All applicants must ensure that they have read the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy before submitting an application. 

How to apply for a private hire driver licence

What you need to include in your application

Fill out the above driver licence application form and provide the following documents:

• copy of a full UK DVLA driving licence: must have been held for at least 3 years before the date of application
• DVLA share code: we will consider penalty points and driving offences
• advanced driving standards test: must be no older than 12 months since the date of application This can be completed with any of the below providers. If you have undertaken a course with another provider, please contact us to confirm if the course meets our requirements:
  • AA DriveTech
  • Diamond Advanced Motorists
  • RoSPA
  • Institute of Advanced Motorists
  • Green Penny
  • Mann Fleet Solutions Taxi Testing
• disability awareness training: must be no older than 12 months since the date of application. Blue Lamp Trust offer approved training - please select the 'Virtual classroom course' the e-learning course is not accepted,
• safeguarding training: must be no older than 12 months since the date of application. STC Safeguarding offer approved training
• 2 forms of proof of address, such as:
  • Credit card, bank, or benefit statement (less than 3 months old)
  • Utility bill (not mobile phone bill) (less than 3 months old)
  • Council tax or Mortgage statement (less than 12 months old)
  • P60 or P45 statement (less than 12 months old)
• an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate. You can apply for a DBS, using ENHAP34383 as the application reference.
• if you have lived outside of the UK for 3 months or longer in the last 5 years you will be required to submit an overseas record check. This must be authenticated by the embassy of each country of residence involved and must be translated into English
• evidence of right to work and remain in the United Kingdom, such as a UK or Irish Passport or Birth Certificate, otherwise a right to work check code can be provided
• evidence of medical fitness to drive. A Group 2 medical assessment and medical form [PDF, 0.1MB] [PDF, 0.1MB] must be completed by a registered medical practitioner who has access to the applicant’s full medical records (for example, own GP) and licensed to practice in the UK. The medical assessment must be no older than 3 months at the time you submit your application.

Fees

• Apply for a new Hackney Carriage/ Private Hire Driver Licence - £290
• Replacement badge - £22
• Enhanced DBS Check - £38

Next steps

One your application has been received, we will be in contact with you within 5 working days.

Once you have submitted all of the required documents, you will be asked to bring certain documents in for verification, please ensure you bring in the original documents. We will contact you via email with further details once your documents have been reviewed, this will be within 5 working days.

We will check your application over fully and if it meets our requirements, we will issue the licence. We will email you your licence and let you know when your badge is ready to collection from our offices. This can take up to 5 working days.