Tamworth taxi and private-hire licensing

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Tamworth

Tamworth Council · Sources checked 12 September 2026

Driver licensing

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Group2 medical at initial application and maximum five-year intervals up to45, three-yearly45–65 and annually over65, or sooner when required medically.

• 2023–2028 policy

Vehicle licensing

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Separate online hackney and private-hire grant/renewal forms and vehicle conditions provided, with compliance testing.

• Forms and conditions

Operator licensing

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Council provides operator application form and separate operator conditions; complete technical requirements remain to extract.

• Forms and conditions

Licensing fees

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Published driver three-year£259; operator five-year£503; hackney vehicle£199/PH£205; compliance test£54.85. DBS£70.80, driving assessment£87 and DDA/safeguarding£42 separately paid. Taxi subsection lacks explicit effective date.

• Licence fees

Taxi tariff

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Linked card dated30September2022: first370.526yards£3/£3.95/£4.80; each further started176yards23p/35p/46p. Waiting20p per started minute only for passenger-caused delay or requested waiting, not general traffic delay.

• Linked fare card

Mandatory qualifications

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Policy requires safeguarding and disability-awareness training for vehicle proprietors, refreshed every three years. Further driver training detail remains to extract.

• 2023–2028 policy