Consultation on Taxi Licensing

The Council is seeking to adopt a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy.

In March 2010, the Department for Transport (DfT) issued an updated version of its best practice guidance for taxi and private hire licensing. The guidance is not statutory but the document is intended to assist Licensing Authorities. Paragraph 4 states that "it is for individual licensing authorities to reach their own decision both on overall policies and on individual licensing matters, in the light of their own views of the relevant considerations".

The Council has responsibility for licensing hackney carriage and private hire vehicles, drivers and operators within Hyndburn Borough Council. The Council has traditionally exercised this responsibility through a number of different policies and procedures that have developed piecemeal over a number of years. Some procedures are based upon custom and practice only and have never been set out in document form.

It is therefore, the council's intention to bring together these policies and procedures, updating them where necessary and incorporating them into one policy to ensure greater transparency and consistency in the decision making process.

The policy is available by clicking on the following link Draft Policy Document

The public notice is available by clicking on the following link Consultation Public Notice

If you have any comments regarding the draft policy, please respond to the licensing department by noon on 4th February, 2013.