RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Rushmoor
Rushmoor Borough Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
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Age18+, full licence12months, current DVLA licence/check, address evidence, GP Group2 medical within one month, enhanced DBS Update consent, overseas conduct for residence over3months since18 and £5million public liability. Normally three years. Public webpage's EU-national right-to-work exemption wording is outdated and is not reproduced as a rule.
- Vehicle licensing
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HC proprietor17+, purpose-built or converted WAV. Provide registration/purchase proof, insurance, history check, basic DBS within one month unless locally licensed driver/operator. Unless brand-new within56days, MOT within28days of inspection. Inspection documents due48hours beforehand. No outstanding safety recalls; current page states electric or Euro5/6. Usually annual renewal.
- Operator licensing
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Rushmoor base, right-to-work and associates' DBS, £5million public liability and employer cover if staffing. Provide sample booking records and policies covering customer care, staff suitability/training, fatigue, complaints, lost property, safeguarding and disability. Premises inspection/planning review applies. Complete new application within three months. Booking records identify times, route, requesting operator, driver/vehicle and agreed or metered fare.
- Licensing fees
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Current page updated28March2026: annual HC new202.02/renew198.78GBP; PH174.59/171.34GBP, plates extra. Driver three-year new325/renew275GBP. Operator five-year one vehicle402.86/321.43GBP; more than one1028.26/946.83GBP. Knowledge session38.91GBP.
- Taxi tariff
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Adopted 5 August, effective 1 September 2026 after objection considered. All bands include972yd then charge each started112yd; waiting each started30s. R1 weekdays07–17:59 £3.60 +20p, wait20p; R2 evenings18–22:59 or weekends07–17:59 £4 +20p, wait20p; R3 nights23–06:59 and holiday07–22:59 £5.40 +30p, wait30p; R4 Christmas Day through27December06:59, Christmas/New Year's Eve21–23:59 and New Year's Day00–06:59 £7.20 +40p, wait40p. Extras £1 each passenger above five, £1 electronic booking, £1 outside-boundary start/end, fuel20p when fuel reaches£2/litre; maximum five extras/£5. Soiling maximum£100. Appendix retains draft heading but enclosing final decision makes it operative; old January2024 card is superseded.
- Mandatory qualifications
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Literacy/numeracy evidence or numeracy test; knowledge of Highway Code, locality and licensing; practical driving assessment, wheelchair element for HC/WAV work; classroom safeguarding and disability awareness. Assessment/training/test passes must be within three months of application.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Fare PDF broken; retrieve alternate official copy.
- PH vehicle detailed requirements not extracted.
- Current policy April2026 is linked; summary not exhaustive.
- Appendix A visually checked by publishing reviewer. Fuel supplement/outside-area applicability require inputs; no current fuel price invented.