RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Cotswold
Cotswold District Council · Sources checked 12 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Over 18, full UK licence over 12 months and fewer than six points, right to work, Group 2 medical/vision, enhanced DBS/update and DVLA check.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Driver guidance states vehicle must be under five years when first licensed. Separate vehicle application necessary; full vehicle criteria still to extract.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Business within district, appropriately licensed fleet/drivers, basic DBS and right-to-work evidence; written annual booking/dispatch staff criminality-check policy required.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
1 April 2026–31 March 2027: dual driver three-year new £343/renewal £253; vehicle new £343/renewal £253; operator five-year £550 or annual £138; knowledge £104.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
Official card dated 6 September 2022: initial 1,410 yards £4/£4.50/£8; further 70yd10p,60yd15p,70yd20p respectively. Waiting 30p per started minute. Current-version confirmation still required before calculator release.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Knowledge, driving assessment, safeguarding and English proficiency evidence required.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Current tariff version needs confirmation from current licensing link; 2022 source date not assumed to prove continuing effect.
- Operator page mentions basic DBS and Update Service together; do not imply basic certificates support Update Service.
- Full vehicle conditions and visual PDF review outstanding.