Website and telephone payments Sunday 19 May
Our website and telephone payment systems are unavailable between 9am and 2pm on Sunday 19 May. You will not be able to pay for any council services on our website or over the phone during this time.
Hackney carriage and private hire licensing fees for North Yorkshire Council
| Licence | Fee for 2024 / 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hackney carriage vehicle | |
| New application - 12 months | £365 |
| Renewal - 12 months | £295 |
| Private hire vehicle | |
| New application - 12 months | £350 |
| Renewal - 12 months | £290 |
| Driver licence - hackney carriage / private hire / dual | |
| New application - one year | £265 |
| New application - three year | £430 |
| Renewal - one year | £140 |
| Renewal - three year | £285 |
| Private hire operators - new and renewal | |
| New application and renewal - one year | £240 |
| New application and renewal - five years | £650 |
| General - for any licence type | |
| Change of registration | £55 |
| Transfer of ownership of vehicle | £55 |
| General - charged at cost to buy item / service | |
| Disclosure and Barring Service and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency checks | £38 |
| Replacement tariff cards | No charge |
As replacement door panels and external/internal licence plates are delivered directly to the licence holder, a standard delivery charge of £4.50 applies to these orders.
Maximum fares for hackney carriages
| Tariff | Fare |
|---|---|
| Tariff 1 - between 6am and 11pm | |
| Flag fall for the first 440 yards or part thereof | £4 |
| Drop at 440 yards and every 167.2 yards or part thereof | £0.20 |
| Waiting time for each period of 37.36 seconds or part thereof | £0.20 |
| Tariff 2 - between 11pm and 6am and public holidays All public holidays other than those listed in tariff 3. Tariff 2 applies throughout the 24 hour period. |
|
| Flag fall for the first 440 yards or part thereof | £6 |
| Drop at 440 yards and every 167.2 yards or part thereof | £0.30 |
| Waiting time for each period of 37.36 seconds or part thereof | £0.30 |
| Tariff 3 - Christmas and New Year From 6pm on 24 December to 6am on 27 December and 6pm on 31 December to 6am on 2 January |
|
| Flag fall for the first 440 yards or part thereof | £8 |
| Drop at 440 yards and every 167.2 yards or part thereof | £0.40 |
| Waiting time for each period of 37.36 seconds or part thereof | £0.40 |
Extra charges
| Fouling charge | Maximum charge £100 |
| Extra charge per head which can be charged for all passengers when carrying five or more | £1.50 |
| Call out or summoning charge: maximum additional rate of charge per mile for call outs over one mile | £1 To be used for any part of the district - one way only. This is a maximum rate of charge, the whole or part of which is to be agreed with the hirer as an extra at the time of booking before the hire is accepted or journey commenced and is to be included on the taxi meter as an extra. |
A statement of the maximum fares is to be displayed within the hackney carriage in clearly distinguishable letters and figures.
The above fares are applicable for all journeys within the North Yorkshire Council boundary, if the hiring takes the journey outside the boundary, the driver must charge in line with this table of fares unless the fare has been agreed with the hirer before the journey starts for a greater or lesser amount than that shown on the meter.