RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Current step-by-step new-driver route and online renewal route for the dual driver licence.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Current online route for hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle licences and tests.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
No standalone current private-hire operator application route was verified.
- Licensing fees
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
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.
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
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.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
English proficiency, UK licence, practical test, driver training and knowledge test, enhanced DBS/update service, medical, safeguarding and disability-awareness training are required.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- No standalone current private-hire operator application route was verified.
- The new-driver fee was not verified.
- No current official numeric hackney-carriage tariff and effective date were verified.
- The reviewed pages are on the council-owned webtest.blackburn.gov.uk host; canonical production URL migration should be checked before public linking.
- Do not describe proposed18December2023 date as adopted or current.
- Festive card says603metres thenfirst731metres; hold numeric calculator.