As well as having a hackney carriage (taxi) or private hire vehicle driver's licence, your vehicle must also be licensed to work within one of our zones.
A vehicle licence costs £190.
Apply for a licence
Read the Taxi Licensing Policy and National Inspection Standard before you apply for a licence.
Read the requirements below and then choose the area where you'll be driving your taxi or private hire vehicle.
After you apply
If you are applying for a new vehicle or even if you a renewing a licence, once you have applied and paid for your licence, you need to email us a copy of the following documents:
- a current MOT certificate
- the insurance document for the vehicle
- the V5 Document for the vehicle
You must also arrange for the vehicle to be inspected at an approved garage and send us the inspection report.
We will only consider your application once we've received all of the relevant documentation and payment.
Approved garages
Book an inspection at one of these approved garages:
- CPR Vehicle Services, Blandford Forum
- Blandford Heights MOT and Service Centre, Blandford Forum
- Sunrise Motor Group-REVTEC, Blandford Forum
- Motorcare, Bridport
- Casterbridge Motor Group, Dorchester
- Rainbow Garage Winfrith, Dorchester
- Rampisham Garage, Dorchester
- Longham Motor Engineers, Ferndown
- Frampton Garage, Frampton
- Gillingham Tyre Services, Gillingham
- Bascombe Motor Services, Portland
- Bowers Garage, Portland
- Easton Motor Services, Portland
- Island Motor Services LTD, Portland
- DCM Tyres LTD, Shaftesbury
- Melbury Motors, Shaftesbury
- Walbridge Motor Company, Sturminster Newton
- Swanage Tyres and Tuning Ltd, Swanage
- Purbeck Motors, Wareham
- Wool & Bovington Motors, Wareham
- Autotek, Weymouth
- Bluebird Coaches, Weymouth
- G.P Automotive, Weymouth
- Auto Maintenance, Weymouth
- Marsh Road Garages, Weymouth
- Lynch Lane Car Care, Weymouth
- Bartletts Motor Technician, Weymouth
- Jon Rowe Mechanics, Weymouth
- MOT Stop LTD, Weymouth
- Mark Richards Motor Repairs, Weymouth
- Kennedys Bodyshop, Weymouth
- South Coast Auto Solutions, Weymouth
- Class Bodyworks, Weymouth
- Winterbourne Abbas Tyre and Auto Services, Winterbourne Abbas
- 3 Cross MOT Centre, Wimborne
- Minster Mechanics, Wimborne
- Witchampton Garage, Wimborne
- Alan Carter Motor Engineering, Wimborne
- Dorset Jaguar Centre, Wimborne
- Wimborne MOT Centre, Wimborne (Mackenzie Motors Ltd)
Purbeck area
Download an application form. Once you've completed the form, send it to us.
Contact us to pay for your licence over the phone.
East Dorset area
If this is your first time applying for a licence with us, you'll need to register for an account when you apply online.
If you are an existing customer, contact us to get an activation key to view your past applications, so you don't have to re-enter your details.
You pay for the licence when you apply.
The rest of Dorset
If this is your first time applying for a licence with us, you'll need to register for an account when you apply online.
If you are an existing customer, contact us to get an activation key to view your past applications, so you don't have to re-enter your details.
You pay for the licence when you apply.