable wheelchair luggage capacity. First licensing limits are seven years for combustion-only and non-wheelchair petrol hybrids, or nine years for wheelchair-accessible petrol hybrids and electric vehicles with or without range extenders. Since April 2025 petrol/diesel-only vehicles must meet Euro 6 and petrol hybrids Euro 5; pre-January-2006 vehicles cannot be licensed. An MOT issued within 30 days is needed once the vehicle is at least one year old, alongside appropriate hire insurance, DVLA registration, tax and any required approval certificate. Private hire cannot resemble a taxi or carry a roof sign. Modifications need prior written permission. These are source-verified principal standards, not an exhaustive inspection checklist.

• Current adopted taxi policy: vehicle standards
• Taxi and PHV vehicle policies by licensing area (TAXI0108)

Five-year licences cost £757.98 new or £744.86 renewal. Supply a Basic disclosure under one month old for each applicant, partner or director, complaints and disability policies, disability/Equality Act and safeguarding training evidence, door-sign artwork and right-to-work evidence. Public waiting rooms require at least £5m public-liability cover. Original right-to-work documents are checked in person; all premises are inspected and planning permission may be needed. Supply a tax-check code if an operator licence was in force within the preceding twelve months. Renew at least 28 days before expiry; expired operators cannot accept or allocate bookings. The council lists a 28-day consultation and requires an express grant before trading.

• Current operator licensing checklist

The current vehicle page lists hackney-carriage licence £254.52, reduced to £131.50 for fully electric vehicles; private-hire licence £231.85, or £120 fully electric. Plate bracket £21.50, replacement plate £9.50, vehicle transfer £20; vinyl door-sign pair £18.36, magnetic pair £24.48. Card payment only. No effective date is printed. The page contradicts itself on address-change charges (£7.20 in prose, £8 in the cost list), so that charge is withheld.

• Current council licensing charges

The council's currently published fare card says effective 1 December 2017. Tariffs 1/2 cover one to five passengers and tariffs 3/4 six or more. Day is 06:00–23:00; night is 23:00–06:00, with the night tariff also applying on public holidays. The card uses distance-or-time pulses and changes pulse size at stated meter-fare thresholds.

• Watford table of fares (2017-12-01)

All new drivers must complete the training day and disability-awareness training and pass every knowledge paper. Hackney route questions require 35/40, private hire 9/12; everyone needs 12/15 rules, 4/5 Highway Code and 5/5 arithmetic. Hackney applicants cannot use navigation aids; private hire applicants may use a paper map but not internet or satnav. Retakes repeat all test papers, not training already passed. The linked practical/medical page requires a driving assessment from Diamond, Green Penny, Blue Lamp Trust or Vision, valid for one year, and a medical from the registered GP practice, valid six months. The current 2026–2030 policy, effective15January2026 and publication edition28August2026, closes the refresher gap: all driver applicants pass designated training in customer service, rules, disability/equality/dementia, passenger safeguarding (CSE, county lines, slavery, trafficking, extremism), and driver safety/crime reporting. Equivalent training exemptions require council acceptance. Existing drivers repeat training every3years and take a written test afterward. Knowledge passes expire after6months if no driver application is submitted; English competence is assessed through training/testing without separate proof. Wheelchair-vehicle drivers demonstrate equipment use at inspection. Group2 medical renewals are at45, five-yearly to65, then annually; DBS Update Service checks every6months. Late renewals normally repeat new-applicant requirements except hackney routes, which must be retaken after6years away.

• Practical and medical requirements
• Knowledge training and testing

The council's live application hub directs applicants to the driver application pack. Its published procedure says driver licences normally run for three years and requires an application appointment, identity photographs and current right-to-work evidence. Applicants complete a knowledge test, a DVLA Group 2 medical, DBS and DVLA checks, and a DVSA taxi-driving standard check; the council also assesses English communication. The process must be completed within six months. Applicants should use the current pack because parts of the longer procedure contain legacy document and payment wording.

The council's published hackney-carriage conditions (2020 document, currently linked) require purpose-built M1 type-approved wheelchair-accessible vehicles, including transfers after accidental damage. Vehicles must be manufactured right-hand drive, Euro 6, permanently silver with council door crests, and carry appropriate access equipment. Capacity must accommodate four passengers plus a wheelchair user, with no more than eight when no wheelchair is carried. Proprietors and drivers must maintain mechanical safety and cleanliness, and drivers require council-approved training for wheelchair loading and other safety features.

• Council vehicle conditions or application guidance

The current-linked December 2021 pack requires an office in Welwyn Hatfield, a completed form and fee, and Basic DBS checks for applicants and company directors; applicant checks repeat annually. Public-facing premises are inspected for heating, lighting, ventilation and seating, and need public liability insurance. Demonstrate planning approval or relevant permission to operate from a residential address. Keep booking and vehicle records for at least twelve months, including driver, vehicle, booking-taker and dispatcher identity. Maintain a booking/dispatch staff register and annual Basic checks, including equivalent vetting for outsourced staff, plus an ex-offender employment policy. Only use locally licensed drivers and vehicles directly; lawful subcontracting leaves the original operator responsible. Obtain prior council agreement before changing the operating address.

• Taxi application hub
• Current linked operator application pack, December 2021

April 2026 published charges: three-year hackney or private-hire driver £505; annual vehicle £326; operator one/three/five years £370/£855/£1,340; knowledge test £68 per attempt.

• April 2026 fees

Current council maximum: £3 for the first525yards(480m), then20p per150yards(137m); waiting40p/minute. Supplements, not per passenger:50% for23:00–07:00, Sunday07:00–midnight, Christmas/New Year's Eves19:00–midnight and bank holidays except Christmas/Boxing Day. Christmas/Boxing Day and New Year's Day00:00–07:00 add100%. Fouling by passengers or animals up to£100. The page does not give an effective date, increment rounding or stacking instructions for overlapping supplements; those remain unknown.

• Current maximum taxi fares

Current published application guidance requires sufficient English, Group2 medical and DBS/DVLA checks. Private-hire applicants take a10-question verbal geography test (80% pass), written/simple maths assessment and English conversation. Hackney applicants additionally take a one-hour two-part exam:20 written routes and10 byelaw/condition questions, each80%; passing supports a dual licence. All drivers, operators and proprietors must undertake council-run CSE awareness training at application and before every licence renewal; the page says free and no longer than two hours, with non-attendance considered against fitness. Medicals repeat every3years until65, then annually. However, the same guidance still names a discontinued DVSA taxi certificate and cash/cheque-only payments. Approved contemporary practical-assessment arrangements therefore remain unresolved; this is not full current-process certification.

• Driver application guidance

Applicants need a full UK licence held 12 months, right to work, TaxiPlus enhanced DBS with maintained Update subscription and Group 2 medical from a doctor with full history. Send complete documents and payment in one email. Published processing target is 21 days after a complete submission.

• New combined drivers

New PH vehicles must meet Euro 6. Submit full V5C or keeper slip (full V5 within 14 days), MOT for vehicles over 12 months, an approved-garage inspection report under two months old, PH insurance and a meter certificate if fitted. Proprietors without a current West Suffolk driver licence need Basic DBS within one month unless supplied during the preceding year. Pay in advance and email the complete application and attachments together to licensing@westsuffolk.gov.uk. The processing target is 16 working days after receipt of a complete application. A PH meter is optional, but if fitted must be sealed/calibrated and its fare chart displayed.

• Current new PH vehicle application

Five-year operators apply with driver/vehicle details, Basic DBS, right-to-work evidence, public-liability insurance if premises admit the public, and employer's liability cover where drivers are directly employed. Company directors/secretaries need annual Basic DBS unless their West Suffolk driver status and Update Service evidence apply; failure can suspend the operator licence. Supply the applicable HMRC tax check on renewal, recent lapse or another-authority same-type application. Email the complete legible bundle to licensing@westsuffolk.gov.uk; staff arrange payment. The council aims for 28 days after a complete application and does not allow tacit approval.

• West Suffolk operator application

The current linked fee page remains explicitly effective from 1 April 2023: hackney-carriage vehicle £209; private-hire vehicle £188; combined driver £174 for one year or £308 for three; operator £134 for one year or £539 for five. Driver and vehicle fees are paid on application; licensing contacts applicants for operator payment. Transfer costs £35, replacement/temporary vehicle £70 and personalised registration change £70. These are the council's currently published figures, not a newly adopted 2026 schedule.

• Current council licensing charges

The council's currently linked card is headed effective 23 May 2025. Tariff 1 (06:00–00:00) is £5.60 for the first 1,760 yards, then 20p for each 152 yards (approximately £2.35 for the next mile). Tariff 2 (00:00–06:00, public/bank holidays, and 18:00–00:00 on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve) is £8.40 then 30p per 152 yards (approximately £3.50 for the next mile). Tariff 3 applies from midnight on Christmas Eve to midnight on Boxing Day and from midnight on New Year's Eve to midnight on New Year's Day: £11.20 then 40p per 152 yards (approximately £4.70 for the next mile). For five or more passengers the corresponding rates are £8.40 plus 30p per 152 yards, £11.20 plus 40p per 152 yards, and £15.40 plus 55p per 148 yards (approximately £6.60 for the next mile). Waiting is 40p per minute. The card also permits actual toll/congestion costs and an unfit-to-work charge up to £150, and prohibits an assistance-dog surcharge or refusal. A later 2026 fare-change process has been located, but its final operative schedule has not been independently established; confirm the current card with the council before relying on these figures.

• Current council fare card, effective 23 May 2025

Complete council theory, practical driving assessment within 12 months and Level 2 professional taxi/private-hire qualification. WAV drivers additionally need practical disability-awareness training.

• New combined drivers

Policy has distinct sections for drivers, vehicle licence holders, private hire operators, licence fees and hackney carriage fares. Records changes to locality testing and vehicle emissions policy.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2021-2026 (2021-2026)
• 2023 policy review and adoption report (2023-06-05)

Policy has distinct sections for drivers, vehicle licence holders, private hire operators, licence fees and hackney carriage fares. Records changes to locality testing and vehicle emissions policy.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2021-2026 (2021-2026)
• 2023 policy review and adoption report (2023-06-05)

Policy has distinct sections for drivers, vehicle licence holders, private hire operators, licence fees and hackney carriage fares. Records changes to locality testing and vehicle emissions policy.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2021-2026 (2021-2026)
• 2023 policy review and adoption report (2023-06-05)

Current application pages checked 13 September 2026: HC or PH driver new/renewal £86 one year, £149 two years, £212 three years; joint HC/PH £119/£212/£296 respectively. Annual HC/PH vehicle licence £252 plus £65.24 per inspection: the page gives two tests below ten years (£382.48 total), three above ten (£447.72). Exactly ten years is not explicitly assigned by its wording; confirm with licensing. Operator fees have not yet been recovered. The application pages do not print fee commencement dates.

• Current vehicle application fee table

Current-linked card (September 2023 metadata; no legal commencement inferred) has six bands. Up to four passengers: £4.90 first 1,760 yards/480 seconds then 20p per 146.66 yards, waiting 20p/40s; night/Sunday/bank-holiday £6.30 first mile/495 seconds then 30p/160 yards, waiting 30p/45s; festive £8.80 first mile/440 seconds then 40p/160 yards, waiting 40p/40s. Five-plus passengers: £4/£5.40/£5.50 first 10 yards/10 seconds, then 30p/160 yards, 40p/160 yards or 50p/125.7 yards respectively. Waiting is 30p/45s, 40p/40s or 50p/50s. Nights run 22:00–07:00; festive runs December 24 18:00–27 07:00 and December 31 18:00–January 2 07:00. Extras: luggage 50p, animal £2, bicycle £5, actual tolls, soiling £200.

• Current fare guidance
• Current-linked six-band card

All applicants need the council knowledge test and driver-assessment pass certificates, CSE-awareness and disability-awareness training, enhanced DBS and a medical questionnaire completed by a doctor with full medical-record access. A full UK or equivalent driving licence must have been held for at least twelve months. The current page expressly removes the locality test for private hire drivers while retaining it for hackney carriage drivers; private hire applicants instead undertake oral English proficiency within the knowledge test. CSE and disability-awareness refresher training is required every three years for existing drivers. The disability-provider list includes Learning Curve, Blue Lamp Trust, Green Penny, Equo and JD Training. Immigration, driving-history and relevant tax checks also apply.

• Current driver application requirements

Publishes current taxi driver, hackney carriage/private hire vehicle and private hire operator fee tables. Private hire operator grant is £557 for one year or £1,218 for five years; renewal is £368 or £1,029.

• Licensing fees
• Taxi shop

Publishes current taxi driver, hackney carriage/private hire vehicle and private hire operator fee tables. Private hire operator grant is £557 for one year or £1,218 for five years; renewal is £368 or £1,029.

• Licensing fees
• New vehicle application
• Taxi shop

Publishes current taxi driver, hackney carriage/private hire vehicle and private hire operator fee tables. Private hire operator grant is £557 for one year or £1,218 for five years; renewal is £368 or £1,029.

• Licensing fees
• Taxi shop

Publishes current taxi driver, hackney carriage/private hire vehicle and private hire operator fee tables. Private hire operator grant is £557 for one year or £1,218 for five years; renewal is £368 or £1,029.

• Licensing fees

Provides the council's taxi licensing transactions and tariff-card route.

• Taxi shop

Applicants need a CSE-awareness certificate, driving assessment and council taxi knowledge test. Hartlepool manages the approved Tees Valley driving assessment; the knowledge test covers conduct, Highway Code and licensing legislation. The official 17 June 2025 review report confirms the private-hire topographical test had already been removed, distinguishing private hire from hackney/dual geography requirements. Six unsuccessful attempts require a fresh application. Full DVLA entitlement must have been held for twelve months. Enhanced DBS with subscription to its update service is required, with council checks every six months. A doctor with medical-history access must complete the medical; after six months a new medical or confirmation of unchanged fitness is required, and after twelve months only a new medical is accepted. Drivers over 45 provide medical evidence five-yearly, with annual medicals from 65. This summary confirms the published application steps but does not resolve the separate disability-training implementation timetable. That report proposed mandatory disability training for new and renewing drivers for consultation; it is not proof of final commencement. Its appended 2021 policy and the 2023 equality-training update must not be promoted as a newly adopted 2025 requirement.

• Current step-by-step new driver application
• 17 June 2025 official review report: approved earlier changes versus proposed disability training

Lists hackney carriage and private hire vehicle licences at £180.30. Lists private hire operator licence at £157 and annual years 2-5 at £105.

• Fees and charges booklet 2025-26 (2025-2026)

Lists hackney carriage and private hire vehicle licences at £180.30. Lists private hire operator licence at £157 and annual years 2-5 at £105.

• Fees and charges booklet 2025-26 (2025-2026)

In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Gateshead reported 46 private-hire operator licences. It reported that operators must retain 10 of the 12 booking-record fields surveyed: passenger name; booking date and time; pick-up date, time and point; main destination; driver name and licence number; and vehicle registration. It answered no for mandatory dispatcher/booker DBS checks and for a required policy on employing people with convictions. This is an authority-reported statistical return, not a complete application checklist; confirm the current application process, licence term, staff-vetting rules and fees with the council.

• Fees and charges booklet 2025-26 (2025-2026)
• Taxi and PHV operator licensing policies by licensing area (TAXI0111)
• Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics data tables

Lists hackney carriage and private hire vehicle licences at £180.30. Lists private hire operator licence at £157 and annual years 2-5 at £105.

• Fees and charges booklet 2025-26 (2025-2026)

Official PDF states it applies from 26 November 2014 and contains tariff bands, waiting and extras.

• Hackney Carriage Fares Scales (2014-11-26)

A secondary trade directory, marked last verified 30 June 2026, reports that Gateshead applicants must pass a knowledge test and complete medical and enhanced-DBS checks. A separate council-hosted 2026 consultation draft describes mandatory training in safeguarding and disability awareness, but it is draft material and is not treated here as an operative requirement. The council's current application page or adopted policy could not be recovered, so applicants must confirm the live test, training, provider, pass-mark and refresher requirements directly with Gateshead Council before booking or paying.

• Gateshead Council taxi and PHV licence requirements
• Draft taxi and private-hire licensing policy for consultation

Publishes one- and three-year driver fees, vehicle grant/renewal fees and tiered one- and five-year private hire operator fees. Page states taxi licence fees have not increased from the previous year.

• Public Protection Division fees and charges
• Private hire and hackney carriage driver FAQs

Publishes one- and three-year driver fees, vehicle grant/renewal fees and tiered one- and five-year private hire operator fees. Page states taxi licence fees have not increased from the previous year.

• Public Protection Division fees and charges

Publishes one- and three-year driver fees, vehicle grant/renewal fees and tiered one- and five-year private hire operator fees. Page states taxi licence fees have not increased from the previous year.

• Public Protection Division fees and charges

Publishes one- and three-year driver fees, vehicle grant/renewal fees and tiered one- and five-year private hire operator fees. Page states taxi licence fees have not increased from the previous year.

• Public Protection Division fees and charges

Publishes four time-based tariffs, distance increments, waiting at 30p per minute, soiling up to £100 and passenger extras up to £3.

• Hackney carriage fares in Hartlepool

New applicants need enhanced DBS, Group 2 medical evidence from a doctor with full records, and Barnardo's online CSE training before their knowledge test. The test covers Highway Code, taxi law, maths and CSE; local streets/routes apply to hackney and dual licences. Five failures cancel the application and trigger a six-month wait. The introductory webpage says the practical assessment may be passed within one year after licensing. However, the current-linked 2025 policy §§2.5 and 2.8 requires satisfactory approved driving-assessment evidence from new applicants. This timing conflict remains unresolved; applicants should obtain confirmation before relying on the one-year allowance. The council assesses English reading, speech and understanding during application and may require an additional test. The 2025 policy also requires 12 months' full driving experience, approved child/adult safeguarding training, enhanced DBS checks every six months with mandatory Update Service, and allows a further driving assessment where concerns arise.

• Current official driver application requirements
• Current-linked 2025 licensing policy, driver eligibility clauses

Current council hub routes to driver, vehicle and private hire operator licensing guidance. Publishes current driver, hackney carriage/private hire vehicle, testing, DBS and private hire operator fees.

• Taxi licensing
• Taxi licensing fees

Current council hub routes to driver, vehicle and private hire operator licensing guidance. Publishes current driver, hackney carriage/private hire vehicle, testing, DBS and private hire operator fees.

• Taxi licensing
• Taxi licensing fees

Current council hub routes to driver, vehicle and private hire operator licensing guidance. Publishes current driver, hackney carriage/private hire vehicle, testing, DBS and private hire operator fees.

• Taxi licensing
• Taxi licensing fees

Publishes current driver, hackney carriage/private hire vehicle, testing, DBS and private hire operator fees. Private hire operator fees are listed separately for one- and five-year grants and renewals.

• Taxi licensing fees

PHTM's September 2026 trade comparison reports £5.60 for a two-mile tariff-1 journey in Middlesbrough. This is a secondary benchmark only, not a complete meter tariff. The council's dated 2018 policy says the separate fare table sets maximums, lower fares may be negotiated, and an out-of-area higher fare requires advance agreement; it explicitly does not include the numeric current card. No night or waiting price is inferred from the daytime benchmark.

• September 2026 two-mile trade benchmark
• Council fare display/policy requirements

Both hackney and private hire applicants must complete approved disability-awareness training through JD Training Solutions or Greatest Expectations; an existing Level 2 BTEC in taxi/private-hire passenger transport exempts this course. The council knowledge test covers literacy/numeracy, taxi rules, Highway Code and local roads/landmarks; failure of literacy or numeracy fails the test overall. Group 2 medical fitness must be certified by a doctor with full medical records. Criminal-record and right-to-work checks also apply, with overseas good-conduct evidence where the applicant has not resided in the UK for the past five years. This confirms specific current application requirements, not a complete account of every training condition.

• Current driver checks and tests

Requires applicants to be over 18 and to have held a full DVLA licence for at least 12 months. Publishes one- and three-year hackney carriage, private hire and dual-driver fees plus DBS/DVLA and locality retest charges.

• Taxi licensing: Driver application guidance
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2023 (2023)

Publishes an application fee of £255 plus subsequent test fees and lists required vehicle evidence. Contains driver, proprietor/vehicle and operator policy plus the council fare-scale appendix.

• Apply for a New Private Hire Vehicle Licence
• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2023 (2023)
• Hackney Carriage Vehicle (Proprietor) Licences

Contains driver, proprietor/vehicle and operator policy plus the council fare-scale appendix. Fare appendix sets a £4 minimum charge, separate tariff-one and tariff-two distance steps, waiting increments, £2 for each passenger over four and soiling up to £120.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2023 (2023)

Requires applicants to be over 18 and to have held a full DVLA licence for at least 12 months. Publishes one- and three-year hackney carriage, private hire and dual-driver fees plus DBS/DVLA and locality retest charges.

• Taxi licensing: Driver application guidance
• Apply for a New Private Hire Vehicle Licence

Contains driver, proprietor/vehicle and operator policy plus the council fare-scale appendix. Fare appendix sets a £4 minimum charge, separate tariff-one and tariff-two distance steps, waiting increments, £2 for each passenger over four and soiling up to £120.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2023 (2023)

All new applicants must complete the licensing-officer Knowledge and Understanding session covering conduct, legislation, vulnerable/disabled passengers and safety responsibilities. Hackney and dual applicants additionally pass a locality test; it is not stated as required for private hire alone. Safeguarding training is a grant condition. Applicants must be over 18 with twelve months' full DVLA entitlement and Group 2 medical evidence from a doctor with full records. DBS Update Service enrolment is required. The current guidance does not specify a fixed safeguarding refresher interval or separate practical-assessment requirement.

• Current official driver training requirements

Official consultation explains that the policy covers vehicles, drivers and operators and proposed statutory-standard updates. Confirms the authority licenses hackney carriages, private hire vehicles, their drivers and private hire operators.

• North Tyneside Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy consultation (2022)
• Passenger guidance policy extract (2022-05)

Official consultation explains that the policy covers vehicles, drivers and operators and proposed statutory-standard updates. Confirms the authority licenses hackney carriages, private hire vehicles, their drivers and private hire operators.

• North Tyneside Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy consultation (2022)
• Passenger guidance policy extract (2022-05)

The current migrated council guide requires a North Tyneside operating base with planning consent. Applicants provide Basic DBS within one month unless already a council-licensed driver, passport/right-to-work evidence, tax-responsibility acknowledgement and business plan. The plan covers booking/subcontracting arrangements, records, advertising, staff register, ex-offender policy, complaints and lost property. Operators must inspect Basic DBS for booking/dispatch staff. The fee page currently lists £354 for one year or £1,360 for five years; no fee commencement date is printed. Lawful subcontracting to another licensed operator is explicitly allowed.

• North Tyneside Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy consultation (2022)
• Passenger guidance policy extract (2022-05)
• Current migrated operator guide

Withheld: no current official licensing fees detail has been verified.

Secondary reporting checked 13 September 2026 attributes the existing tariff to a council schedule effective 11 November 2024: £2.40 for the first 161.3 yards or 46.8 seconds, then 25p per subsequent unit. It reports the existing soiling charge as £125 and animal charge as £3, excluding assistance animals. The requested 8% rise, £130 soiling charge and £4 animal charge are proposals, not confirmed operative charges. This is a labelled secondary account, not an independently recovered full current fare card; no all-day schedule or complete waiting rule has been verified.

• Secondary September 2026 report of current tariff and proposed review

The council's driver pack requires every applicant to complete its online Safeguarding Awareness training. The knowledge test has a 90% pass threshold: private-hire applicants take section 1 only, with 30 questions on conduct, licensing law, safeguarding and the relevant Highway Code; hackney applicants also take location and route sections. Applicants have three attempts within three months, followed by a six-month wait after a third failure. The pack also requires Group 2 medical evidence, DBS Update Service enrolment and a full UK or EU/EEA driving licence held for at least 12 months. This is substantive official evidence dated 4 December 2024, but no current page linking the migrated document or separate disability/practical-assessment requirement was established, so current completeness remains partial.

• Driver application pack dated 4 December 2024 (2024-12-04)

Current hub contains driver, vehicle and operator application routes, fee information and a new hackney carriage tariff route. Publishes an annual hackney carriage vehicle fee of £241 and explains that private hire dispatch requires an operator licence.

• Taxi and minicab licence
• Taxi and Private Hire Licensing Fees Schedule (2023-02-01)

Current hub contains driver, vehicle and operator application routes, fee information and a new hackney carriage tariff route. Publishes an annual hackney carriage vehicle fee of £241 and explains that private hire dispatch requires an operator licence.

• Taxi and minicab licence
• Taxi and Private Hire Licensing Fees Schedule (2023-02-01)

Current hub contains driver, vehicle and operator application routes, fee information and a new hackney carriage tariff route. Publishes an annual hackney carriage vehicle fee of £241 and explains that private hire dispatch requires an operator licence.

• Taxi and minicab licence
• Taxi and Private Hire Licensing Fees Schedule (2023-02-01)

Current hub contains driver, vehicle and operator application routes, fee information and a new hackney carriage tariff route. Publishes an annual hackney carriage vehicle fee of £241 and explains that private hire dispatch requires an operator licence.

• Taxi and minicab licence
• Taxi and Private Hire Licensing Fees Schedule (2023-02-01)

Current hub contains driver, vehicle and operator application routes, fee information and a new hackney carriage tariff route. Publishes an annual hackney carriage vehicle fee of £241 and explains that private hire dispatch requires an operator licence.

• Taxi and minicab licence

New driver applicants must pass the council knowledge test and complete Child and Adult Sexual Exploitation awareness training (CASE). The current application page provides separate booking arrangements for both. This is a verified subset of training requirements, not a complete qualification checklist; disability training, practical assessment and refresher intervals remain unconfirmed.

• Current driver application guidance

Withheld: no current official driver licensing detail has been verified.

Withheld: no current official vehicle licensing detail has been verified.

Withheld: no current official operator licensing detail has been verified.

Live council pages checked 13 September 2026 give driver new £186 one year/£421 three years; renewal £158/£393. Live DBS via uCheck £64.20 supersedes the older search-cache figure £52.70; knowledge test £30, replacement badge £10. PH vehicle new £323/renewal £303, transfer/change of plate £57, specified vehicle tests £66. PH operator new or renewal £231 one year or £1,025 five years. HC vehicle fees are not independently confirmed in this enrichment. No fee commencement date is printed on the reviewed application pages.

• Current driver fees
• Current PH vehicle fees
• Current PH operator fees

Withheld: no current official taxi tariff detail has been verified.

The council's January 2025 licensing policy requires new hackney-carriage and private-hire drivers to pass a council-approved safeguarding and child-sexual-exploitation awareness course before grant, with the course repeated every three years. New drivers must also provide evidence of a council-approved practical driving assessment. Applicants must have held a full DVLA or EEA driving licence for at least twelve months. These are operative policy requirements; applicants should still check the council's booking instructions and approved providers before paying for training or assessment.

• Hackney carriage and private hire licensing policy - January 2025 (2025-01)

Withheld: no current official driver licensing detail has been verified.

Withheld: no current official vehicle licensing detail has been verified.

Withheld: no current official operator licensing detail has been verified.

Secondary evidence only: TaxiTools (checked 1 August 2026) reports single driver new £103/£193 for 12/36 months and renewal £84/£173; dual new £106/£195, renewal £85/£176. Knowledge test £36. HC vehicle annual £328, six-month £180; PH annual £313, six-month £171, excluding tests. One-to-three-vehicle operator new/renewal £236/£220 for 12 months or £744/£727 for five years. Council workbook could not be independently retrieved; confirm charges before payment.

• TaxiTools transcription checked 1 August 2026
• Referenced council December 2025 workbook, inaccessible

Withheld: no current official taxi tariff detail has been verified.

Applicants take a locality/knowledge test covering the borough, licensing rules, legislation and Highway Code, also assessing English. Returners within two years need not resit. CSE awareness training is mandatory before grant. Drivers of disability-adapted vehicles require relevant disability training with updates as directed. Group 2 medicals are required initially, at 45/50/55/60/65 and annually thereafter, through a doctor with medical records. The published policy states commencement on 1 April 2022 despite its 2024 URL. No fixed general refresher interval is specified.

• Published taxi licensing policy (2024-03)

Current hub links driver, vehicle, private hire operator and Hackney Carriage Tariff guidance. Publishes current driver, vehicle, test, DBS, knowledge and private hire operator fees.

• Private hire and taxi licences
• Licensing fees

Current hub links driver, vehicle, private hire operator and Hackney Carriage Tariff guidance. Publishes current driver, vehicle, test, DBS, knowledge and private hire operator fees.

• Private hire and taxi licences
• Licensing fees
• How to licence a new taxi and private hire vehicle

Current hub links driver, vehicle, private hire operator and Hackney Carriage Tariff guidance. Publishes current driver, vehicle, test, DBS, knowledge and private hire operator fees.

• Private hire and taxi licences
• Licensing fees
• Conditions of private hire operator licence

Publishes current driver, vehicle, test, DBS, knowledge and private hire operator fees. Operator grants are tiered by duration and vehicle count.

• Licensing fees

Current hub links driver, vehicle, private hire operator and Hackney Carriage Tariff guidance.

• Private hire and taxi licences

New applicants require twelve months holding an eligible full driving licence, the Tees Valley Taxi Assessment operated by Hartlepool, and a knowledge test including oral/written English. Reapplication after six months without renewal requires a new test certificate. Safeguarding including county-lines training is required for new applicants and at renewal. A Level 2 qualification is encouraged, not mandatory. Group 2 medical standards apply, with stated HGV-entitlement exceptions. This source is the council's published 2021–2026 policy; later replacement requirements must be checked when adopted.

• Current driver policy 2021–2026

Current council hub states that drivers, vehicle owners and private hire operators need council licences and routes to applications and fare information. Publishes fees for hackney carriage and private hire vehicles, testing, plates, operator licence tiers, driver licence durations, knowledge test and DBS.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing
• Fees and charges (effective 2024-10-08)
• Driver licence

Current council hub states that drivers, vehicle owners and private hire operators need council licences and routes to applications and fare information. Publishes fees for hackney carriage and private hire vehicles, testing, plates, operator licence tiers, driver licence durations, knowledge test and DBS.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing
• Fees and charges (effective 2024-10-08)
• Private hire vehicle licence

Current council hub states that drivers, vehicle owners and private hire operators need council licences and routes to applications and fare information. Publishes fees for hackney carriage and private hire vehicles, testing, plates, operator licence tiers, driver licence durations, knowledge test and DBS.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing
• Fees and charges (effective 2024-10-08)
• Operator licence

Publishes fees for hackney carriage and private hire vehicles, testing, plates, operator licence tiers, driver licence durations, knowledge test and DBS. Hackney carriage vehicle licence is £272; private hire vehicle licence is £256; driver licence is £93/£108/£125 for up to one/two/three years.

• Fees and charges (effective 2024-10-08)

Current council hub states that drivers, vehicle owners and private hire operators need council licences and routes to applications and fare information. Tariff one begins at £3.20 for the first 91.44m and adds 20p per subsequent 149.05m.

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing
• Scale of Maximum Fares 1 April 2026 (2026-04-01)

First-time hackney carriage and private hire applicants complete online safeguarding/disability-awareness and taxi-law modules followed by a multiple-choice knowledge test at the council. Topics include Highway Code, legislation, local routes, safeguarding and disability awareness. A renewing driver who already passed does not repeat this knowledge test. This source establishes the new-applicant learning route only; separate refresher safeguarding, practical driving and medical requirements have not been fully verified here.

• New-driver training and knowledge test

Current step-by-step new-driver route and online renewal route for the dual driver licence.

• Becoming a new driver
• Renew your driver licence

Current online route for hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle licences and tests.

• Apply for a vehicle licence and book a taxi test

No standalone current private-hire operator application route was verified.

• Taxis and private hire hub

Confirmed current values: three-year driver renewal £220; vehicle licence £49/£78/£97 for six months or £75/£119/£149 for 12 months depending on electric, hybrid or petrol/diesel fuel.

• Renew your driver licence
• Apply for a vehicle licence and book a taxi test

Official proposal intended for 18 December 2023: daytime £3.50 first 672 metres, then 10p per started 68.5 metres; night/Sunday/bank-holiday £3.50 first 634 metres then 10p per started 59.4 metres. Waiting 10p per started 55 seconds. Pets £1; assistance dogs, wheelchairs and luggage free; fouling £50. These remain proposal-labelled because final consultation outcome was not recovered. Festive initial-distance wording conflicts within the card.

• Taxis and private hire hub
• Blackburn with Darwen dated official fare evidence

English proficiency, UK licence, practical test, driver training and knowledge test, enhanced DBS/update service, medical, safeguarding and disability-awareness training are required.

• Becoming a new driver

Current online combined hackney-carriage/private-hire driver application route.

• Hackney carriage and private hire driver
• Schedule of fees

Current online hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle application route.

• Hackney carriage and private hire vehicles
• Schedule of fees

Current private-hire operator application and renewal route.

• Private hire operators
• Schedule of fees

July 2026 charges: driver new £75 one year or £195 three years, renewal £65 or £175; vehicle licence £130; operator 1–10 vehicles £180 one year or £485 three years.

• Hackney carriage and private hire driver
• Schedule of fees

Current maximum fares: weekday day tariff starts £2.60 for 160 yards then 20p per 160 yards; evenings/weekends starts £2.60 for 116 yards then 20p per 116 yards; daily midnight–6am starts £3.60; Christmas/New Year starts £5.60.

• Hackney carriage fares

Enhanced DBS/update service, Group 2 medical, right-to-work evidence and the council knowledge test covering local roads, taxi law, highway code and safeguarding are required; the three-day BTEC/NVQ/RVQ is currently postponed.

• Hackney carriage and private hire driver

Current licensing hub and application-guidance route for hackney-carriage and private-hire drivers.

• Taxis and private hire
• Taxis and private hire licensing downloads
• Taxi licensing fees

Current licensing hub and vehicle application-guidance route.

• Taxis and private hire
• Taxis and private hire licensing downloads
• Taxi licensing fees

Current licensing hub and official operator application form route.

• Taxis and private hire
• Taxis and private hire licensing downloads
• Taxi licensing fees

2026/27 charges: driver new £237 one year or £669 three years; hackney vehicle new £230, private-hire vehicle new £175; one-year operator starts at £326 for one vehicle and five-year operator starts at £1,515.

• Taxi licensing fees

PHTM's September 2026 trade table reports a two-mile tariff-1 fare of £6.00. This is a secondary benchmark only, not an adopted full council fare specification. Initial charge, distance/time pulses, waiting, extras and holiday schedules remain unverified; do not extrapolate this single example into other journey prices.

• Taxis and private hire
• PHTM 2 September 2026 two-mile daytime fare comparison

Applicants complete Bolton College literacy/numeracy screening and local-area/taxi-law knowledge assessment, Trust 2 Ride safeguarding/disability awareness, and a practical taxi driving assessment from DriveSafe or Mitchells. Assessment documents must be within 12 months at application. They also need enhanced DBS with continuing Update Service subscription and Group 2 fitness using D4 plus the council medical declaration; medical must be less than four months old when the licence is issued. The guide requires a driving licence held more than 12 months and overseas good-conduct evidence where applicable.

• Taxis and private hire
• Taxis and private hire licensing downloads
• Currently linked driver assessment guide

Current application route shared by hackney-carriage and private-hire drivers.

• Driver Licence Application and Information
• Licensing Fees and Charges - 4 August 2026

Current hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle application route.

• Vehicle Licence Application and Information
• Licensing Fees and Charges - 4 August 2026

Current private-hire operator application route.

• Operator Licence Application and Information
• Licensing Fees and Charges - 4 August 2026

4 August 2026 charges: private-hire driver £237 for three years, hackney driver £243; private-hire vehicle £100/£61/£46 by age and licence period, hackney vehicle £62; five-year operator £2,156 for up to 50 vehicles or £1,250 for a single vehicle at a private address.

• Licensing Fees and Charges - 4 August 2026

Council-current linked fare table: tariff 1 first 1,320 yards or four minutes £3 then 20p per 220 yards or 40 seconds; tariff 2 starts £3.50; tariff 3 Christmas/New Year starts £5.

• Hackney Carriage Table of Fares

Enhanced DBS/update service, safeguarding and child-exploitation training, Safer Cabbying test, medical, DVLA checks and right-to-work evidence are required.

• Driver Licence Application and Information

Current online route for a three-year hackney-carriage or private-hire driver licence.

• New taxi driver licence
• Taxi licensing fees

Current online application, renewal and vehicle-change route.

• Taxi vehicle licence applications
• Taxi licensing fees

Current online private-hire operator application and renewal route.

• Private Hire operator licence
• Taxi licensing fees

Current charges: driver £243 for three years; vehicle £293.50 up to three years old or £361.50 over three years; operator £356.50 for up to two vehicles or £509.50 for three or more.

• New taxi driver licence
• Taxi licensing fees

Current maximum fares: first 440 yards £2.50 day, £2.90 night/Sunday/bank holiday, or £3.80 Christmas/New Year; approximate first mile £4.30, £5.10 or £7.10.

• Hackney Carriage fares

English and maths qualifications or council assessment, taxi practical assessment, safeguarding training, knowledge test, enhanced DBS/update service and Group 2 medical are required.

• New taxi driver licence

Policy-backed driver route; dedicated live page not independently opened.

• Taxi licensing policy 2022-2027

Current private-hire vehicle application and renewal route.

• Private hire vehicle licence

Current five-year operator application route.

• Private Hire Operators Licence

Confirmed: private-hire vehicle £362 annually; operator £470 for five years. Other current figures not transcribed.

• Private hire vehicle licence
• Private Hire Operators Licence
• 2026/27 licensing-fee decision

Current guidance links three distinct zone cards. Congleton (1 August 2022): first mile £3.70 day, £5.50 night/Sunday/bank holiday, £7.40 festive; started tenths thereafter 30p/30p/40p. Macclesfield (same date): £4/£6/£8 and 30p/30p/40p. Crewe and Nantwich (1 September 2022): £4.50/£6/£8 and 30p in all bands. Ordinary night starts 23:30 in Congleton/Macclesfield, 22:00 in Crewe/Nantwich; ends 07:00. Festive band covers Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day from 18:00 preceding day to 08:00 subsequent day. All cards charge 30p per started 30 seconds waiting, 50p per passenger beyond one, and £100 soiling. Zone-specific fares must remain separate.

• 2026/27 licensing-fee decision
• Current hub, reviewed 25 March 2026
• Congleton card, 1 August 2022

BTEC Level 2 or NVQ Level 2/equivalent, theory test and approved child/adult sexual-exploitation course required.

• Taxi licensing policy 2022-2027

Current driver application and renewal route.

• Licensed driver application

Current vehicle licensing route linked from operator/licensing service.

• Private hire operator application

Current five-year operator application route.

• Private hire operator application

Dual driver £198; private-hire vehicle £266; five-year operator from £352 for one vehicle.

• Private hire operator application

Three zone-specific official fare charts; Chester tariff starts £2.80 for 210 yards, then 20p increments.

• Fares and charges

Licensed-driver qualification, practical assessment, medical, DBS and safeguarding training required.

• Licensed driver application

Current hub links driver licensing.

• Taxi and private hire

Current hub links hackney and private-hire vehicle licensing.

• Taxi and private hire

Current operator licensing route.

• Taxi and private hire
• Operator fees

Current operator fee £128.81; other located taxi figures are dated 2024/25 and withheld.

• Operator fees
• 2024/25 fee schedule

Current hub links the 11 May 2022 card: £3 includes first 0.4 mile, then 20p per started 0.1 mile. Night 22:00–06:00, public holidays including Easter Sunday, Christmas/New Year eves after 18:00 and Boxing Day after 06:00 add 50%. Christmas midnight–Boxing Day 06:00 and New Year midnight–January 2 06:00 add 100%. Carrying five-plus passengers can add a further 50%, disclosed at commencement. Waiting is printed separately as 20p per started 30 seconds; animal £1 except guide dogs; soiling £45.

• Taxi and private hire
• Current taxi hub
• Current-linked card dated 11 May 2022

Approved practical driving assessment required; complete current prerequisite set not yet verified.

• Taxi driver assessment

Current step-by-step driver application and renewal hub.

• Taxi and private hire licences

Current step-by-step vehicle application and renewal hub.

• Taxi and private hire licences

Current step-by-step operator application hub.

• Taxi and private hire licences

No harmonised current fee figures verified; located schedule is former Allerdale area 2023/24.

• Taxi and private hire licences
• Allerdale-area fees 2023/24

Only a proposed harmonised table was located; no tariff released.

• Proposed taxi table of fares

The current-linked final policy requires approved driver skills assessment covering driving, navigation, English communication, taxi law, safeguarding and disability/wheelchair awareness. Section 4 requires assessment evidence within three years for new and renewing drivers. It also requires Group 2 medical fitness, enhanced DBS including both barred lists, and DBS Update Service membership. Group 2 examination is required initially, at 45 and five-yearly to 65, then annually, unless medical circumstances shorten the interval. The safeguarding section requires a course/test and renewal certificates within three months, on a three-year driver cycle. However it retains an implementation-to-be-confirmed parenthesis for existing licensees; the current application hub warns that its pages are being updated and directs applicants to this policy.

• Taxi and private hire licences
• Current-linked final hackney and private hire policy

Current application and renewal hub.

• Taxi Licensing
• Licensing application forms

Current vehicle forms and annual licensing route.

• Taxi Licensing
• Licensing application forms

Current operator forms/policy route.

• Taxi Licensing
• Licensing application forms

Driver new £154.50 one year or £257.50 three years; vehicle £213; five-year operator £333 to £382 by fleet size.

• Licensing fees

Effective 7 December 2023: weekday 06:00–21:00 £3.10 first 237 yards, then 20p per started 176 yards. Evenings/weekends/holidays £3.30 first 89.4 yards, then 20p/137.5 yards. Midnight–06:00 £3.70 first 135 yards then 20p/135 yards. Festive December 24 18:00–27 06:00 and December 31 18:00–January 2 06:00 £5.80 first 332 yards then 30p/166 yards. Waiting 20p/40 seconds daytime, 20p/30 otherwise. Additional passengers/luggage 40p; 5–8 passengers may add 50% excluding extras; dogs £1 except assistance; cleaning £60. Diesel-linked adjustments use Heyhouses Service Station: +20p at £1.75/litre, another +20p at £2; reductions below £1.25 and £1.

• Current fare hub
• Current-linked card effective 7 December 2023

Enhanced DBS and regular medical assessments confirmed; full current prerequisite set remains unresolved.

• Taxi Licensing

Current single-status driver application and renewal route for hackney carriage and private-hire work.

• Taxis and private hire hub
• Single-status driver application guidance

Current hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle application route.

• Taxis and private hire hub

Current private-hire operator application route.

• Taxis and private hire hub

Driver grant £248 including £38 DBS; renewal £230 including £38 DBS. Hackney vehicle £268; private-hire vehicle £248. Operator £300 for one year or £600 for five years.

• Taxis and private hire hub
• Licence fees

Maximum-fare card effective 2 November 2021: Tariff 1 starts £3.00 for 440 yards; Tariff 2 £3.80; Tariff 3 £4.60, with published distance, waiting and extra-charge rules.

• Taxis and private hire hub
• Hackney carriage table of maximum fares

Full DVLA licence held at least 12 months, DVLA Group 2 medical, Diamond Standard Taxi advanced driving test, enhanced DBS/update service, taxi knowledge test, right-to-work evidence and conditional overseas/English checks.

• Taxis and private hire hub
• Single-status driver application guidance

Current online route for new hackney, private-hire or joint driver licences.

• Driver licence application guidance

Official private-hire vehicle application and licensing guidance.

• Private-hire vehicle licence guidance

Current online private-hire operator application route with planning, insurance, tax-check and suitability evidence.

• Private-hire operator application

The located official numeric schedule is labelled October 2024; current figures were not independently confirmed and are withheld.

• Taxi fees October 2024

Official fare card effective 15 April 2022: Tariff 1 starts £4.50 for 1,760 yards, Tariff 2 £5.00 and Tariff 3 £6.50, plus the published increments and extras.

• Hackney carriage fares

New drivers need a full UK licence held at least one year, enhanced DBS, Group 2 medical, knowledge test, online safeguarding training and disability-awareness training.

• Driver licence application guidance

Current private-hire and hackney driver application and renewal routes.

• Taxi and private hire hub
• New private-hire driver application

Current vehicle application route, testing guidance and age-based licence duration.

• Taxi and private hire hub
• New private-hire vehicle application

Current online private-hire operator application route.

• Taxi and private hire hub
• New private-hire operator application

New driver £66 for one year or £110 for three years. New private-hire vehicle £242 under eight years or £176 for six months at eight-plus years. New operator fees range from £242/£847 for one vehicle to £550/£1,920 for 51-plus vehicles (one/five years).

• Taxi and private-hire fees

No current official numeric hackney fare table was located in this pass; no tariff is released.

• Taxi and private hire hub

New drivers require enhanced DBS, right-to-work evidence, a full UK licence held at least 12 months, Group 2 medical and Level 2 Qualification in Transporting Passengers by Taxi and Private Hire.

• New private-hire driver application

Current driver application route and step-by-step new-driver guidance.

• Taxi and private-hire licence forms
• Becoming a taxi driver

Current hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle application route.

• Taxi and private-hire licence forms

Current private-hire operator application route.

• Taxi and private-hire licence forms

2026/27: new driver £143 annual or £362 three-year; driver renewal £336 three-year. Hackney vehicle £233 annual; private-hire vehicle £211 annual. Operator £199/£855 for one vehicle up to £417/£1,962 for 26-plus vehicles (annual/five-year).

• Licence fees

Current forms hub links the fare card effective 19 April 2023: Tariff 1 starts £3.20 for 880 yards, Tariff 2 £4.80 and Tariff 3 £6.40, with published increments and extras.

• Taxi and private-hire licence forms
• Hackney carriage fare card

Enhanced DBS/update service, two-day Lancaster and Morecambe College course with local knowledge test and safeguarding assessment, approved practical driving test, D4 Group 2 medical and right-to-work evidence.

• Becoming a taxi driver

Current step-by-step new and renewal routes for private-hire and hackney drivers.

• New driver step-by-step guide
• Renew a private-hire or hackney driver licence

Current online route for new or renewed vehicle plates.

• Apply for or renew a vehicle plate

Current five-year private-hire operator application route.

• Private-hire operator licence

New three-year driver licence issue £180 (£75 one-year licence for over-65s); street knowledge test £70. Vehicle plate £185 new or £180 annual renewal. Five-year operator licence £800.

• New driver step-by-step guide
• Apply for or renew a vehicle plate
• Private-hire operator licence

Rates operative from 31 March 2025: day rate £3.40 for first 300 yards, night £4.25, peak £4.75 and extra £5.10, with published distance, waiting and permitted-extra rules.

• Taxi stands and fares
• Hackney carriage rates of fare 2025

New applicants need enhanced DBS, Liverpool Standard Part 1, street knowledge test, medical and conditional certificate of good conduct; Liverpool Standard Part 2 is required within 12 months of first licence.

• New driver step-by-step guide
• Renew a private-hire or hackney driver licence

Current five-stage application route for hackney-carriage and private-hire drivers.

• Become a licensed driver

Current private-hire vehicle application, renewal and change route.

• Private-hire vehicles

Current standard private-hire operator application route.

• Standard private-hire operator

Three-year driver £255 new or £254 renewal. Private-hire vehicle totals £208-£328 new and £204-£324 renewal by age/testing frequency; hackney renewal £362-£482. Five-year operator £2,790.

• All taxi licensing fees

Effective 15 September 2023: day tariff starts £3.40, night £3.80, with published distance, waiting, holiday and extra charges.

• Public taxi fares and charges

Enhanced DBS/update service, medical, right-to-work evidence, skills assessment, knowledge test and driver safeguarding material are part of the application process.

• Become a licensed driver
• Driver training and safeguarding

Current online new-driver and renewal routes for Oldham dual driver licences.

• Taxi and private-hire hub
• New driver applications
• Driver renewals

Current online hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle application and renewal route.

• Taxi and private-hire hub
• Vehicle licence applications

Current private-hire operator application route.

• Taxi and private-hire hub
• Private-hire operators

Three-year driver £196 new or £118 renewal. Hackney vehicle £183 new/£168 renewal; private hire £182 new/£168 renewal, including one test. Operator £156/£456 for one vehicle up to £871/£4,026 for 400-plus vehicles (one/five years).

• Licence fees

No current official numeric hackney-carriage tariff was located in this pass; tariff withheld.

• Taxi and private-hire hub

Applicants must be at least 21, hold a UK licence for 12 months, provide right-to-work evidence, DBS and driving checks, complete a Group 2 medical, Driver Awareness Training and the knowledge test.

• New driver applications

Current hackney-carriage and private-hire driver application route.

• Taxi licensing hub
• Driver licence guidance

Current vehicle application/renewal routes for hackney carriage and private hire.

• Taxi licensing hub
• Hackney-carriage vehicle licence

Current private-hire operator application route.

• Taxi licensing hub
• Private-hire operator licence

Fees from 29 July 2025: driver £93 one-year or £224 three-year new; vehicle fees vary by type and duration, including private hire £178 annual new and hackney £204 annual new; operator £240/£1,311 for one vehicle to £443/£1,797 for 51-plus (one/five years).

• Taxi licensing fees

Current table: Tariff 1 £3.50 for first mile, Tariff 2 £4.00 and Tariff 3 £5.00, with published mileage, waiting and extra charges.

• Hackney-carriage table of fares

Knowledge test, full UK licence held 12 months, right-to-work evidence, enhanced DBS/update service, DVLA Group 2 medical and safeguarding/CSE training are required.

• Notes before applying for a driver licence

Current shared application route for hackney-carriage and private-hire drivers.

• Taxi licences hub
• Apply for a taxi driver licence

Current new and renewal vehicle application route.

• Taxi licences hub
• Apply for or renew a taxi vehicle licence

Current new and renewal private-hire operator route.

• Taxi licences hub
• Taxi operator licences

Driver £129-£176 new and £106-£152 renewal for one to three years. Vehicle £196 new or £151 renewal. Operator grant £137-£686 and renewal £125-£675 by term and fleet size.

• Taxi licence fees

Current maximum fares: Tariff 1 starts £2.20 for 559 yards; Tariff 2 £2.80, with published Tariff 3, distance and extra-charge rules.

• Taxi fares, ranks and accessibility

English and maths tests, local knowledge test, BTEC/VRQ Level 2 professional driver qualification, CSE training, enhanced DBS/update service, DVLA check, Group 2 medical and right-to-work evidence are required.

• Apply for a taxi driver licence

Current application route for hackney-carriage and private-hire drivers.

• Hackney-carriage information

Current application route for hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicles.

• Hackney-carriage information

Current private-hire operator application route.

• Hackney-carriage information

From 1 April 2026: driver £80.50 one-year or £213 three-year; vehicle £227 annual, £120 six-month or £85 four-month by age; operator £208 one-year, £552 three-year or £919 five-year for up to five vehicles, plus published additional-vehicle fees.

• Private-hire licence fees

Effective 16 April 2024: standard fare £4.50 for the first mile then 70p per fifth-mile, 50p waiting per minute, with published night/holiday and fouling charges.

• Hackney-carriage table of fares

Driver test, Group 2 medical, enhanced DBS, knowledge test, Diamond taxi-driver test and enrolment on the BTEC professional taxi/private-hire driver course are required; BTEC must be completed within one year of grant.

• Hackney-carriage driver conditions

Current first-application route for hackney-carriage and private-hire driver licences; renewal is linked from the council hub.

• Taxi and minicab licences hub
• First driver licence

Current online new and renewal routes for hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle licences.

• Taxi and minicab licences hub
• Vehicle licence application and renewal

Current private-hire operator application route, including planning and interview requirements.

• Taxi and minicab licences hub
• Private-hire operator licence

Driver £110 one-year or £258 three-year new; £74 or £222 renewal. Vehicle £339 new or £291 renewal plus private MOT. Operator ranges from £208 one-year/£1,042 five-year for one vehicle to £1,495/£7,478 for 71-plus vehicles.

• Taxi and minicab licence fees

No current official numeric hackney-carriage tariff was located in this pass; tariff withheld.

• Taxi and minicab licences hub

The current driver page confirms age/right-to-work/licence-tenure, statutory declaration, enhanced DBS and Update Service requirements, but a complete current mandatory qualification and test sequence was not established; field withheld.

• First driver licence

Current private-hire driver application route; the council states that the knowledge and conditions test must be passed.

• Taxi licensing hub
• Private-hire driver licence

Current council download route for new and renewal hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle applications.

• Taxi licensing hub
• Taxi licence downloads

Current private-hire operator application and renewal route.

• Taxi licensing hub
• Private-hire operators

2026/27 schedule: three-year driver £270; hackney or private-hire vehicle £220 new/renew; operator £205 one-year, £335 three-year or £465 five-year; basic-skills/policy-knowledge test £70.

• Fees and charges 2026/27

Effective 15 August 2023: £3.50 first mile, then 60p per 321.8 metres; waiting 40p per minute. Tariff 2 adds 50% and Tariff 3 adds 100%, with published extras.

• Hackney-carriage table of fares

Current application/policy material requires the knowledge and conditions test and covers enhanced DBS/overseas checks, right-to-work evidence, medical standards and a practical driving assessment.

• Private-hire driver licence
• Taxi licensing policy

Current new and renewal route for hackney-carriage and private-hire driver licences, updated 2 July 2026.

• Taxi and private-hire hub
• Driver licence application and renewal

Current new and renewal routes for hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle licences.

• Taxi and private-hire hub
• Vehicle licence application and renewal

Current private-hire operator application and renewal route.

• Taxi and private-hire hub
• Operator licence application and renewal

Driver application components total £283 (£50 assessment, £49.50 DBS, £50 knowledge test and £133.50 final payment), excluding the £80 Drivesafe assessment and medical. Private-hire vehicle £123 for six months; hackney vehicle £247 for 12 months. Operator ranges from £140/£424 for one vehicle to £410/£1,774 for 21-plus vehicles (one/five years).

• Driver licence application and renewal
• Vehicle licence application and renewal
• Operator licence application and renewal

Effective 1 April 2026: Tariff 1 £2.80 first 460 yards; Tariff 2 £3.60 first 460 yards; Tariff 3 is Tariff 1 plus 100%, with published distance, waiting and extra charges.

• Hackney-carriage fares

Applicants must be 21+, hold a driving licence for two years, provide right-to-work and conduct evidence, complete a DVLA Group 2 medical, Drivesafe assessment, pre-assessment, enhanced DBS/Update Service and knowledge and conditions test.

• Driver licence application and renewal

Current new-driver route for hackney-carriage and private-hire licences, updated 4 September 2026.

• Taxi licensing hub
• New drivers

Current online route for new and renewed hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicles, with the required fitness, ownership and insurance evidence.

• Taxi licensing hub
• New and renewed vehicles

Current private-hire operator application route, including premises/planning and fit-and-proper requirements.

• Taxi licensing hub
• New operator licence

From 1 April 2026: three-year driver £126 plus £50 new-application fee; vehicle £160 one-year or £95 six-month; five-year operator £250 for 1-2 vehicles, £1,200 for 3-50, £1,500 for 51-100 or £1,700 for more than 100.

• Taxi licensing fees from 1 April 2026

Council decision on 1 September 2025 adopted starting charges of £3.20 Tariff 1, £4.00 Tariff 2, £4.40 Tariff 3 and £4.80 Tariff 4, with the published time bands and a maximum £50 fouling charge.

• Council decision: amendment of hackney-carriage tariffs

Applicants must hold a driving licence for at least 12 months and complete enhanced DBS/Update Service, DVLA and right-to-work checks plus the knowledge test (seven correct answers from ten). The council states a VRQ is not required.

• New drivers