Bradford taxi and private-hire licensing

This guide publishes only fields supported by the cited official sources. Anything unresolved is visibly withheld rather than inferred.

RESEARCHED AUTHORITY

Bradford

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026

Driver licensing
Official route/source found

Council directory and current fee page provide the driver route.

Vehicle licensing
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Council directory and current fee page provide the vehicle route.

Operator licensing
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Council directory and current fee page provide the operator route.

Licensing fees
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Council publishes current driver, vehicle and operator charges.

Taxi tariff
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Currently linked council card dated 25 June 2022: tariff 1 (Monday–Saturday 07:00–23:00) starts at £2.50 for 88 metres, then 10p per started 88 metres. Tariff 2 starts at £2.50 for 80 metres then 10p per started 80 metres, applying at night, Sundays/public holidays, specified festive eves and journeys beyond the district. Tariff 3 starts at £3 for 80 metres then 15p per started 80 metres during the printed Christmas/New Year windows. Card waiting figures per minute are 10p/20p/10p for tariffs 1/2/3; wording is ambiguous for tariffs 1/2. Advance off-rank hire supplement £1; fouling £50. The printed date is not independently verified as legal commencement.

Mandatory qualifications
Official route/source found

Current evidence confirms driver modular training and the District Awareness module introduced from May 2025.

Withheld or still needing confirmation
  • No current official numeric hackney-carriage tariff and effective date were verified.
  • The full current modular-training syllabus and pass requirements were not independently verified.
  • Waiting wording for tariffs 1/2 says completed seconds 'of part thereof'; calculator should not silently choose rounding.
  • Card date is 25 June 2022; current passenger page explicitly links it as latest, but commencement is not separately established.

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