RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Wychavon
Wychavon District Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Current policy requires applicants over 21, a UK driving licence held for three years, right to work and fitness/propriety. Use the council application route through Worcestershire Regulatory Services.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
Submit the vehicle form, required documents and fee through the council licensing route; an officer inspects the vehicle before issue. Full specifications are in the current policy.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
A private-hire base in the district requires an operator licence. Submit the operator application and fee through Worcestershire Regulatory Services. Hackney drivers taking their own bookings do not require a PH operator licence.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
2026/27: HC vehicle £266, PH £240; fully electric/hydrogen vehicles nil. Three-year driver new £365/renewal £276; five-year operator £546; knowledge £27, DBS £63.
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Evidence-limited fare benchmark: Private Hire and Taxi Monthly's May2026 table lists Wychavon at £6.20 for a two-mile Tariff1 hackney journey. This is a dated secondary comparison, not the council's complete fare card or a verified price for another distance, departure time, passenger count or waiting period. The full current official flag, included distance, meter increments, waiting rates, night/holiday schedules and extras have not been recovered; none are inferred from this single benchmark. Confirm the fare card displayed in the licensed vehicle before travel.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
Worcestershire Taxi and Private Hire Competency Certificate and the medical, identity and disclosure evidence required by the current policy. Confirm additional hackney-specific knowledge testing before application.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Full current numeric fare card not recovered; no inferred tariff from two-mile league-table comparison.
- Fee page repeats temporary vehicle categories with conflicting prices; those amounts withheld.
- Full licensing conditions and vehicle age exceptions remain to be extracted.
- Benchmark only: full operative tariff and effective date remain unverified.
- No per-mile extrapolation or calculator activation permitted; not numeric-complete.