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Apply for a taxi driver’s licence

Here are the steps you need to follow to apply to become a taxi driver. They usually happen in this order.

1

Read our taxi licensing policy

All information relating to hackney carriage or private hire licensing in the district is available in our Joint Taxi Licensing Policy. You must read this before you start your application.

For details on how we use data relating to licence holders and applicants, please see our privacy notice for licence holders and applicants on our Useful Documents page.

We aim to start processing this type of application within four weeks of receipt. If you do not hear anything from us within this timescale, please email us with the date you applied and the payment reference so we can track your application.