Licensed Vehicle Inspection

The Council currently has 114 licensed Hackney Carriage vehicles and 85 licensed Private Hire vehicles. Each of these will require 2 vehicle tests a year with one of these tests being combined with an MOT, and possibly retests. In addition to this, enforcement work may result in vehicles requiring ‘spot checks’, meter or accident damage checks. The inspections, any retests, meter checks, some spot checks (depending on reason) and accident damage checks are paid for by the licence holder concerned and in some en...