Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Vehicle Application

Before completing this form please read the guidance document. 

You will also need the following

  • Current insurance certificate
  • MOT no older than 28 days, completed at a test station within the Cherwell Council area.
  • Receipts for any advisories works completed following your MOT
  • Full V5 Log Book, or green slip and bill of sale if you have just purchased the vehicle.
  • Full service history for vehicles over 10 years old

Fees associated with this application

Hackney carriage

Licence Cost How to pay
Grant of licence £358.60 Online when you complete this form
Renewal of existing licence £311.30 Online when you complete this form
Change of vehicle only £135.30 Online when you complete this form
Transfer of licensee only £68.75 Online when you complete this form
Replacement licence plate £27.50 Contact us to pay
Replacement bracket £27.50 Contact us to pay
Change of vehicle and licensee

£204.05

Contact us to pay

For those licences that are marked 'contact us to pay', please call us on 01295753744 to process your card payment. When you call remember to tell us which of the above you are paying for and please quote the reference number that you will receive by email once you have completed this form.

Private hire

Licence Cost How to pay
Grant of new licence £327.25 Online when you complete this form
Renewal of licence £300.85 Online when you complete this form
Change of vehicle only £135.30 Online when you complete this form
Transfer of licence only £68.75 Online when you complete this form
Internal plate replacement £13.75 Contact us to pay
Plate or bracket replacement £27.50 Contact us to pay
Cost of replacement paper licence £18.70 Contact us to pay
Change of vehicle and licensee £204.05 Contact us to pay

For those licences that are marked 'contact us to pay', please call us on 01295753744 to process your card payment. When you call remember to tell us which of the above you are paying for and please quote the reference number that you will receive by email once you have completed this form.

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