RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Teignbridge
Teignbridge District Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Teignbridge's current application page covers new and renewal driver licences. A new applicant must be over 21, have held a full DVLA driving licence for at least 12 months, pass an approved private-hire/hackney-carriage driving assessment before applying and attend the council's disability-awareness training. The application process also requires DBS evidence and continuing Update Service subscription, right-to-work evidence and a Group 2 medical completed by a practitioner with access to the applicant's full medical history. Medical evidence is required on application, every five years from age 45 and annually from age 65. Applicants should use the live council page for the current form, accepted evidence, appointments, providers and fees.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
The council provides an online MyAccount service for hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle applications. Registration or login is required to submit and track the request.
- Operator licensing
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
An operating address within Teignbridge is required for documented bookings. The policy currently identified as operative offers one- or five-year licences. Notify address, driver/vehicle additions or departures, and convictions affecting the operator or directors/partners within seven days. Notify the council of booking complaints immediately. Check drivers' current council licences and badges and vehicles' hire-or-reward insurance. Record bookings before journeys and retain records at least twelve months after the last entry; maintain an inspectable vehicle ledger. Keep public waiting premises clean, heated, ventilated and adequately seated. The council's July 2026 page distinguishes this current policy from the new consultation draft.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
Current council page, updated 11 May 2026: HC/PH vehicle new £178, renewal £135; inspection £66.15, retest £27.40, MOT £54.85 or combined MOT/taxi test £97. Operator £158 annually or £506 for five years. Three-year driver new joint £470 or single HC/PH £459; renewal joint £389 or single £382. Replacement badge £20; DBS £70. Marked application fees include £40 non-refundable administration. Other driver rows have no explicit duration, so no duration is inferred here.
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
On 18 February 2026 the committee resolved that a proposed hackney-carriage fare increase be advertised and take effect if no additional comments were received. A subsequent final notice, effective date and full current fare card were not verified, so no figures are presented as current.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
The current driver application page requires applicants to be over 21, hold a DVLA driving licence for at least 12 months, pass a private-hire/hackney-carriage driving assessment before applying and attend disability-awareness training at the council offices. Medical evidence must come from a practitioner with access to the full medical history; medicals are required at application, every five years from age 45 and annually from 65. DBS and continuing Update Service subscription are required. These are confirmed application-page requirements, not an exhaustive training syllabus.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Current driver and operator steps, detailed vehicle standards, fees, final adopted fare card and mandatory qualification evidence remain to be verified.
- The June 2026 revised policy was consultation material; this summary uses the live application page and does not promote draft knowledge, English or safeguarding changes.
- No legal commencement date stated; page-update date is not treated as commencement.
- Vehicle licence duration and duration of non-three-year driver rows are not established from this page.
- Preserve previous fields. New draft consultation closed 7 August 2026; adoption not established and its annual DBS provisions are not substituted for the operative source. Exact fee and full current vetting requirements remain unverified.
- Safeguarding, knowledge and English assessment detail in the June 2026 committee pack is explicitly draft consultation material; adoption/current commencement not established, so not promoted to operative requirements. The application page still quotes an old DBS subscription price, which is deliberately not reproduced. Refresher training cadence unconfirmed.