Taxi licensing fees from 1 January 2025
Taxi and private hire licences
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 and Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.
License details
- Fee discretion
- Requirement to advertise proposed fees for hackney carriages, private hire vehicles and private hire operators and consider any objections where the fees exceed £25
- Annual and triennial licences
- Fee setting for taxi and private hire matters is an Executive function as per the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) Regulations 2000
- Fees for grant of licences
Subject to European Union Savings Directive (EUSD): No.
Last varied: Not applicable.
Current fee: Not applicable.
Hackney carriage
License details
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, section 70(1)
- Administration and other associated costs, control and supervision
- Annual licence
Grant and renewal (excluding inspection fee and licence plate)
Current fee: £180
Last varied: 24 November 2023.
Private hire vehicle
License details
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, section 70(1)
- Administration and other associated costs, control, and supervision
- Annual licence
Grant and renewal (excluding inspection fee and licence plate)
Current fee: £160
Last varied: 19 December 2024
Grant of licence six months or less due to plate allocation policy
Current fee: £100
Last varied: 20 January 2023
Hackney carriage driver
License details
- Town Police Clauses Act 1847, section 46 and Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 section 53(3)
- Issue and administration
Grant or renew
Current fee: £350
Last varied: 24 November 2023
Private hire driver
License details
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 section 53(3)
- Issue and administration
- Triennial licence
Grant or renewal
Current fee: £295
Last varied: 1 January 2023
Private hire operator
License details
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, section 70(1)
- Administration and other associated costs
- From October 2015, default quinquennial licence (previously triennial)
Grant or renewal
Current fee: £1,500
Last varied: 19 December 2024
If the licensing authority think it appropriate in the circumstances of the case, it is possible, exceptionally, to grant a licence for a lesser period. The current fees are:
- One year: £450
- Two years: £645
- Three years: £825
- Four years: £1,235
Other licence fees
Drivers’ topography tests
Current fee (per test): £50
Last varied: 1 January 2023
Licence plates for hackney carriages and private hire vehicles
Current fee for:
- New or replacement: £15
- Plate holder: £15
Last varied: 1 January 2023
