Taxi licence application timescales
On 28th February 2022 a meeting of Full Council approved the following amendment to the emissions section of the Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Policy.
This Council extend the introduction of the emission date from 1st April 2022 to 1st October 2022 and amends the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy 2019-22 accordingly.
Any vehicles that are coming to end of life (7 years for private hire vehicle and 10 years for hackney carriage vehicle) will come off the road, in line with the end of life age limit, before the 1st October 2022.
The cost of renewal will be £69, details will be sent out to those drivers affected in due course.
Please don't contact us unless you've been waiting longer than the time we say it should take. See our timescales for:
Application for a new driver licence
When all your tests have been passed and if everything is in order we give you your licence and badge within 2 working days or longer at busy times.
Application for a new vehicle licence
When all your tests have been passed and if everything is in order we give you your licence and badge within 2 working days or longer at busy times.
Application to renew a driver licence
When all your tests have been passed and if everything is in order we give you your licence and badge within 2 working days or longer at busy times.
Application to renew a vehicle licence
We aim to process your application within 2 days, however at peak times it may take us longer.