Issue - meetings
Tax Tariff Review
Meeting: 21/10/2025 - Cabinet (Item 10)
10 Review of the Taxi Tariff 
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Additional documents:
- Appendix A, item 10
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- Appendix B, item 10
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- Appendix C, item 10
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- Appendix D, item 10
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- Appendix E, item 10
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Minutes:
Background:
The report presented the consultation results for the review of the taxi tariff in line with the Taxi Tariff Review Policy and sought approval of a new taxi tariff.
The report explained that ‘a district council may fix the rates or fares within the district for time as well as distance, and all other charges in connection with the hire of a vehicle or with the arrangements for the hire of a vehicle, to be paid in respect of the hire of hackney carriages by means of a table (hereafter in this section referred to as a ‘table of fares’) made or varied in accordance with the provisions of this section’.
It was therefore at the discretion of the Council, as licensing authority, to set a tariff for licensed taxis operating within Medway. By fixing the fares, the Council was effectively setting the maximum fare that taxi drivers could charge. Legally, taxi drivers may charge less than this rate but may not charge more.
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Decision number:
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Decision:
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150/2025 |
The Cabinet approved the integration of the Christmas and New Year tariffs into the tariff card.
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151/2025
152/2025
153/2025 |
The Cabinet reviewed the responses and comments to the trade consultation, considered if there should be any amendments to the tariff card, in view of the preferences reflected in the consultation responses, as set out at 6.3 to the report and determined to amend the tariffs as follows:
i) The flag would stay at £4.00. ii) The yardage would decrease to 155 yards. iii) The waiting time would decrease to 34 seconds.
The Cabinet approved changes to the taxi tariff to be publicly advertised and, if where there were no objections, implemented.
The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Assistant Director, Legal and Governance, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Community Safety, Highways and Enforcement, to consider any objections received and make any final decisions. |
Reasons:
Approval of the recommendations will enable any revisions to the tariff to be advertised as prescribed in legislation. If no objections are received during this period, the tariff will take effect.
There is a quick turnaround, once the advertising has ended, to ensure that the trade can get their meters updated for Christmas. We are therefore asking that any objections be considered by the Assistant Director and in consultation with the Portfolio Holder.