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When you apply, you鈥檒l be asked:

• whether you鈥檙e a limited company, sole trader, partnership, limited liability partnership or other organisation
• the name of your organisation聽
• what the organisation does聽
• your address and contact details聽
• the names of the people responsible for your organisation, for example the owner, transport manager, company directors or safety inspectors

Employing or hiring a transport manager

If you鈥檙e applying for a standard licence, you鈥檒l be asked to name a transport manager. That person could be you or someone else.

You鈥檒l need to provide:

• their date of birth
• their contact details
• proof that they鈥檙e qualified to be a transport manager for goods vehicles or public service vehicles, for example a copy of their Certificate of Professional Competence聽
• how many hours a day they鈥檒l spend on transport manager duties
• a list of any convictions or cautions

Your transport manager also needs to be one of the following:

• already working for your organisation聽
• somebody you hire
• somebody you contract聽

Your team鈥檚 history

To prepare for your application, you鈥檒l need to find out some information about your team. The Office of the Traffic Commissioner will use this to check your organisation can hold a vehicle operator licence.

Financial history

When you apply you鈥檒l need to tell the Office of the Traffic Commissioner whether any directors, partners or transport managers have been:

• declared bankrupt, had their estate seized or been the subject of an
• involved with an organisation that has gone or is going into receivership
• involved with an organisation that has gone or is going into administration or a Company Voluntary Arrangement
• previously disqualified from acting as a company director or managing a company

Licence history聽

You鈥檒l need to tell the Office of the Traffic Commissioner whether any directors, partners or transport managers have:

• an operator licence in any traffic area currently
• ever had or applied for an operator licence in any traffic area
• ever been disqualified from having an operator licence in any traffic area
• ever had an operator licence application refused by a traffic commissioner for Great Britain, the Northern Ireland Transport Regulation Unit or by any EU licensing authority
• ever had an operator licence taken away, suspended or limited by a traffic commissioner for Great Britain, the Department for Infrastructure for Northern Ireland or by any EU licensing authority
• ever taken part in a public inquiry held by a Traffic Commissioner
• bought assets or shares in a company that holds or has held an operator licence in any traffic area

Convictions and cautions

You鈥檒l need to declare if any of the following people and companies you work with have certain convictions or cautions:

• directors, partners and transport managers
• companies that are (or have been) directed by anybody you鈥檝e named
• your parent company, if you鈥檙e a limited company
• your employees and agents

Setting up your IT systems

If you want to join the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) earned recognition scheme, you鈥檒l need .

The DVSA earned recognition scheme collects data so you can prove your organisation meets driver and vehicle standards. This means that your vehicles are less likely to be stopped for inspections.

You can join the DVSA earned recognition scheme once you鈥檝e had an operator licence for at least 2 years.

Get help joining the DVSA earned recognition scheme

You can get help from DVSA to start the process of joining the DVSA earned recognition scheme if you鈥檙e a new vehicle operator. You鈥檒l need to do this within the first 6 months of getting your new vehicle operator licence.