Private hire driving in Scotland, without the guesswork
PHV licences, taxi badge renewals, low emission zones and the money side — each guide checked directly against the council or government page it's about, not against someone else's summary of it.
Licence renewal guides by council
- Renewing a Glasgow taxi badge or private hire licence: it's two renewals, not one A checklist and fee table up top, then what each council page says about the driver licence and the car licence.
- Renewing an Edinburgh private hire driver licence: a counter visit and a three-day course In person only, with a 28-day late window that needs good cause, and a mandatory training course that costs more than the licence.
- Renewing a Dundee private hire driver licence: no reminders, and a meter changes the licence you need Online application, a 31 May renewal date in the fee table, and the training evidence the conditions ask for.
- Renewing a Renfrewshire private hire driver licence: aim for six weeks before expiry The fee, the timing and the documents from the council's own pages, plus where those pages disagree and what they leave out.
Costs, cover and compliance
- Private hire licence costs in Scotland, compared by council A dated fee table for the councils whose pages could be opened, with the cost per year worked out, because licence lengths differ.
- Private hire insurance in Scotland: what the rules actually ask for Hire and reward, public liability and what drives the price. An explainer, with no recommendations and no affiliate links.
- Glasgow's Low Emission Zone and private hire cars: what actually applies to you The exemption most drivers assume they can get doesn't apply to routine fare work — here's what the council page actually says, and what the real requirement is instead.