Licensing: Hackney carriage and private hire

About Hackney carriage and private hire licensing

Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council are served by a single officer structure but remain separate licensing authorities. The councils are responsible for the licensing of hackney carriage (taxis) drivers & vehicles, private hire drivers & vehicles and private hire operators who wish to operate within either the Adur District or Worthing Borough.

As licensing authorities, the councils' primary function is protection of the public whilst providing businesses with the relevant licences necessary to carry out a legitimate business.

Before a hackney carriage or private hire driver licence can be issued: checks will be carried out to determine if the driver is a 'fit and proper person' to be issued with a licence.
Before a vehicle is licensed: checks will be carried out to ensure the vehicle is safe and suitable to transport the public.

Drivers and vehicles:

Operators: Licensing new operators and renewing an existing licence:

Application form to licence or renew an Operator Licence - to hand write (144KB)

Licensing fees including hackney carriage and private hire fees:

For details of the charges please see:

Adur & Worthing Councils' Taxi Licensing Unit: is situated at the Adur & Worthing Councils offices at 9 Commerce Way, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 8TA.

There is a manned reception (9am to 5pm) but taxi officers work on a strict appointment only basis. Callers without an appointment are unlikely to be seen by a taxi licensing officer.

Find the Adur & Worthing Taxi Offices in Commerce Way, Lancing - on Google Maps

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View our public register of taxis and private hire licences

You may also be interested in our public register of licences:

This link below takes you to our public registers online portal:

select 'Licence register'
then in the 'Licence description' field
then select 'Taxis and private hire'
then click 'search'
then scroll down the page to see the list, which is split up into the different types of licences:

View our public register of licences

Please note: The councils' public register data is in the public domain. It is the user's responsibility to ensure they are compliant with any relevant legislation when sharing or using data.

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