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Taxi and Private Hire Licences

The Council issues licences for hackney carriages and private hire vehicles and their drivers. Private hire operators, who take bookings are also licensed.

All these licences have conditions attached so that only fit and proper people are licensed and vehicles meet a required standard.

	Hackney Carriage Tarriff from 1 October 2008\| (12k)
	Driver Application Form\| (279k)
	Vehicle Application Form\| (258k)
	Hackney Carriage Driver Conditions\| (53k)
	Hackney Carriage Vehicle Conditions\| (85k)
	Private Hire Driver Conditions\| (50k)
	Private Hire Vehicle Conditions\| (77k)
	Policy on the Relevance of Criminal Conduct and Complaints against Licence Holders\| (238k)
	Frequently Asked Questions\| (16k)

Licensing
Gateshead Council
Civic Centre
Regent Street
Gateshead
NE8 1HH

Tel: 0191 433 3925
Fax: 0191 477 4827
E-mail: Taxi Licensing|

Taxi Testing
Gateshead Council
Park Road
Gateshead
NE8 3HN

Tel: 0191 433 7000
Fax: 0191 478 1138
Minicom: 0191 478 1752

	Hackney Carriage Tarriff from 1 October 2008\| (12k)
	Driver Application Form\| (279k)
	Vehicle Application Form\| (258k)
	Hackney Carriage Driver Conditions\| (53k)
	Hackney Carriage Vehicle Conditions\| (85k)
	Private Hire Driver Conditions\| (50k)
	Private Hire Vehicle Conditions\| (77k)
	Policy on the Relevance of Criminal Conduct and Complaints against Licence Holders\| (238k)
	Frequently Asked Questions\| (16k)