Extension of a provisional hackney driver licence

You will be sent a renewal email at least one to three months before your licence expiry date, detailing what type of renewal you need and what documents are required. Please check your email junk folder. If you have not had this email, please call 0151 443 2300 for more information.

If your email address has changed, please notify us by completing the change of details online form.

If you paid for your licence but were issued a shorter term due to requiring a further check mid-licence (medical, expiry of DVLA licence, etc.), please read the renewal reminder email sent to you to advise what documents are required from the list below.

1. British or Irish passport, UK or Irish birth certificate, or proof of your right to work and reside in the United Kingdom. 
2. The front of your current Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) photocard licence. This must be a colour image. If you only have a paper licence, then that should be uploaded instead. 
3.  HMRC tax code. It is a legal requirement all renewal applicants must provide a tax check code when requested in the online application. Complete a tax check for a taxi, private hire or scrap metal licence.
4. A satisfactory current Group ll DVLA Standard Medical. Current Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) or Public Service Vehicle (PSV) drivers may not need a further medical but will have their licence issued to the DVLA date of issue and expiry. Please see the DVLA Medical guidance for Group II licence rules. You may only obtain the Group ll standard medical from a General Practitioner (GP) at your registered surgery or another practitioner with full electronic access to your medical records before completing the assessment. Medical questionnaires completed by any other GP without access to your records will be rejected.
5. If you are not subscribed to the DBS Update Service, all pages of your full Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate dated within 2 months of your application date. If you do not have one, you can apply to Taxi Plus for a DBS (enhanced) Certificate. Please see the ID checking guidelines for the documents required. If you already have such a DBS Certificate and have subscribed to the DBS Update Service, the original DBS certificate must be uploaded. We advise you subscribe to the DBS Update Service, as this will allow us to do checks upon renewal of the badge and may save you money in the long run. If you do not subscribe to the DBS Update Service, you must provide a new DBS certificate when renewing.