Taxi licensing fees


These fees will be charged if you apply for a licence with a start date after 1 April 2025.

Driver licences
Item Fee
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check £49.50
Knowledge test: new applicants £100
Knowledge test: retest £80
Driver licence: new £310
Licence renewal: 1 year £200
Licence renewal: 3 years £305
Replacement driver badge £28
Replacement driver licence £28
Change of details £25
DVLA data check: 1 year £6.75
DVLA data check: 3 years £20.25
Hackney carriage and private vehicles
Item Fee
Hackney carriage vehicle licence: new £310
Private hire vehicle licence: new £260
Hackney carriage ultra-low-emission vehicle licence: new £155
Private hire new ultra-low-emission vehicle licence: new £130
Hackney carriage zero-emission vehicle licence: new £0
Private hire zero-emission vehicle licence: new £0
Hackney carriage licence renewal £235
Private hire licence renewal £220
Hackney carriage ultra-low emission vehicle renewal £117.50
Private hire ultra-low emission vehicle renewal £110
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) £18
Magnetic crest (door sign) £20
Replacement licence £28
Change of details – per licence £25
Non-driver proprietor £30
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 £315
Renewal private hire operator licence: 1 year £300
Renewal private hire operator licence: 5 years £1,165
Private hire operator replacement licence £28
Private hire operator change of details – per licence £25

Page last reviewed: 1 April 2025