RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Cannock Chase
Cannock Chase Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Enhanced DBS, Group 2 medical and driving assessment are required. New applicants undergo a drug test; overseas good-conduct evidence may be requested.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
New non-WAV vehicles normally maximum 42 months old; purpose-built WAVs seven years. Electric/hybrid saloons may enter up to seven years, electric/hybrid WAVs ten. Council inspection required; normal vehicle licence twelve months; over-six-year vehicles inspected at least twice yearly.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Private hire operators require a district base. Operator, vehicle and driver licences must be issued by the same council; bookings must be recorded.
- Licensing fees
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
The council's current 2026–27 publication lists HC proprietor and PH vehicle licences at £320 including test and plates. Dual driver licence £129 for one year; three-year driver licence £262. Five-year PH operators: 1–5 vehicles £340, 6–15 £680, over 15 £890. Vehicle inspection £60, retest £15; missed appointment without 24 hours' notice £60. Driver DBS £40, new-driver drug test £26.60, knowledge retest £40; driving assessments charged at cost. The taxi table does not specify vehicle term or distinguish new/renewal prices.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
December 2023 byelaws: first 230 yards or 60 seconds £3.30/£4.95/£6.60; each further 176 yards or 45 seconds 20p/30p/40p. Passenger-caused waiting £16/£24/£32 hourly. Higher night/holiday tariffs and 50% supplement for five-plus passengers apply.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Knowledge test and preceding training include local geography, law, disability and safeguarding. Four failures mean rejection and at least twelve months before reapplication.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Current fee schedule remains unverified; do not use November 2024 package as current price.
- Byelaw document date is December 2023, not a verified tariff commencement date.
- Time-or-distance pulses require dedicated calculator support.
- Exact commencement day and vehicle duration not printed in reviewed table; visual table QA pending.