Private Hire Vehicle licence

Private Hire vehicles are more commonly known as “mini-cabs”. These vehicles are only bookable through an operator. They cannot wait on hackney (taxi) ranks and must not stop when hailed in the streets. They are easily identifiable by their yellow plate, yellow window card and door sign.

Vehicle Licences will only ever run for a maximum of 1 year and the vehicle must pass a mechanical inspection before the licence is issued. Aylesbury vale impose age restrictions on vehicles. The aim is to ensure that the fleet of licenced vehicles is relatively new with modern safety aspects and reduced fuel emissions. The average mileage that licensed vehicles do is 3 times more than normal vehicles and so the age limit is also a crude way of maintaining a better standard of vehicle.

In order to licence a vehicle as a private hire, there are certain standard that the vehicle must meet such as internal dimensions, appearance and cleanliness and of course its mechanical integrity.

There are conditions to allow a vehicle to be licensed as an executive vehicle. This is because there are some companies that provide an executive style service for some clients. In addition to the completed application form, a detailed letter explaining what style of work, what customers you will be taking and the dress codes of your drivers will be needed in order for us to make an assessment of the likelihood to grant the executive plate. The full standards are available in our taxi policy

Licence Fees:

Annual Vehicle Licence Fee for Vehicles under 6 years of age £303.00
Annual Vehicle licence fee for vehicles over 6 years but under 10 £342.00

Executive plating licence (Appendix 9 of Policy) £54.00

Fee for non-attendance of a booked vehicle inspection £75.00
Vehicle retests if failed first test (within 14 days) £28.00
Vehicle retests if failed first test (after 14 days) £41.00

Replacement Vehicle plate £25.00
Administration charge for changing details £16.00

Date Updated: 11/07/11

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Hackney Carriage and Private Hire vehicle application form	This is the application form used for all vehicles whether Private Hire or Hackney Carriage.	75KB 56Kbps Modem: Less than 1 Minute Broadband : Less than 1 Minute
Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy January 2010	This policy contains all information regarding the licensing of Hackney Carriage and Private Hire drivers, vehicles and operators.	688KB 56Kbps Modem: 1 Minute 40 Seconds Broadband : Less than 1 Minute
Useful contacts	This document contains a list of contacts which will be useful during the application process.	17KB 56Kbps Modem: Less than 1 Minute Broadband : Less than 1 Minute
Fee List	Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing fee's	17KB 56Kbps Modem: Less than 1 Minute Broadband : Less than 1 Minute