Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Licence Fees

Private Hire or Hackney Carriage Driver Licence

Duration Fee
Application Fee n/a £125
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Application Fee n/a £53.50
Grant / Renewal Driver Licence 3 years £187
Grant / Renewal Driver Licence 1 year £75
Grant / Renewal 2nd Driver Licence to expiry of 1st licence £40
Replacement/copy Driver Licence n/a £10
Replacement Driver Badge n/a £14
Change of Address – including replacement licence(s) n/a n/a

Private Hire Operator Licence

Duration Fee
1 vehicle 5 years £528
2 – 10 vehicles 5 years £934
11 – 50 vehicles 5 years £1,177
51+ vehicles 5 years £1,419
Each additional premises n/a £58

Private Hire or Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence

Duration Fee
Grant of a Vehicle Licence 1 year £192
Grant of a Vehicle Licence 6 months* £105
Renewal of a Vehicle Licence 1 year £187
Renewal of a Vehicle Licence 6 months* £100
Change of Vehicle (New licence and plates) to expiry of current licence £35
Lost / stolen plate/s (New licence and plates) to expiry of current licence £35
Change of vehicle registration / no. of seats (New licence and plates) to expiry of current licence £30
Transfer of Licence Holder n/a £23
Replacement/Copy Vehicle Licence n/a £10

Damaged Vehicle Plate

(plate returned / replacement plate)

n/a £10
Replacement plate fixing bracket n/a £5

* Private Hire Vehicles are licensed for 6 months once the vehicle is 8 years old.

Hackney Carriage Vehicles are licensed for 6 months once the vehicle is 11 years old.