RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
South Tyneside
South Tyneside Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Withheld: no current official driver licensing detail has been verified.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Withheld: no current official vehicle licensing detail has been verified.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Withheld: no current official operator licensing detail has been verified.
- Licensing fees
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Secondary evidence only: TaxiTools (checked 1 August 2026) reports single driver new £103/£193 for 12/36 months and renewal £84/£173; dual new £106/£195, renewal £85/£176. Knowledge test £36. HC vehicle annual £328, six-month £180; PH annual £313, six-month £171, excluding tests. One-to-three-vehicle operator new/renewal £236/£220 for 12 months or £744/£727 for five years. Council workbook could not be independently retrieved; confirm charges before payment.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
Withheld: no current official taxi tariff detail has been verified.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Applicants take a locality/knowledge test covering the borough, licensing rules, legislation and Highway Code, also assessing English. Returners within two years need not resit. CSE awareness training is mandatory before grant. Drivers of disability-adapted vehicles require relevant disability training with updates as directed. Group 2 medicals are required initially, at 45/50/55/60/65 and annually thereafter, through a doctor with medical records. The published policy states commencement on 1 April 2022 despite its 2024 URL. No fixed general refresher interval is specified.
- Published taxi licensing policy (2024-03)
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- No current official fee schedule verified.
- Policy establishes the fare framework but no current numeric fare table was verified.
- Official workbook unavailable through both local and VPS retrieval; numeric fees remain explicitly secondary.
- Higher operator bands and newly registered vehicle distinctions are omitted from this concise summary.
- No claim of exhaustive licensing conditions.