ROCHDALE
BOROUGH
COUNCIL
REV 23/03/2020
Mark Widdup
Director of Neighbourhoods
PUBLIC PROTECTION SERVICE
Floor 3, Number One Riverside,
Smith Street, Rochdale, OL16 1XU
Tel: (01706) 924114
Fax: 0844 332 0324
Email:lic.applications@rochdale.gov.uk
Web site: www.rochdale.gov.uk
CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP HACKNEY CARRIAGE
Privacy Notice (how we use your information);
Rochdale Borough Council, as the Licensing Authority, collects and records the personal data that
you provide in this form, along with any supporting documentation, in order to process your licence
application to regulate private hire and hackney carriage licensing activities within the Borough.
Appropriate measures are in place to protect your personal data. We may share your information with
other Council Services and organisations that can support our work. The Licensing Authority is also
required by law to share the data with Defra so that Defra can create a database to support the
operation of charging clean air zones by local authorities or other air quality plans The full Privacy
Notice provides information about your rights under current data protection legislation and details
what will happen to your personal data, can be found on the Council’s website at
www.rochdale.gov.uk/privacy
NOTES FOR GUIDANCE
With effect from the 06.11.96 it is a requirement that a change of ownership form must be
completed prior to the sale of the vehicle and also as below:
• During the life of the licence
• On Renewal
• If the vehicle has been previously licensed with this authority and is within 3 MONTHS
• after the expiry of the licence
To make application
• An application form must be completed by the buyer prior to the sale of the vehicle.
• The seller must complete the relinquish of interest form which is then to be supplied by
the buyer alongside documents
• An application fee of £38.00 is payable.
Documents, including relinquish of interest form, must be produced to support your
application to evidence proof of purchase and is required by this Authority. These are as
follows:-