RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Runnymede
Runnymede Borough Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Applicants provide an enhanced DBS certificate under three months old and must register with DBS Update. A Group2 medical under three months old must be completed by the applicant's GP or a doctor with full records. Overseas criminal-record evidence is required where applicable.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Submit the signed form/checklist with comprehensive hire-and-reward insurance covering each licensed driver. Obtain the MOT no more than five days before applying. The page specifies annual MOTs under four years and six-monthly tests over four; brake, tyre, steering or suspension advisories require repair evidence before licensing. After paperwork/payment, the council arranges a compliance inspection. Submit by email or Civic Centre reception. PH plate exemptions are individually assessed, free, and restricted to evidenced exclusive corporate/account work. Eligible accident replacements arranged through the insurer's authorised accident-management company may be temporarily licensed for up to 28 days.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Applicants must pass the operator knowledge test, obtain Basic DBS (a Runnymede driver Enhanced check can cover both applications), attend taxi safeguarding/child-exploitation awareness training and complete disability-awareness training. Submit the application with original DBS, test-pass letter, right-to-work evidence and both training certificates; the fee is required before the application is valid. The council accepts posted or reception-delivered applications and directs applicants to its 2025–2030 policy for full conditions. Its ten-working-day decision target is an aim, not guaranteed approval.
- Licensing fees
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Effective 1 April 2026: HC vehicle £277, PH £242. Combined/PH drivers new £594 three years or £305 one year; renewal £510/£219. Operator fleet bands 1, 2–5, 6–20, 21–40, 41–60, 61–80 and 81–100 vehicles: five-year fees £782/£790/£823/£866/£909/£952/£996; one-year £248/£257/£289/£332/£376/£419/£462. Knowledge HC £73, PH/operator £64; DBS £78. The sheet lists a vehicle transfer at £83 but also says vehicle changes attract the vehicle licence rate; confirm applicability. No credit for surrendered unexpired driver/vehicle licences.
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Tariff content checked 23 October 2026. The current council HTML and the fare card in its 2025–2030 policy conflict. The policy card uses 22:00 for the relevant night band, 78/92-metre distance stages and £50 soiling; the HTML has different hours, 78/86/103-metre stages and £100 soiling. The card is dated April 2024 without an exact commencement day. TECSI does not choose one conflicting source as an authenticated operative scale; no calculator model is enabled.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
The council knowledge test covers local geography and licensing rules. New applicants must attend a taxi-specific virtual-classroom safeguarding course. The application page links the2025–2030 policy.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Vehicle term not printed; transfer wording requires clarification; visual table QA pending.
- Preserve previously verified fields.
- Current numeric fees and full ongoing operator conditions not refreshed in this enrichment.
- Official Sunday/evening row says 1pm–midnight despite day rate until22:00 and includes conflicting78m/86m/103m fragments; do not silently correct.
- Effective date and ambiguous band2 pulses require authoritative reconciliation before any calculator use.
- The page does not resolve the exact fourth-birthday testing boundary; check the full policy. Full age/emission entry rules and licence fees not reverified.
- Preserve prior verified fields.