RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Bristol, City of
Bristol City Council · Sources checked 12 September 2026
- Driver licensing
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Applicants must be over 18 with a full driving licence held at least 12 months; enhanced DBS, medical, DVLA mandate and right-to-licence evidence required.
- Vehicle licensing
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New hackney must be ULEV, wheelchair accessible and type approved, in approved Bristol Blue. Contact licensing before buying: cap 795. Legal owner applies with insurance, inspection within six weeks, ownership evidence, V5, DBS/licensed-driver reference and meter calibration where fitted.
- Operator licensing
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Bristol physical address required. Supply DBS or driver reference, fleet lists and safeguarding/complaints/training policies. Basic DBS annually unless licensed-driver exemption; fleet lists monthly.
- Licensing fees
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Published driver one-year £140 plus £26 application and checks. Vehicle £251 annual/£129 six months. Operator 1–5 years £356/£491/£712/£883/£1,058.
- Taxi tariff
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Tariff content checked 23 October 2026. The current council passenger page links the visually checked April 2025 maximum-fare card despite its older filename. Six day/night/weekend/holiday bands start at £3–£4.40, with the card’s distinct distance pulses and waiting intervals. Optional extras are separately published. No exact legal commencement day is printed. Saturday and bank-holiday midnight-minute ambiguities remain excluded from calculator coverage.
- Mandatory qualifications
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Knowledge test required. Council says advanced driving test and Gold Standard course are not currently running. Safeguarding is due by first renewal; without it initial licence limited to one year.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Full policy conditions and all ancillary fees not exhaustively extracted.
- The current card has been visually checked and existing calendar selections compared; unresolved midnight-minute combinations remain excluded.
- Midnight schedule wording and pulse rounding must be retained, not normalised silently.