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Current licensing consultations

We have reviewed our fees for our hackney carriage and private hire licences. The proposed driver, vehicle and operator licences are shown below and will be advertised in the Surrey Advertiser on Friday 4 April 2025, see image at end of this page (and here on our website).

Any person wishing to object to the scale of fees may do so in writing to taxi@waverley.gov.uk not later than midnight on the 2 May 2025.  

If no objections are upheld the new scale of fees will come into operation on 30 June 2025.

Vehicle licences and fees

2025-2026

Hackney carriage or Private Hire vehicle test 
(including one test) Less than 5 years old. 

£317.00 

50% discount for wheelchair accessible vehicles

Hackney carriage or Private Hire vehicle test, over 5 years old (including two tests):

£431.00

Surrender & Replacement to a new vehicle

£152.00

Missed vehicle test

£79.00

Failure re-test

£79.00

 

Private Hire Operator licences and fees

2025-2026

New Private hire operator (Licensed driver)         

5 Year Licence

£204.00

New Private hire operator (Unlicensed driver)     

5 Year Licence

£315.00

Renewal Private hire operator

5 Year Licence

£200.00

  

Driver licences and fees

2025-2026

New driver – hackney carriage/private hire

3 Year Licence

£298.00

New driver – hackney carriage/private hire   

1 Year Licence 

£298.00

Renewal Hackney carriage/private hire driver

3 Year Licence

£191.00

Renewal Hackney carriage/private hire driver

1 Year Licence

£191.00

Change of address

£12.00


Newspaper advert:

Chart showing revision of fees of concerning Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle and Operator Licences, etc.

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