RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Knowsley
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Sources checked 9 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Current private-hire and hackney driver application and renewal routes.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Current vehicle application route, testing guidance and age-based licence duration.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Current online private-hire operator application route.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
New driver £66 for one year or £110 for three years. New private-hire vehicle £242 under eight years or £176 for six months at eight-plus years. New operator fees range from £242/£847 for one vehicle to £550/£1,920 for 51-plus vehicles (one/five years).
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
No current official numeric hackney fare table was located in this pass; no tariff is released.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
New drivers require enhanced DBS, right-to-work evidence, a full UK licence held at least 12 months, Group 2 medical and Level 2 Qualification in Transporting Passengers by Taxi and Private Hire.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- tariff