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Operator licence

applications

How can we help

Do you need to apply for an HGV operator’s licence or a major change to your existing licence? We are here to offer help and advice .

Our Package includes:

Completion of the GV79 application form.
Completion of the TM1 application form
Creation of public notice for newspaper
Liasing with Traffic Commissioner Office as required
Confidential consultation

Types of operator licence

Restricted licence

Restricted licences are for those who carry their own goods or materials in connection with their trade or business. This licence covers all transport operations in the UK.

Standard (national) licence

Standard (national) licences are for those who carry their own goods or materials for their trade or business and/ or carry goods for hire or reward. This licence covers all transport operations in the UK.

Someone in, or employed by, the company must hold a transport manager Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification.

Standard (international) licence

Standard (international) licences are the same as standard (national) licences except they cover transport operations throughout Europe.

Cost of a licence

If you apply for a new licence, or a (publishable) change to an existing licence, you must pay a one-off £257.00 application fee.

If your licence application is successful, you will then have to pay a licensing fee of £401.00 which covers a period of five years. A fee of £401.00 is also payable at the end of the five-year period if you wish to continue your existing licence.

(If you need an interim licence or direction, this will cost £68.00.) optional

All fees are non-refundable.

Financial Standing

The Office of the Traffic Commissioner has announced changes to financial standing for 2021, which result in a decrease from the previously announced 2021 levels.

Thanks to powers included in the legislation relating to the withdrawal from the European Union, the level of finance required by holders of, and applicants for, Standard Operator’s Licences will no longer be determined by reference to an exchange rate conversion from EUR 9,000 for the first vehicle and EUR 5,000 for each subsequent vehicle. Instead, from 1 January 2021, the level of financial standing required will be set in Sterling.

From 1 January 2021, the level of financial standing required for Standard Operator’s Licences will be:

£8,000 for the first vehicle
£4,500 for each subsequent vehicle.

For holders of, or applicants for, Restricted Operator’s Licences, the financial standing requirement remains unchanged at

£3,100 for the first vehicle
£1,700 for each subsequent vehicle.

Prepare for new rules for transporting goods to or through Europe using cars and trailers, vans and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) from 2022.

From 21 May 2022 the EU rules on operator licensing will change. From that date if you are operating a light goods vehicle and/ or trailer between 2.5 and 3.5 tonnes in an EU member state you will need to have a goods vehicle operator’s licence.