RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Wolverhampton
City of Wolverhampton Council · Sources checked 12 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Online hackney driver application and renewal route, updated 11 September 2026; hub also provides private-hire and dual-driver routes.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
New hackney licences require brand-new approved models. Vehicles are inspected annually up to ten years and six-monthly from ten to sixteen; upload V5C, insurance, relevant MOT and meter-calibration evidence.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Online applications for sole traders or companies, with renewal link and partnership contact. Requirements include a suitable local operating base, DBS, right-to-work evidence, ICO registration, insurance and training.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
Numeric licensing fees withheld: June 2026 policy search extraction labels the 2026/27 column Proposed. Adoption/current charge confirmation is required before asserting that column as current.
- Taxi tariff
- Official route/source found
Current vehicle page links this fare table: T1 Mon–Fri 06:00–22:00 £3.30 first quarter-mile then £2/mile; T2 weekday Mon–Thu nights and weekend/bank-holiday daytime £3.50 then £2.20/mile; T3 Friday–Sunday/bank-holiday nights and specified Christmas/New Year periods £3.50 then £2.60/mile. Mileage advances in 10p increments; waiting 10p/30 seconds; soiling up to £50. No effective date is printed.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Hackney applicants: Category B licence held twelve months; medical within four months; right-to-work evidence; enhanced DBS and DVLA check; theoretical/driving assessments. DBS Update Service absent means only a six-month licence pending further DBS. Overseas continuous residence of three-plus months since eighteen requires good-conduct evidence.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Fare effective date is absent from currently linked table; published rates may be described with this caveat but cannot be dated by upload path.
- Current fee adoption not established; policy extracted column is explicitly Proposed.
- Full private-hire-specific qualifications not independently reviewed.