Private Hire Operator licence - renewal
All application forms and supporting documents must be submitted via email to licensing.team@threerivers.gov.uk. To arrange payment of the application fee please call customer services on 01923 776611
Renewal Applications
You must ensure that your private hire operator's licence is renewed before your licence expires in order to continue taking bookings. If your licence expires, you will not be able to accept any bookings, or pass any jobs to drivers, until your licence is renewed. All current operators wishing to renew will need to complete the application form and return it to the Council with the relevant fee at least 2 months before the expiry of the current licence.
Please submit the following:
- Fully completed Operator licence renewal application form - please download this here www.threerivers.gov.uk/egcl-page/private-hire-and-hackney-carriage-forms
- Passport style colour photo for each applicant (see photo guidance)
- Current valid passport
- A Right to Work share code for each applicant (if not British or Irish passport holder)
- Valid HMRC Tax Code for each applicant
- Valid DVLA licence photo card and valid DVLA online check code for each applicant
- Valid Basic Disclosure certificate for each applicant. This certificate must be less than 3 months old at the time of submission.
- Certificate of public liability insurance (if premises allows access to members of public)
- Property owner's letter of permission for business to be operated at address
- List of all current vehicles and drivers Private Hire drivers and vehicle list
- Full list of all booking records for the previous 3 months
- Taxi safeguarding course pass certificate for each licence holder (if not previously provided)
- Payment of the relevant application fee (pdf) Please note only card payments are accepted.
The legal duty to be properly licensed rests with yourself. Therefore if in future you do not receive a reminder from the Council you must still seek to renew your licence. It is an offence to take a booking for a Private Hire booking without a current and valid Private Hire Operator’s licence.
All licences must be renewed before their expiry date, as shown on the licence. Any application to renew a licence that has gone beyond its expiry date will be refused and an application for a NEW operator licence will be required.
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