RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Rossendale
Rossendale Borough Council · Sources checked 9 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Current private-hire driver application route; the council states that the knowledge and conditions test must be passed.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Current council download route for new and renewal hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle applications.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Current private-hire operator application and renewal route.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
2026/27 schedule: three-year driver £270; hackney or private-hire vehicle £220 new/renew; operator £205 one-year, £335 three-year or £465 five-year; basic-skills/policy-knowledge test £70.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
Tariff content checked 23 October 2026. The current card expressly applies from 15 August 2023. Ordinary fare is £3.50 for the first 1,609 metres, then 60p per started 321.8 metres. The distance bands have 50% and 100% uplifts, but waiting is separately printed as 40p, 50p and 60p per minute or part; it must not be calculated by applying those distance multipliers to ordinary waiting. Festive-eve calendar wording and passenger-tier conditions remain qualifications; no model is enabled.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Current application/policy material requires the knowledge and conditions test and covers enhanced DBS/overseas checks, right-to-work evidence, medical standards and a practical driving assessment.