Decision details

To consider any objections to the proposed variation to Hackney Carriage and private hire Licence fees and to approve the fees with or without amendments.

The proposed variation to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licence Fees is approved as detailed in Appendix A to the report with effect from 1 April 2024.

The Council is expected to conduct regular reviews of licence fees to ensure that, where statutory powers exist, the cost of the hackney carriage and private hire licensing regime is recovered from applicants and licence holders.

The Council may consider retaining the existing licence fees or modifying the proposed variation. However, any failure to recover costs permitted by statute would require an unnecessary subsidisation of the hackney carriage and private hire licensing regime at the expense of the Council’s taxpayers.