Drivers. In order to be licensed by Brighton & Hove City Council to drive either a hackney-carriage or private-hire vehicles all potential drivers need to attain the following:

A comprehnsive knowledge test of the City of Brighton & Hove which covers from Portslade through to Saltdean

An enhanced CRB check  -    A Driving Standards Agency test    

A medical certificate of fitness  -   A practical Route Test

An attendence to a Disability Equalities & Awareness

For an application and full details you can download a pack  here


At Streamline Taxis 202020-747474 we only use drivers licensed by the City of Brighton & Hove. We do not use drivers who are not licensed to work within the Brighton & Hove City Council licensing area. Unfortunately this can not be said for other taxi companys within our borough who use vehicles and drivers that have not attained the specific requirements of Brighton & Hove City Council.

When a licensed driver joins our company a specific PIN is then appointed to that driver and this PIN is required to be entered into the vehicle data-unit prior to starting work.

Our computerised system has the details of all of our drivers (and vehicles). This includes the  hackney-carriage or private-hire licence details and also the DVLA drivers licence.

When the hackney-carriage / private-hire licence is due for renewal a message will appear on the vehicle data-unit as soon as the PIN is entered. This will give a two week reminder of the expiry of the licence. If for any reason the driver does not provide a copy of the new licence by the expiry date that driver is barred from logging onto the data-system.

We can guarantee that the driver of you cab is fully licenced and authorised by the City of Brghton & Hove.

If you have any cause for complaint about a driver we will regard it with high priority to resolve matters. We do prefer to have such complaints in writing where at all possible. And, depending on the nature of the complaint we will try to resolve matters within house. Where necessary we will refer the matter to the Brighton & Hove City Council Hackney Carriage Office.

If you have cause to make a complaint please contact us on  01273  12345678 

Or you can write to us at Streamline House - Clifton Hill - Brighton - East Sussex - BN1???