Let's Talk Taxis - Trade Survey
Cornwall Council is responsible for licensing Hackney Carriages, Private Hire Vehicles, Operators and Drivers.
The Council recognise that licensed vehicles play an important part in local transport and are vital to our communities.
Hackney Carriages, referred to as ‘taxis’, are vehicles that are available on taxi ranks or can be hailed in the street.
You may be aware the Council have a policy of limiting the number of taxi licences it issues in 3 zones within Cornwall. The current limits are:-
- Restormel zone - 74 taxis
- Carrick zone – 84 taxis
- Penwith zone – 51 taxis
These zones reflect the former district/borough council boundaries.
The zones without taxi licence restrictions are Caradon, North Cornwall and Kerrier.
There is no limit or zones on the number of Private Hire vehicles. Private Hire vehicles must be pre-booked by passengers in advance of a journey, and they cannot operate from a rank or be hailed in the street.
Following a recent public engagement survey, the Council are now consulting with the trade so it can decide whether to keep the limits in the zones which have them and/or add limits to the zones which don’t currently have them.
Please complete our short survey to give your views. This survey will close on 18 November 2022.
Privacy Notice
We will use the information you provide to inform a review of taxi license restrictions policy.
The Data Controller for the information you provide in this survey is Cornwall Council, New County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro TR1 3AY. Data Protection Registration Number: Z1745294. Once the survey has closed, your data will be held within Cornwall Council’s secure network and premises for up to 2 years. Where we ask you to supply personal data on this form, we will only make access to this data available to authorised members of staff who are required to process it for the purposes outlined in this privacy notice. Please note that other information you provide, such as responses to open questions, may be published in full.