You will receive an email 1 month before your Operator Licence expires. This will explain how to submit your renewal application. You should submit this 10 working days before expiry. If you cannot find the email, then please complete the web form below.
You will need a new Basic DBS certificate before applying. You can also submit a photograph of an Enhanced DBS Certificate on the Update Service. You can get a basic DBS by visiting Request a Basic DBS Certificate at Gov.uk.
If you are submitting a new DBS check on renewal, you will be required to either attend our offices to produce the original certificate alternatively you can send this in the post. This can be posted to: Taxi Licensing, Chapel Street, Bilston, WV14 0PH.
Important, from 4 April 2022 for any renewal application. This also applies for new applicants if you have held a similar licence in the last 12 months:
- You will need to complete a tax check and provide a Tax Check Code. Please visit Complete a tax check for a taxi, private hire or scrap metal licence.
You will also be asked to submit your ‘Information Commissioner’s Office’ (ICO) registration number.
Operators are no longer required to submit operator signage. However, should you wish to use signage, please see below:-
Signage can be no larger than A4. Signage cannot contain the word ‘taxi’ or ‘cab’ or any similar word. And must be displayed on the rear of the vehicle and must not be magnetic signage but permanent signage. The exclusive contract will be required for all vehicles displaying this approved signage.
Signage must display a trading name which matches your records. This may also contain a method of booking. Licensing Services do not permit the use of mobile telephone numbers or phone numbers with no fixed area (i.e. ‘0330’). Advertising is not permitted on operator signage.
Once you submit a renewal application, Taxi Licensing will process this. They will be in contact to make payment via telephone.
If your application is correct and complete, and your DBS check is clear, we will grant your licence.
IMPORTANT: You must renew before your expiry date. Otherwise, you cannot operate Wolverhampton-licensed vehicles after expiry.