South Cambridgeshire District Council is reviewing its licensing policy for hackney carriages and private hire vehicles and has opened a public consultation. It runs from 9am on Monday 26 October to 11:59pm on Sunday 29 November 2026. The council's Licensing Committee agreed to the consultation at its September meeting. The draft policy updates driver suitability checks, licensing requirements, operators' duties and vehicle standards. It also adds more training and clearer procedures for drivers, stronger safeguarding rules including refresher safeguarding training, updated guidance on convictions, and modernised licence conditions. The council especially wants views on vehicle signs. Licensed private hire cars generally have to show permanent identification signs, including the yellow half-moon door signs, and the consultation asks whether this should stay as it is. Drivers, operators, residents, visitors and businesses can all respond. After it closes, the council will consider the feedback and take a final version back to the Licensing Committee.