Licence fees
Category | Fee (£) |
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Driver's licence (three year licence) | £165 |
Knowledge test | £17 |
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) | £48 |
First class hackney carriage and private hire vehicle | £240 |
First class hackney carriage and private hire vehicle test fee | £62 |
First class hackney carriage and private hire interim test fee | £22 |
Transfer of vehicle | £63 |
Second class hackney carriage | £260 |
Second class hackney carriage vehicle test fee | £50 |
Private hire operator's licence (five year licence) | £350 |
Hackney carriage table of fares
This hackney carriage table of fares was approved at the Licensing Committee on Tuesday 20 September 2022 and will take effect from 7 October 2022.
Tariff 1 Day rate 06:00 to 22:00Category | Fee (£) |
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Distances up to 160 yards | 2.80 |
Thereafter and for each subsequent 160 yards or part thereof | 0.20 |
Waiting time for each 45 seconds or part thereof | 0.20 |
Tariff 2 Night rate 22:00 to 06:00 and public holidays (except Christmas and New Year)Category | Fee (£) |
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Distances up to 260 yards | 3.20 |
Thereafter and for each subsequent 180 yards or part thereof | 0.30 |
Waiting time for each 45 seconds or part thereof | 0.30 |
Tariff 3 Sunday rate 06:00 to 22:00Category | Fee (£) |
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Distances up to 180 yards | 3.00 |
Thereafter and for each subsequent 180 yards or part thereof | 0.25 |
Waiting time for each 45 seconds or part thereof | 0.25 |
Tariff 4 Christmas and New Year rate from 18:00 24 December to 06:00 27 December and from 18:00 31 December to 06:00 2 JanuaryCategory | Fee (£) |
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Distances up to 160 yards | 4.60 |
Thereafter and for each subsequent 180 yards or part thereof | 0.40 |
Waiting time for each 45 seconds or part thereof | 0.40 |
Additional chargesCategory | Fee (£) |
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Each article of luggage carried outside the carriage | 0.30 |
Each person in excess of one (children under three years not counted) | 0.30 |
Cleaning following the soiling of the interior of the vehicle, a charge not exceeding | 80.00 |
Cleaning following the soiling of the exterior of the vehicle, a charge not exceeding | 30.00 |