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Ashfield
Ashfield District Council · Sources checked 12 September 2026
- Driver licensing
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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.
- Vehicle licensing
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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.
- Operator licensing
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The council publishes the private-hire operator application route, virtual-appointment and email submission details. New operators must attend its safeguarding-vulnerable-passengers course.
- Licensing fees
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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 tariff
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Tariff content checked 23 October 2026. The current council DOCX explicitly states that this scale operates from 3 October 2022. The first mile costs £3.60 daytime 06:00–23:00, £4.80 overnight/ordinary bank holidays and specified festive eves, or £6 on Christmas/New Year’s Day. Further started units are 176 yards at 20p by day and 146.66 yards at 20p/30p in the higher bands. Waiting is 25p for each minute or part. A five-or-more-passenger uplift and soiling conditions are separate; the calculator keeps its existing one-passenger scope.
- Mandatory qualifications
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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.