RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Northumberland
Northumberland County Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Current hub contains driver, vehicle and operator application routes, fee information and a new hackney carriage tariff route. Publishes an annual hackney carriage vehicle fee of £241 and explains that private hire dispatch requires an operator licence.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Current hub contains driver, vehicle and operator application routes, fee information and a new hackney carriage tariff route. Publishes an annual hackney carriage vehicle fee of £241 and explains that private hire dispatch requires an operator licence.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Current hub contains driver, vehicle and operator application routes, fee information and a new hackney carriage tariff route. Publishes an annual hackney carriage vehicle fee of £241 and explains that private hire dispatch requires an operator licence.
- Licensing fees
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Current hub contains driver, vehicle and operator application routes, fee information and a new hackney carriage tariff route. Publishes an annual hackney carriage vehicle fee of £241 and explains that private hire dispatch requires an operator licence.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
Tariff content checked 23 October 2026. The current council hub contains six actual fare schedules, replacing the earlier tariff paragraph about a licence fee. The ordinary band starts at £2.70 for 500 yards, then 10p per 86 yards; distinct passenger, night and festive bands, 30-second waiting charges and extras are listed. Use the council’s table for those conditions. Exact legal commencement and detailed model/calendar handling remain unverified; no calculator model is enabled.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
New driver applicants must pass the council knowledge test and complete Child and Adult Sexual Exploitation awareness training (CASE). The current application page provides separate booking arrangements for both. This is a verified subset of training requirements, not a complete qualification checklist; disability training, practical assessment and refresher intervals remain unconfirmed.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- The linked fee PDF is dated February 2023; only figures repeated on the current web page should be treated as current without reconfirmation.
- Only stated qualification components verified; no exhaustive qualification claim.