RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Gateshead
Gateshead Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Lists hackney carriage and private hire vehicle licences at £180.30. Lists private hire operator licence at £157 and annual years 2-5 at £105.
- Fees and charges booklet 2025-26 (2025-2026)
- Vehicle licensing
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Lists hackney carriage and private hire vehicle licences at £180.30. Lists private hire operator licence at £157 and annual years 2-5 at £105.
- Fees and charges booklet 2025-26 (2025-2026)
- Operator licensing
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Gateshead reported 46 private-hire operator licences. It reported that operators must retain 10 of the 12 booking-record fields surveyed: passenger name; booking date and time; pick-up date, time and point; main destination; driver name and licence number; and vehicle registration. It answered no for mandatory dispatcher/booker DBS checks and for a required policy on employing people with convictions. This is an authority-reported statistical return, not a complete application checklist; confirm the current application process, licence term, staff-vetting rules and fees with the council.
- Licensing fees
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Lists hackney carriage and private hire vehicle licences at £180.30. Lists private hire operator licence at £157 and annual years 2-5 at £105.
- Fees and charges booklet 2025-26 (2025-2026)
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Official PDF states it applies from 26 November 2014 and contains tariff bands, waiting and extras.
- Hackney Carriage Fares Scales (2014-11-26)
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
A secondary trade directory, marked last verified 30 June 2026, reports that Gateshead applicants must pass a knowledge test and complete medical and enhanced-DBS checks. A separate council-hosted 2026 consultation draft describes mandatory training in safeguarding and disability awareness, but it is draft material and is not treated here as an operative requirement. The council's current application page or adopted policy could not be recovered, so applicants must confirm the live test, training, provider, pass-mark and refresher requirements directly with Gateshead Council before booking or paying.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- No 2026/27 fee schedule verified.
- No evidence that the 2014 fare scale remains current; do not treat its figures as current.
- The DfT return does not provide a complete current operator application checklist, licence term or fee schedule.
- Current council application guidance and final adopted training, test, provider, pass-mark and refresher rules remain unverified.