RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
South Norfolk
South Norfolk Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
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Combined applicants must be over 21, have held a full UK licence for 12 months and have right to work. Submit pre-application first; eligibility review can take 21 days and its reference lasts six months. Supply Group 2 medical, enhanced DBS and overseas good-conduct evidence where applicable.
- Vehicle licensing
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Current new-vehicle guidance requires first-licensed vehicles to be under five years old from first registration and advises suitability confirmation before purchase. Submit hire insurance, MOT and nominated-station mechanical taxi test each dated within 30 days, plus V5C or a bill of sale showing first registration; a full V5C must follow within one month of grant if initially absent. A fitted hoist, winch or ramp requires a LOLER certificate. Applicants without a South Norfolk combined driver licence need basic disclosure. Hackneys additionally need an approved meter certificate, calendar-controlled sealed tariff meter, displayed fare table and Taxi roof light front and rear. Council inspection precedes grant. The page quotes £275 for twelve months and up to fifteen clear working days after successful application/inspection. These are the current published application requirements, not every specialist or renewal condition.
- Operator licensing
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Five-year operator licences require a district operating base where bookings are taken and records available, planning checks, £5 million public liability insurance and right-to-work evidence. Basic disclosure within one month is required except the stated local-driver/applicant exemption; companies supply directors' and secretary's disclosures. Overseas residence since18 of three months or lack of five-year UK residence needs good-conduct evidence. Renewal, recently expired and equivalent existing licences require a tax-check code.
- Licensing fees
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Published five-year fleet fees: 1–6 vehicles £635.90; 7–49 £786.20; 50–99 £936.60; 100+ £1,187.60. No fee commencement date printed; checked13September2026.
- Taxi tariff
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South Norfolk's fare cap began on 1 April 2023; the current adopted-table page directly links the recovered schedule. T1 Monday–Saturday 06:00–23:00: £5 includes one mile or 600 seconds, followed by 25p per 176 yards or minute. T2 nightly 23:00–06:00: £6.50 includes one mile or 600 seconds, followed by 30p per 176 yards or minute. T3 Sunday 06:00–23:00 and public holidays: £5.50 includes one mile or 660 seconds, followed by 25p per 160 yards or minute. The table explicitly permits incomplete distance/time parts and combinations; these are shared meter allowances, not separately additive journey-time charges. Full extras and public-holiday/night overlap require further verification.
- Mandatory qualifications
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Provide approved taxi-driving and disability-awareness assessment certificates and English-language evidence or take the council assessment. The medical practitioner must have access to records.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Vehicle, operator, numeric fees and fare card not extracted.
- Preserve prior verified fields. Source-backed application summary, not every continuing condition.
- Current DOCX structurally extracted by publisher, not visually rendered; extras column not fully recovered.
- Combined distance/time meter and holiday overlap require explicit calculator modelling.
- Exact age thresholds, application documents, inspection schedule and fees are not supplied by the DfT return.