Introduction
If you want to take bookings for a private hire journey in Lichfield district, in addition to your vehicle licence and driver licence, you will need apply for a private hire operator's licence. One person can hold a private hire operator's licence and then employ any number of licensed vehicles.
All of your drivers will also need to be licensed as taxi drivers.
You do not need an operator's licence if you are solely operating hackney carriages that customers can hire at a taxi rank or hail in the street, and are fitted with a meter.
Please read the guidance carefully before completing the application form below.
Apply for a private hire operator's licence
Please return your completed application form either in person or by post to Lichfield District Council House, Frog Lane, Lichfield. Once your application has been recieved someone will call you to take the required payment.
All taxi operators are included on our register of hackney carriages and private hire vehicles.