RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Wakefield
Wakefield Council · Sources checked 9 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Current council route for private-hire and hackney-carriage driver applications.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Current council page links the hackney-carriage and private-hire vehicle application forms and explains the suitability-test requirement.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Current council page provides the private-hire operator application route and operating requirements.
- Licensing fees
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
No current numeric fee schedule confirmed; the only numeric application form located is dated February 2019.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
The council currently links a hackney-carriage fare document, but its numeric content and effective date were not safely verified.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Local-area and licensing knowledge, approved practical driving assessment, suitability training, Group 2 medical fitness and enhanced DBS are required.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- No current numeric driver, vehicle or operator fee schedule was verified.
- The currently linked legacy-format fare document could not be safely transcribed or assigned a verified effective date; do not publish tariff figures.