Expired consultations
Fees consultation
We reviewed our fees for our hackney carriage and private hire licences and sought views by 30 June 2026. The proposed driver, vehicle and operator licences shown below were advertised in the Surrey Advertiser see image at end of this web page. The new fees came into effect in June 2026.
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Vehicle licences and fees
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2026 to 2027
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Hackney carriage or Private Hire vehicle test
(including one test) Less than 5 years old.
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£317
50% discount for wheelchair accessible vehicles
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Hackney carriage or Private Hire vehicle test, over 5 years old (including two tests):
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£442
50% discount for wheelchair accessible vehicles
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Surrender & Replacement to a new vehicle
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£182
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Missed vehicle test
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£79
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Failure re-test
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£79
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Private Hire Operator licences and fees
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2026 to 2027
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New Private hire operator (Licensed driver)
5 Year Licence
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£212
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New Private hire operator (Unlicensed driver)
5 Year Licence
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£339
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Renewal Private hire operator
5 Year Licence
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£218
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Driver licences and fees
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2026 to 2027
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New driver – hackney carriage/private hire
3 Year Licence
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£298
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New driver – hackney carriage/private hire
1 Year Licence
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£332
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Renewal Hackney carriage/private hire driver
3 Year Licence
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£332
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Renewal Hackney carriage/private hire driver
1 Year Licence
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£191
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Change of address
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£12
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Newspaper advert:
Review of Gambling Policy
We sought comments on our Gambling policy by 25 October 2024. The Gambling Act 2003 requires Waverley Borough Council to have a Statement of Gambling Policy which must be reviewed at least every three years. The previous policy had been in place since January 2022.
The new Gambling Policy was published on 30 December 2024 and takes effect on 31 January 2025. It will remain in place for a further three-year period, unless amended earlier.
Licensing Policy Review
We sought comments on a proposed revised statement of licensing policy by May 2023.
Section 5 of the Licensing Act 2003 requires a licensing authority to publish a statement of its licensing policy at least every 5 years. Our previous policy had been in place since 2018. Our revised statement of licensing policy came into effect on 1 August 2023. It sets out how we expect to exercise our powers under the Licensing Act 2003.
Taxi fares
In 2022 we consulted on, and updated, our Taxi fares. We based the review on the approach taken by Guildford Borough Council.
This takes an evidenced based approach and looks at a range of living costs including: average journey distances; fuel costs and inflation measures.
The Guildford methodology has been scrutinised and supported by the High Court as a result of the case of R (Rostron) v Guildford Borough Council [2017] EWHC 3141 (Admin).
Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Policy
In 2021 we consulted on, and updated, our Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Policy. We are required to consult and review the policy at least every three years.
The new policy came into effect on 31 January 2022.