Documents and Downloads

Here you can download a series of documents from the Tfl website to help you better understand PHV Driver licences.

This document is an applicant guide to applying for a Private Hire Vehicle Driver Licence and it summarizes what you may have already read in this website.

Reference Guide to becoming a Private Hire Driver

Download this document and take it along to your GP Surgery, signed and dated in order to obtain your medical summary.

Medical Summary Request Form

This is a self-printable version of the PHV Driver Licence application pack that you can download from Tfl Website instead of having it sent by post.

Private hire driver application pack

This is a document about the Operator Licence, criteria, requirements and procedures to follow to apply for it.

Operator licensing guidance notes

This is the Operator Licence application pack downloadable for self-printing.

Operator licence application pack

This is the latest Staff Manual from the London Taxi and Private Hire and includes all the latest guidelines and requirements for different types of licences.

Driver, operator and vehicle licensing guidelines

This is a helpful guide on what to consider and what to do beforehand in order to easily pass the vehicle inspection the first time.

Vehicle inspection criteria – guidance notes

Guide on how to pass your vehicle inspection the first time