RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Dudley
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · Sources checked 12 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Council hub provides separate new hackney-carriage and private-hire driver application forms and renewal forms. Renew before expiry; applications can be made up to eight weeks early.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Separate PH/hackney vehicle application forms are provided. Council testing is annual below six years, six-monthly from six to under ten years, and four-monthly at ten-plus years.
- Operator licensing
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Council hub provides a private-hire operator application form and licence conditions. Operators maintain booking records and require a basic DBS check.
- Licensing fees
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The currently linked PDF is named 2026 but its heading says effective 1 April 2025. It lists vehicle new £256 and renewal £245; operator one/three/five years £455/£1,296/£2,046. Driver renewals £129 one year or £322 three years. New-driver grant figures appear in two unlabelled columns, so no total new-driver fee is asserted.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
Current numeric taxi tariff not obtained in this batch. Do not substitute licensing fees or neighbouring-council comparison figures for the fare card.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Council checks page requires a DVLA Group 2 medical on initial application and basic DBS for operators. Driver hub states full UK driving licence held two years. Full current driver training/DBS recurrence must be checked against policy, as the web page still describes three-year DBS checks.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Fare card and effective date outstanding.
- Fee PDF filename/year differs from printed effective heading; driver new-grant columns are unlabelled.
- Mandatory training and DBS recurrence not fully reconciled against latest conditions.