RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Brighton and Hove
Brighton & Hove City Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Council application route includes medical, police and DVLA checks plus local knowledge and route tests. Main page direct fetch403; official indexed text reviewed.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Upload every page and both sides of the V5, current hire insurance, approved-garage pass sheet and compliance certificate. Non-local-driver proprietors must provide basic DBS, including each company director or partner; locally licensed dual/private-hire drivers are exempt because of their enhanced DBS. For new applications the basic certificate must be within the preceding 12 months. Missing uploads may be emailed to licensing.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Operator renewal requires disability policies and procedures, basic DBS certificates for directors who are not already Brighton and Hove licensed drivers, a nine-character HMRC tax-check code and a booking/dispatch staff register. Those directors need annual basic checks. Operators must record seeing recent basic DBS evidence for booking and dispatch staff; staff returning after removal require fresh evidence. The register must be retained consistently with booking records. Unsatisfactory or missing disability procedures cause the application to be returned.
- Licensing fees
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
The committee approved the 2026–27 taxi fee appendix on 6 November 2025. Unambiguous matching figures across its columns: three-year dual driver £400, PH driver £320, annual HC vehicle £240, five-year operator £780 for both 1–2 and 3-plus car categories; route test £80. PH vehicle and knowledge-test figures are withheld: the labelled proposed column shows £200 and £50, but an unlabeled final column shows £210 and £67. The appendix has been visually checked and this is a source ambiguity, not an extraction assumption.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
Official current page shows ten tariffs. For1–4 passengers normal flag£3; evening/Sunday/holiday£4; midnight–06£5. Initial176yards or54seconds, then30p per started unit, combining distance/time. Festive bands differ. A2026review is proposed, not proof of an adopted increase.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Official page requires professional taxi Level2 BTEC and driving assessment, but still names the former DSA scheme; current approved provider and equivalent qualifications need confirmation before booking.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Full vehicle/operator/current licensing fees not extracted.
- Driver training page contains old DSA terminology; accepted assessment route needs confirmation.
- All10fare bands and combined distance/time engine not yet reviewed; calculator withheld.
- 2026proposed fare review must not be treated as operative.
- Resolve unlabeled appendix column before publishing PH vehicle/knowledge fees; new-versus-renewal distinction and operative day not stated in this appendix.
- Enrichment only; operator detailed requirements still not verified, and vehicle age/emissions conditions require the full handbook.
- Preserve prior verified fields. This is the current official indexed renewal checklist, not a complete new-operator grant policy. Direct fetch currently fails; the council's indexed page supplied the detailed evidence. New-grant premises, term and complete conditions remain unverified.