Enhanced DBS check

To renew your licence your existing enhanced DBS check certificate must be valid on the date your current licence expires and you must be signed up to the DBS Update Service so we can access your DBS information. If not, you must have a new enhanced DBS check completed, sign up to the DBS Update Service, and upload a copy of your new certificate as part of your renewal application.

Please note: you don't need to sign up to the DBS Update Service until your licence is due for renewal or your current DBS check certificate expires, whichever comes first. If you don't sign up for the DBS Update Service your application may be refused, you'll fail our six-monthly DBS checks, and your licence may be suspended or revoked.

Checks must be completed by Barnsley Council's DBS checking service, and there's a fee for the check to be done.

Email dbs@barnsley.gov.uk to request an appointment to complete your check. At your appointment you'll need to provide proof of your National Insurance number and address, and have your driving licence and a valid passport (if you have one).

When your check's complete you'll receive a certificate through the post. Please note, it can take several weeks for you to receive your certificate. You need to contact the Disclosure and Barring Service if you have any queries or want to track the progress of your DBS check.

Medical clearance

You need to meet the Group 2 UK medical standards for driver licensing to renew your taxi driver's licence.

You may still be covered by your existing medical clearance, so don't need to provide proof of this when you renew. However, if your medical clearance won't be valid on the date your current licence expires, you need to provide proof that you still meet the Group 2 standards as part of your renewal application.

If you're aged 45 to 59 you need to obtain medical clearance every five years, or every 12 months if you're aged 60 or over.

How to provide proof

To confirm you meet the standards you need to either:

• print our medical examination report and have this completed and signed by a doctor. The report includes a vision assessment which can be completed by either a doctor or optician. You may have to pay a fee to your doctor and/or optician to carry out your medical assessment.
  
  
• hold a valid HGV or PSV licence for which you received medical clearance to obtain.

You need to upload a copy of your medical examination report or HGV/PSV licence as part of your renewal application.