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
Tariff evidence checked 29 October 2026. The council report of 30 September identifies the table effective from 6 May 2022 as current, and its complete Appendix 1 fare card has now been recovered. The separate proposed Appendix 4 is marked with an effective date still to be confirmed. The 15 October statutory notice gives an objection deadline of 29 October and a conditional start of 2 November. No final objection outcome or replacement commencement has been confirmed; calculator activation remains withheld.
- 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
- Fee page repeats temporary vehicle categories with conflicting prices; those amounts withheld.
- Full licensing conditions and vehicle age exceptions remain to be extracted.
- Calculator use remains withheld pending review of the complete fare rules and confirmation of the replacement timetable.