RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Cheltenham
Cheltenham Borough Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Provide driving licence, D4 medical/declaration, enhanced DBS/update enrolment, right-to-work and photo. Medical maximum three months; overseas residence over six months requires good-conduct evidence.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Approved model check before buying; MOT/fitness test, V5 or bill of sale, insurance, relevant M1/meter certificate and basic DBS unless licensed-driver exemption. New hackneys silver and wheelchair accessible; private-hire replacements not silver.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Individuals, partnerships and companies may apply. The council checks fitness, criminal records and right to work: a DBS certificate issued within three months or DBS Update Service details may be supplied. Check planning permission for the operating address. Original immigration evidence is required; restricted permission limits licence duration. Renewal or an equivalent licence with another authority requires a tax check. The operator is responsible for its licence conditions.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
Published five-year operator fees: 1–3 cars £1,651; 4–10 £1,988; 11–30 £5,325; 31 or more £7,429. The current table also lists vehicle grant/renewal £265 and three-year driver grant/renewal £293. No effective date is printed in the extracted fee section; checked 13 September 2026.
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
The currently linked migrated PDF is labelled effective 17 February 2025: ordinary weekday 07:00–20:00 start £3.20, 20p per 124 yards and 20p waiting per 29 seconds. Rate 2 starts £3.85 with 25p per 124 yards and 25p per 24 seconds for nights, weekends/bank holidays and festive eves 18:00–23:00. Festive rate 3 starts £5.35, 35p per 124 yards and 35p per 29 seconds. A separate race rate is £4.80, 20p per 83 yards and 20p per 29 seconds in specified race windows. However an indexed 2026 card states 25 February 2026 and changed schedules, while its old URL now fails. Currentness conflict must be resolved before treating the migrated 2025 figures as definitive current fares.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Knowledge test, safeguarding and driving assessment required; English evidence or proficiency assessment. Refresher safeguarding/equality every three years.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- 2025 versus indexed 2026 fare-card conflict blocks current numeric calculator publication.
- Driver page gives 30-day update-service enrolment in new section and 28-day renewal section: use official DBS enrolment deadline, do not repeat 30-day assurance.
- Vehicle page contains old 2021 transition material alongside current policy link; full current policy review outstanding.
- Operator conditions and initial included-distance/rounding not established.
- Preserve prior verified summaries. This operator application summary does not exhaust booking-record, staff-vetting or outsourcing conditions. Fee commencement date is not established.
- Current page links a 2025 card but indexed2026 card has a later effective date. Preserve source conflict and do not activate calculator.
- Race windows, included initial distance and extras require full2026 card recovery.