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Lichfield
Lichfield District Council · Sources checked 12 September 2026
- Driver licensing
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Apply online for a combined hackney/private-hire driver licence; the council only offers combined licences, for three years. Prepare photo, national-insurance and driving details, DVLA check, applicable tax check and right-to-work evidence.
- Vehicle licensing
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Maximum eight passenger seats; contact licensing before applying for more than four. Hackneys must be white, metered and roof-signed; PHVs must not be white. Use the vehicle application route and confirm age/compliance requirements before buying.
- Operator licensing
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Complete the operator application and deliver or post it to District Council House, Frog Lane. The council contacts applicants to take payment. The guidance includes DBS, planning, right-to-work, tax and training sections; read those before submitting.
- Licensing fees
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Current driver page: new three-year licence £245, renewal £220; DBS £61.88 plus £16 annual Update Service. Driving assessment £87, safeguarding £35, disability awareness £40; medical charged separately. Vehicle new £205, renewal £185. Operator fee page states £370 per vehicle for five years.
- Taxi tariff
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Council still identifies the February 2020 table as current: first mile £3.80 normal or £4.90 tariff 2, then 20p/26p per tenth mile or part. Tariff 2 applies midnight–06:59, Christmas/New Year's Eve from 18:00 and public bank holidays. Waiting is £15/hour with a ten-minute commencement/increment note needing clarification for automatic calculation.
- Mandatory qualifications
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Enhanced DBS with maintained Update Service; Group 2 medical initially, renewal after 45 and annually from 65; overseas good-character evidence for six months abroad in the past five years. New drivers complete Blue Lamp driving and disability assessments; safeguarding is required at application and renewal.
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- Vehicle age/compliance test details and operator training specifics still require expansion.
- Waiting wording says after first ten minutes then each subsequent ten; confirm free allowance and partial-block treatment before calculator use.
- Fare DOCX was structurally extracted but not visually rendered; no numeric live-engine approval claimed.