Redcar and Cleveland taxi and private-hire licensing

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Redcar and Cleveland

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026

Driver licensing

Official route/source found

Withheld: no current official driver licensing detail has been verified.

Vehicle licensing

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Withheld: no current official vehicle licensing detail has been verified.

Operator licensing

Official route/source found

Withheld: no current official operator licensing detail has been verified.

Licensing fees

Official evidence found; detail still to confirm

Live council pages checked 13 September 2026 give driver new £186 one year/£421 three years; renewal £158/£393. Live DBS via uCheck £64.20 supersedes the older search-cache figure £52.70; knowledge test £30, replacement badge £10. PH vehicle new £323/renewal £303, transfer/change of plate £57, specified vehicle tests £66. PH operator new or renewal £231 one year or £1,025 five years. HC vehicle fees are not independently confirmed in this enrichment. No fee commencement date is printed on the reviewed application pages.

• Current driver fees
• Current PH vehicle fees
• Current PH operator fees

Taxi tariff

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Tariff content checked 23 October 2026. Section 198 of the council’s January 2025 policy contains a numeric fare table. Ordinary 06:00–midnight fare is £3.50 for the first mile or part, then 20p per tenth-mile; midnight–06:00, bank holidays and 24/31 December use £4 then 25p. Waiting is 10p per minute; luggage, larger-party and soiling extras are separately listed. The fare commencement date and subsequent distance/waiting partial-period rules are unprinted. This replaces the former no-numeric-source claim; no model is enabled.

• Council fare evidence

Mandatory qualifications

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The council's January 2025 licensing policy requires new hackney-carriage and private-hire drivers to pass a council-approved safeguarding and child-sexual-exploitation awareness course before grant, with the course repeated every three years. New drivers must also provide evidence of a council-approved practical driving assessment. Applicants must have held a full DVLA or EEA driving licence for at least twelve months. These are operative policy requirements; applicants should still check the council's booking instructions and approved providers before paying for training or assessment.

• Hackney carriage and private hire licensing policy - January 2025 (2025-01)