
Rother residents will soon be asked to share their thoughts on proposals to increase taxi fares across the district.
Rother District Council’s cabinet has agreed to launch a public consultation on plans to raise the maximum fares that hackney carriage drivers can legally charge.
The proposed change would see fares increase by roughly 10 per cent compared to current rates. This move follows a previous endorsement by the council’s licensing and general purposes committee in May.
The push for higher fares comes amid rising fuel costs for local drivers. Cabinet members heard that the existing fares were last set in April 2023, when diesel was priced at 161 pence per litre.
While fuel costs hit 191 pence per litre in late April 2026 - marking a 19 per cent spike - prices have since shifted.
Richard Parker-Harding, the council’s lead officer for licensing, noted that diesel prices had “fluctuated enormously in the last few months,” with the current average price sitting at 181 pence per litre.
If the public consultation receives no objections, the new fare structure is expected to officially come into effect this October.

The Boston Hackney Carriage Association (BHCA) proposed the increases to combat rising fuel, staff, and insurance costs, noting that maximum fares have not changed since August 2022.

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