Surrender your taxi licence

If you hold a Trafford hackney carriage, private hire driver, vehicle or operator licence and no longer wish to keep it, you can surrender your licence online.

Documents required

You must provide a photo of your destroyed licence (plate or badge).

Next steps

Once you have submitted your surrender notification, you must return your all surrendered Licences.

If surrendering a:

  • Vehicle licence you will need to return both front and rear plates. 
  • Driver licence, you will need to return both badges

Send these by post to:

Licensing
Trafford Council
Trafford Town Hall
Stretford
M32 0TH

Include either a copy of your surrender form or a surrender letter.

If you later wish to hold a licence again, you will need to meet the current application standards and complete the full application process.

Surrender

Complete the surrender taxi licence form