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Broxbourne
Broxbourne Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Contact licensing first. Applicants must be at least21 and have held a UK/EC licence for three years; medical, right-to-work and enhanced DBS checks apply. Join DBS Update. Restricted private hire is tied to one operator and specified executive/event or school work.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
First-licensing vehicles must be under five years old, or under ten for London taxis. Supply ownership/V5 evidence, MOT, insurance, compliance certificate and hackney meter calibration. Contact licensing before purchase if suitability is uncertain. Only appropriately Broxbourne-licensed drivers may drive the vehicle, with the stated post-repair mechanic testing exception.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Premises must be within Broxbourne, with planning/radio permissions where required and public liability insurance where accessible to the public. Supply basic DBS less than three months old per applicant unless an existing local licensed driver with valid enhanced DBS, right-to-work proof, complaints policy and relevant booking/dispatch ex-offender policy. Licensing supplies safeguarding/disability training after review.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
Current application page quotes £240 application and £72 enhanced DBS. Other fees and the commencement date remain unverified.
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Official December 2023 review identifies existing rates, proposed unchanged for 2024/25: first 1,000 yards £4/£5/£7.50/£9.50, then 30p/40p/50p/70p per started 190 yards or 38 seconds waiting. Rate 1 is Monday–Saturday 06:00–22:00; rate 2 covers nights, Sundays and bank holidays; festive rates and five-to-eight-passenger substitutions apply. This is dated historical official evidence, not confirmation of the operative 2026 schedule.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Pass the council knowledge test, disability/safeguarding course and approved driving-standard assessment. Hackney knowledge includes routes; private-hire knowledge excludes routes.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Complete operator/vehicle standards and fare card not extracted.
- Enrichment only; preserve prior confirmed summaries and fees. Full policy exceptions must be checked before purchasing a vehicle.
- Current2026 continuation not established.
- Printed one-mile£5.20 conflicts with started190yd arithmetic£5.50; do not encode calculator.