Taxi licensing fees


These fees will be charged if you apply for a licence with a start date after 1 April 2026.

Driver licences
Item Fee
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check £49.50
Knowledge test: new applicants £105
Knowledge test: retest £75
Driver licence: new £300
Licence renewal: 1 year £225
Licence renewal: 3 years £270
Replacement driver badge £30
Replacement driver licence £24
Change of details £25
DVLA data check: 1 year £6.85
DVLA data check: 3 years £20.55
Hackney carriage and private vehicles
Item Fee
Hackney carriage vehicle licence: new £300
Private hire vehicle licence: new £250
Hackney carriage ultra-low-emission vehicle licence: new £150
Private hire new ultra-low-emission vehicle licence: new £125
Hackney carriage zero-emission vehicle licence: new £0
Private hire zero-emission vehicle licence: new £0
Hackney carriage licence renewal £215
Private hire licence renewal £200
Hackney carriage ultra-low emission vehicle renewal £107.50
Private hire ultra-low emission vehicle renewal £100
Hackney carriage zero emission vehicle renewal £0
Private hire zero emission vehicle renewal £0
Hackney carriage: replacement plate £45
Private hire: replacement plate £50
Change of ownership £100
Adhesive crest (door sign) £20
Magnetic crest (door sign) £23
Replacement licence £24
Change of details – per licence £25
Non-driver proprietor: new £45
Non-driver proprietor: renewal £35
Hackney carriage: change of vehicle registration £45
Private hire: change of vehicle registration £50
Private hire operators
Item Fee
Private hire operator's licence: new £416
Renewal private hire operator licence: 1 year £365
Renewal private hire operator licence: 5 years £1,370
Private hire operator replacement licence £24
Private hire operator change of details – per licence £25

Page last reviewed: 1 April 2026