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Taxi & private hire licence fees in Na h-Eileanan Siar
What it costs to licence yourself, your vehicle and an operator with Na h-Eileanan Siar. Every figure is taken from the council's own published schedule, never from trade press or an estimate.
Driver licence
Taxi or PHC driver new £80 · renewal £60, licence usually valid 3 years (council's own Taxi/PHC driver application guidance, Oct 2024 version)
Vehicle licence
Not published, though the licence runs 3 years with an annual certificate of vehicle fitness. Taxi licensing here sits with the Licensing Standards Officer, outside the Environmental Health schedule, so no amount appears in the civic government licensing fee table, the Municipal Services fees and charges, the draft budget book, or any committee paper. Email LicensingSupport@cne-siar.gov.uk for the figure
Operator licence
No booking office licence found: taxi/PHC booking offices do not appear in the council's published civic government licensing fee table or its list of civic government licences, so none appears to be designated here under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
Taken from cne-siar.gov.uk. Checked 4 Aug 2026. Fees change, so confirm with the council before you budget around them. Drivers spot changes before I do, so if something here is wrong please say and I'll check it against the council and fix it.
Your medical
Who Na h-Eileanan Siar will accept: Your own GP, or a doctor with your records.
The ages it repeats at, the form they want and the council’s own source are on the Na h-Eileanan Siar taxi driver medical page.
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Every figure here is taken from cne-siar.gov.uk and checked by hand.
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