RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury Borough Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
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Three-year standard licence; DVLA held12months, enhancedDBS both barred lists/UpdateService with six-month checks, Group2 medical declaration within4months, right-to-work and tax requirements. Submit renewal eight weeks before expiry.
- Vehicle licensing
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Current policy requires Euro6/ULEV/EV at renewal from1Jan2026; WAV renewal until15years. Annual council test, six-monthly aged5plus, certificate withinone month. New vehicles over12months require MOT withinone month; tail-lift LOLERsix-monthly.
- Operator licensing
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One/five-year licences; base in borough with planning permission, annual basicDBS unless council-licensed driver, £5m publicliability for public premises. Booking/dispatch staff checks/policies and journey records. Renewal eight weeks beforeexpiry.
- Licensing fees
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With effect from 1 April 2026, new three-year hackney or private-hire driver licences cost £310 and renewals £273; a one-year licence determined by sub-committee costs £182. Hackney vehicle grant/renewal is £276 and private-hire vehicle grant/renewal £268. Operator fees are fleet-banded: for 1–3 vehicles, £535 for five years or £133 for one year; the largest band, over 25 vehicles, is £6,407 or £1,670. The schedule separately lists tests, replacement documents, vehicle changes and plate exemptions.
- Taxi tariff
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The current council passenger guidance links the fare card dated 18 July 2022. Rate 1, hirings 07:00–23:00 excluding Sundays: £3.50 for the first 660 yards or part, then 30p for each 220 yards or part. Rate 2, hirings 23:00–07:00 including Sundays and public holidays: £3.60 for the first 660 yards, then 36p per 220 yards. Waiting in both rates is 35p per minute or part. Extras: 50p for each passenger above one; luggage carried in the luggage compartment 25p per item, maximum £1; bicycle 50p; animal 50p. No charge for assistance dogs, wheelchairs, walking frames or similar mobility aids. These are maximum fares within the borough. Where a fare was not agreed in advance, the meter may be engaged at the point of hire. This is a currently linked dated schedule, not a claim that it was newly adopted in 2026.
- Mandatory qualifications
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Hackney local knowledge test (maximumfive attempts/12months), new-driver assessment certificate within12months, English proficiency or accepted qualification, safeguarding/equalities refreshed three-yearly.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Current numeric fare card and licence fee schedule not recovered.
- Policy text extracted locally; no visual rendering. September2026 penalty-points change should be incorporated when final revised policy is published.
- Policy's claim all postSeptember2015 vehicles areEuro6 is overbroad and not repeated; check actualvehicle emissions.
- The official schedule is explicitly effective from 1 April 2026. External medical, DBS, training or garage charges not stated in the schedule are not inferred.
- Preserve prior verified fields.
- Retain the source's Sunday/public-holiday rate wording; do not infer a new 2026 commencement date.