Your Voice Matters… consultation launched on Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing policy

Taxi licensing

29 October 2024

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North Northamptonshire Council has launched a review into a Hackney Carriage and Private Licensing Policy to ensure it reflects the transition to an area wide hackney carriage zone from 1 April 2025.

The revised policy, currently out for consultation, also takes into consideration updates to Department for Transport guidance, impacting legislation and operational learning including feedback from the Trade. 

From 1 April 2025, the current four hackney carriage zones will be replaced by a single North Northants’ wide zone and this consultation is one part of the process, alongside a separate review of the current geographical knowledge test for hackney carriage drivers and joint hackney carriage and private hire drivers and the adoption of new Hackney Carriage Byelaws which will also take place before the new zone is introduced.

Now we have agreed that there will be one taxi zone for the whole of North Northants from 1 April 2025, it is important that we look at the related policy and how it should be updated to reflect the changes made, both at a local and national level.

We want the updated policy to enable the best service and we welcome comments from the Trade and all stakeholders and residents, so please do get involved.
Cllr David Brackenbury, the council’s Executive Member for Growth and Regeneration (which covers taxi licensing)
Since the decision was taken to move to one zone, officers have been looking at all impacted areas to ensure everything is ready for April 2025 and this consultation will be supported by a wider piece of consultation work about the knowledge test that many drivers undertake.Jason Smithers, Leader of the Council

Your Voice Matters…

Consultation and engagement activities can be completed online via North Northamptonshire Council’s Consultation and Engagement Hub and the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy review will be open until 9 December 2024.

Alternatively, you can email [email protected].