RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Rotherham
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · Sources checked 9 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Current online route for new and renewed hackney-carriage or private-hire driver licences.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Current vehicle application and renewal route; the annual licence includes the first test and plate.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Current route for a 12-month private-hire operator licence.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
Current charges: new driver £160 for one year or £234 for three years, renewal £90 or £164; annual vehicle licence £188; operator £161 for 1–3 vehicles, £215 for 4–20, £505 for 21–40, or £743 for more than 40.
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
No current implementation notice or live council fare table was verified, so no numeric tariff is release-safe.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Knowledge test, safeguarding course, BTEC Level 2 taxi/private-hire qualification, approved advanced practical driving test, Group 2 medical and enhanced DBS are required.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- The located tariff appendix describes a dated current table in a tariff-change report, but no current implementation notice or live fare page was verified; do not publish its figures.