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Road Freight Operator Licensing

Any person who is paid for carrying other people's goods and uses a vehicle with a Gross Plated Weight of more than 3.5 tonnes needs a Road Freight Operators Licence.To get an Operators Licence you need to provide the following:

  • You need to be professionally competent or employ someone as your Transport Manager who is professionally competent.
  • You must show that you have enough resources to set up and properly run your business. (you need to provide bank statements showing available money).
  • You and your Transport Manager must be of good repute. This means that you and your Transport Manager (if applicable) must declare any convictions.
  • You need to provide details of where you can park your vehicle(s) overnight. This must be approved by us.

You can get an application pack which contains more detailed information at the public counter at the above office or you can ring the telephone number above and arrange to have this sent to you.

 

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Page Last Updated - 17/08/2004