Taxi licensing
Case reference FOI2026/00627
Received 15 April 2026
Published 1 May 2026
Request
Please find my request detailed below: 1. The name and job title of the officer responsible for the management of taxi licensing within your authority, along with their contact telephone number and email address. 2. Details of the system currently used to administer taxi licensing, including: * The name of the software or platform used, or confirmation if applications are managed using alternative methods (such as Word, Excel, PDF, or GOV.UK) * Contract start date and end date * Contract length * Contract value, where this information is held
Response
1. The name and job title of the officer responsible for the management of taxi licensing within your authority, along with their contact telephone number and email address.
Sharon Bamborough (Head of the Licensing Partnership) - sharon.bamborough@sevenoaks.gov.uk
Sharon Degiorgio (Senior Licensing Officer for Tunbridge Wells Borough Council)
Sharon.degiorgio@tunbridgewells.gov.uk
2. Details of the system currently used to administer taxi licensing, including:
The name of the software or platform used, or confirmation if applications are managed using alternative methods (such as Word, Excel, PDF, or GOV.UK<http://gov.uk/>) IDOX, Uniform
Contract start date and end date Jan 2025
Contract length 5 years
Contract value, where this information is held
In regards to the subject of cost, this is first divided between departments within Sevenoaks District Council and then shared out amongst the 4 Licensing Authorities (which make up the Partnership). approx. £7,000 annually.
Documents
This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.