Driving Assessments

The assessment consists of a driving licence and eyesight check followed by a 45 minute driving assessment across a variety of road types including a motorway. Each candidate will be asked to perform reversing manoeuvres and possibly an emergency stop. A high level of driving competence is required.  To pass you must have no serious or dangerous driving faults and no more than 9 driving faults.

Once you successfully pass the assessment, you will be issued with your assessment score sheet to provide to the licensing team.

To book an assessment with one of the approved assessors, please send an email requesting a driving assessment, and they will arrange a date and time with you.

On the assessment day, you will be required to produce your driving licence, a current MOT certificate & a valid insurance certificate for the vehicle being used for the assessment. The vehicle may have manual or automatic transmission.

Approved providers are as follows -

• Nancy Parker. email - [email protected], telephone: 07738 068 551
• Emma Pearce. email - [email protected], telephone: 07814 363 819

The fee for this test is £65.00 paid direct to the provider.

• BLT Driver Training - Taxi Assessments | BLT Driver Training , telephone 0330 4416 847, email (for all enquiries): [email protected]

The fee for this test is £87.00 paid direct to the provider.

Applicants should note that we cannot issue a licence unless they have held a full UK driving licence (or equivalent) for more than two years and their current licence must be issued in the UK by DVLA.

Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Certificate (DBS)

All private hire and hackney carriage drivers are required to have an enhanced DBS check and have that DBS on the update service.

A DBS can be obtained at any time using our provider.

48 hours after you have submitted your DBS application and your identification documents have been verified, you will receive an application form number via email. You can use this to apply to the DBS Update Service.

You can subscribe to the update service within 30 days of your new DBS certificate issue date. After this you will need to apply for a new certificate.

Note that we can only accept a certificate that has been requested for the purposes of Other Workforce – Hackney Carriage Driver or Other Workforce – Private Hire Driver. 

If you have any questions about obtaining a DBS check then please view the most frequently asked questions.

Safeguarding Training

Please Note that the course taken must be with the Eastleigh Borough Council approved providers only. This is carried out online in a virtual classroom using Zoom or similar video conferencing facilities and lasts around 2 hours 45 minutes.

Note that eLearning courses are not acceptable.

The course aims to provide Hackney Carriage and Private Hire drivers with a knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, their responsibilities and best practice protocols. The candidate will be able to:

• Understand what is meant by the term ‘safeguarding’
• Identify adults at risk and other vulnerable people
• Understand what is meant by Child Sexual and Criminal Exploitation, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery and Domestic Abuse.
• Recognise types of abuse, associated signs and indicators.
• Identify suspicious activities.
• Know how, and the whom, they can report concerns.
• Understand their safeguarding responsibilities and best practice protocols.

Approved safeguarding training providers -

STC Safeguarding Training

• Offer Combined Safeguarding and Disability Awareness Training

• To book training: Taxi Safeguarding & Disability Awareness Training | STC training

BLT Driver Training

• Website: www.bltdrivertraining.co.uk
• Phone: 0330 4416 847
• Email (for all enquiries): [email protected] 

Personnel Checks

• To book Training: Training

• Phone: 01254 355 679

• Website: Personnel Checks

Members of the licensing team are normally available at Eastleigh House on Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 09:00 to 14:00.  The team are available Monday to Friday 09:00 to 16:00 via telephone or email. To submit any applications an appointment must be made before attending the office.