RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth Borough Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Great Yarmouth reported enhanced DBS and barred-list checks for taxi and private-hire drivers, DBS Update Service membership, child sexual abuse and exploitation training, a topographical requirement and an oral-English standard. It reported no advanced-driver-training requirement and said overseas applicants must provide a certificate of good character. This authority-reported statistical return does not replace the council's current application pack, so applicants should confirm forms, medical and right-to-work evidence, test format, providers, renewal rules and fees directly with the council.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Great Yarmouth reported age standards for taxis and private-hire vehicles, permitted CCTV in both fleets, and required DBS checks for non-driver taxi and PHV vehicle owners. It reported no daily roadworthiness-check requirement or rear-window light-transmission threshold. Current operative local application and specification pages were not recovered, so exact age limits, tests, documents and fees remain withheld.
- Operator licensing
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
In its 2026 Department for Transport return, Great Yarmouth reported 23 private-hire operator licences. It said dispatcher and booker DBS checks are required and that operators must retain all 12 booking-record fields surveyed, including passenger, booking, journey, driver, vehicle, booker and dispatcher details; it answered no for a required policy on employing people with convictions. The same return recorded a dedicated taxi and private-hire policy last updated in 2022. 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 route/source found
The council’s published 2025/26 schedule listed a three-year driver licence at £230, private-hire vehicle licence at £294 and five-year private-hire operator licences from £409 for one to ten vehicles. These are dated 2025/26 figures, not a claim of the current 2026/27 charge; confirm the latest fee before paying.
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
January 2025 council review proposed: day 06:00–21:00 £3.20 first 294 yards then 20p/started 146.6 yards, waiting 20p/40 seconds; night/public holiday £3.60 first 352 yards then 30p/176 yards, waiting 30p/45 seconds; Sunday daytime £3.40 first 456 yards then 25p/162.9 yards, waiting 25p/42 seconds. Festive £4.60 first 160 yards then 40p/180 yards and 45 seconds, 24 December 18:00–27 December 06:00 and 31 December 18:00–2 January 06:00. Proposed luggage/additional passenger 40p, cleaning £80 inside/£30 outside. These are proposal evidence, NOT a confirmed operative schedule: the report requires statutory advertising and objection handling.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
The council-hosted policy handbook says driver applicants need a valid DVLA licence check code, a Group 2 medical and evidence of council-approved safeguarding-awareness training. The handbook is an older policy document still hosted by the council; confirm the current application pack and training provider before booking or paying.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- The council’s main site returned 403 during this pass. Current application steps, vehicle and operator conditions, 2026/27 charges and full fare card remain withheld.
- The current council driver application route and operative local policy could not be recovered. The DfT return confirms only the reported policy controls listed above.
- The DfT return does not provide a complete current operator application checklist, licence term or fee schedule; no older local policy is presented as current.
- Final notice, commencement and post-consultation card remain unverified; do not use proposal amounts for a live quote.
- The pack labels the proposal 2024 although meeting is January 2025; older Appendix1 is 2022 and should not be silently substituted.
- Exact age limits, application documents, inspection schedule and fees require a current linked council source.