Apply for a licence
Use our online form to apply for your hackney carriage vehicle licence.
About this licence
You need to licence your vehicle to use it as a hackney carriage in Sheffield.
Once granted, your hackney carriage vehicle licence will be valid for a maximum of 12 months.
Cost
A hackney carriage vehicle licence costs £212.
You will pay this online when you complete the hackney carriage application form.
Information you will need
You will need to provide the following information when you apply online:
- basic DBS disclosure or your DBS certificate number if you are signed up to the online check service
- original V5C registration certificate (logbook) or the keepers supplement of the V5C if you have recently bought the vehicle
Once you have submitted a complete application to us, we will send you an email within five working days. This will tell you the time and date of your compliance test.
Issuing the licence
Your vehicle compliance test certificate is valid for 14 days.
You will need to provide the following information before we can issue the new plate:
- original certificate of insurance or the insurance cover note
- compliance certificate
We will try and accommodate requests within 24 hours where possible.
Collecting the licence
We will contact you by email to confirm that we have issued your hackney carriage licence and arrange a time for you to collect your licence from our reception.
Because we issue your licence with a plate, bracket, clips and signage, it is too large to post to you.
If you cannot pick up your licence, you can send someone else to collect it for you at the arranged time we give you or you can email taxilicensing@sheffield.gov.uk or telephone 0114 273 4264 to make an appointment for a different time.
Read our policy
Read our Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence Policy to find out more about applying for a new hackney carriage vehicle licence.