What you'll need to apply for a new hackney carriage vehicle licence

Upload your documents

Before you start your application, you need to make sure you have the following documents to upload.

You'll need to upload:

• an image of the Vehicle Registration Document (V5). It must include all pages and both sides
• a copy of the current Vehicle Insurance Certificate/Cover Note 
• the pass certificate (the tick sheet) and the Certificate of Compliance issued by an approved garage (see below for a list of approved garages). The date of issue must not be dated more than 28 days before the start of your licence  
• proof the vehicle meets our licence requirements policy 
• CCTV Compliance Certificate - completed by one of our approved data processors:
  • 4Eyez Taxi CCTV Systems by 4Eyez – Approved UK Taxi CCTV Systems Provider
  • Cabcare -cab care (cabcarebrighton.com)
  • Radio Relay - Radio Relay - Everything 4 Taxis Taxi Meters / Digital Radios - Lewes 
• Basic DBS check - see below more information about providing a DBS certificate
• Proprietors of wheelchair accessible vehicles - you must ensure that all drivers of the vehicle have passed one of the following in the last 3 years:
  • the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
  • equivalent taxis wheelchair exercise test
  • the Catstream Drivers Disability Awareness Training 

DBS certificate

You must upload a Basic DBS certificate if you are:

• not a driver licensed by Brighton & Hove City Council
• a company or partnership - each director and partner must provide this

Request a basic DBS check.

Certificates must be dated:

• within the 12 months prior to application for new applications
• 12 months prior to licence expiry for renewal applications

If you hold a hackney carriage and private hire dual licence or a private hire driver licence with Brighton & Hove City Council, you do not need to provide a basic DBS certificate, as you have provided an enhanced DBS certificate already.

If the DBS certificate contains information, we will need to determine whether the individual is fit and proper to hold a licence, in consideration of the our guidance in the Blue Book, before we grant the license.

If you can't upload your supporting documents

If you can't upload your documents to the application, you'll need to email them.

Send an email to hco@brighton-hove.gov.uk.