Renew a Hackney Carriage or private hire vehicle licence

Make an appointment to have your vehicle compliance tested at a Kirklees Council garage

Complete this form to book an appointment online. Compliance test bookings will no longer be taken over the telephone. If you have any issues with the online booking system, please contact transport services on 01484 221000.

Clock Completing this form takes around 15 minutes.

Paperclip To complete this form you will need a debit or credit card to pay the cost of the taxi compliance test.

Please be aware the cost of the taxi Compliance test is £55.00, and the cost of the taxi compliance test with a public MOT certificate is £60.00.

If you are booking an appointment more than 3 weeks prior to the expiry of your licence and you check the calendars and cannot get an appointment before your licence expires you may be eligible to ask for a private MOT. If you cannot get an appointment and it is more than 3 weeks before your licence expires, please email licensing@kirklees.gov.uk to make a request for a private MOT.

If you are booking an appointment for a new vehicle and you require this as an emergency, the criterion for an emergency is if your existing vehicle is broken down beyond repair, your existing vehicle has been in an accident or your existing vehicle has reached the upper age limit and will no longer qualify to be licensed. If you cannot get an appointment within 7 days, you can email licensing@kirklees.gov.uk to make a request to go for a private MOT.

Any vehicles that are permitted to go for a private MOT will be required to have a compliance inspection by licensing officers prior to the issue of a licence which will cost £16.10.

Please do not book an appointment if you are going to ask to go for a private MOT as failure to cancel this appointment will result in you not being entitled to a refund, if there are available appointments or you do not meet the criterion cited above your request will be rejected. If your request is approved the MOT test certificate must be dated after the date the private MOT is agreed.

Book your vehicle compliance test

After you have made your appointment

You will receive an email confirmation of the date, time, and location of your appointment. Please arrive for your appointment promptly, if you are late your vehicle may not be tested and you will be required to book and pay for a new test appointment.

How to apply

Once you have had your vehicle compliance tested, fill in the application form and email it and supporting documents to Licensing.

Paperclip You must email these documents to Email licensing@kirklees.gov.uk:

• The completed renewal application form.
• A copy of your valid vehicle insurance certificate in the name of the vehicle licence holder.
• A photograph of the vehicle's V5 logbook in the name of the vehicle licence holder.
• A photograph of your Compliance Test Certificate from the garage test.
• A photograph of your Meter Test Certificate from the garage if a Hackney Carriage.
• A letter from your Operator base, if you have changed operator since your last renewal, confirming that you and your vehicle work through them.

Clock Completing this form takes around 15 minutes.

Download the renewal application form

After you have submitted the application form and documents

You will be contacted by telephone to make payment for your transferral application: Licence costs.