RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Worcester
Worcester City Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Current policy requires applicants over 21, UK driving licence held three years, right to work and fitness/propriety. Submit the council application through Worcestershire Regulatory Services.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Submit the council HC or PH vehicle form with all documents and payment evidence. Hackney vehicles require a meter; PH meters are optional. Check the full council specifications before purchase.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Submit the private-hire operator application, required policy documents and proof of payment through the council's licensing route.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
2026/27: HC vehicle new £513/renewal £439; PH new £476/renewal £402; new electric vehicle applications £0. Three-year dual driver initial £337/renewal £140; PH initial £336. Five-year operator £1,208. New-application administration £50.
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Official table effective 1 May 2022: Tariff1 Mon–Sat 07:00–midnight £4.30 for first1208m or part, then10p each started67m to1610m, thereafter10p each started80.5m. Tariff2 midnight–07:00, all Sundays/bank holidays, Christmas/Boxing/New Year's Day and18:00–midnight Christmas/New Year's Eves: £5.50 first1208m, then10p each started57.4m to1610m, thereafter10p each started57.5m. Both waiting10p per started30seconds. Each passenger beyond three50p; soiling£75. The council's September pack reproduces this as the existing table; its following page is a draft, not current fares. Worcester Times reports on10September that the committee unanimously abandoned the proposed increase on7September, retaining2022 fares; this latest outcome is secondary-sourced pending independent final-minute verification. Do not apply proposed£5/£6.40 flags. Printed first-mile equivalents (£5/£6.30) are not silently substituted for literal distance pulses.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Worcestershire competency certificate, enhanced DBS and Update Service, DVLA licence check, right-to-work and medical certificate. See policy for all knowledge and safeguarding requirements.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- September meeting decision not verified. A recommendation/proposed commencement is not adopted fare evidence.
- May 2022 card first-stage arithmetic does not exactly equal printed first-mile equivalent; 2026 draft retains old tariff 2 despite proposed advertised increase. Held pending reconciliation.
- Full vehicle policy conditions not exhaustively captured.
- Final7September2026 decision independently unverified; currentness corroboration clearly secondary.
- Printed first-mile equivalent and literal pulse arithmetic require reconciliation before calculator activation.
- Guide evidence is not calculator-ready or a claim of exhaustive fare applicability.