RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Gedling
Gedling Borough Council · Sources checked 10 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
New and renewing drivers use the council's taxi-driver portal. Before a new application, the council requires the applicant to pass its taxi knowledge test, safeguarding requirement and a practical taxi-driving assessment, and to arrange the specified medical examination. After portal registration, applicants must telephone Customer Services Licensing so the council can authorise the account before an application is made.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
The first step for a hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicle licence is to book and pay for the council inspection by telephone or at the Civic Centre. The test takes place at Jubilee House. Bring the V5C or new-owner slip, current MOT unless the vehicle is under one year old, public-hire insurance details, the driver's current taxi badge, a meter-calibration certificate and any applicable wheelchair lift or hoist certificate.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
A business or individual based in Gedling Borough needs a private-hire operator licence to take telephone bookings. Apply using the council's operator form, check whether the proposed base needs planning permission or a change of use, and read the form and current policy before submission. The council offers one-year and five-year licences, with the charge determined by fleet size.
- Licensing fees
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
The council's live fee page lists a driver licence at £263 for one year or £474 for three years, DBS at £49.50 and the knowledge test at £50. A six-month vehicle licence including inspection is £210, plus a refundable £40 plate deposit. Operator fees range from £80 for one vehicle for one year to £13,906 for 51 or more vehicles for five years. The page gives no fee year or commencement date, so confirm before payment.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
Gedling's current policy route says that hackney-carriage meters and displayed fare information must follow the council's fare scale, but no current public numeric fare scale with a confirmed operative date was located in the official source set. No fare figures are released from this record; operators and passengers should obtain the current table directly from the council.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Before a new driver applies, Gedling requires a taxi knowledge-test pass, completion of its taxi safeguarding requirement, a practical taxi-driving assessment with a pass certificate and the specified medical examination. The council currently lists Blue Lamp Trust, Green Penny and IAM RoadSmart as practical-assessment providers and states that only medical certificates from its two named doctors at The Cornerhouse are accepted.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- The live fee page publishes numeric charges but does not identify the fee year or an operative commencement date; retain the caveat and advise applicants to confirm before payment.
- No current official public numeric hackney-carriage fare scale with a confirmed enactment date was located, so tariff figures are withheld.