RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Cheshire East
Cheshire East Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Policy-backed driver route; dedicated live page not independently opened.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Current private-hire vehicle application and renewal route.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Current five-year operator application route.
- Licensing fees
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Confirmed: private-hire vehicle £362 annually; operator £470 for five years. Other current figures not transcribed.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
Current guidance links three distinct zone cards. Congleton (1 August 2022): first mile £3.70 day, £5.50 night/Sunday/bank holiday, £7.40 festive; started tenths thereafter 30p/30p/40p. Macclesfield (same date): £4/£6/£8 and 30p/30p/40p. Crewe and Nantwich (1 September 2022): £4.50/£6/£8 and 30p in all bands. Ordinary night starts 23:30 in Congleton/Macclesfield, 22:00 in Crewe/Nantwich; ends 07:00. Festive band covers Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day from 18:00 preceding day to 08:00 subsequent day. All cards charge 30p per started 30 seconds waiting, 50p per passenger beyond one, and £100 soiling. Zone-specific fares must remain separate.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
BTEC Level 2 or NVQ Level 2/equivalent, theory test and approved child/adult sexual-exploitation course required.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- tariff
- Calculator must resolve the licensed zone rather than apply one Cheshire East tariff; substitute holiday precedence requires explicit handling.