Applications and Decisions
Each Traffic Area Office regularly produces a publication known as Applications and Decisions which contains details of all applications for an operating licence made to that office (during a given period).
The publication is sent on request and usually by subscription to Statutory Objectors in the region covered by the Traffic Area Office. The list of recipients is kept as up to date as possible but if you feel you should receive a copy and have not, please contact your local Traffic Area Offices.
Objections can be made to any application if the objector can prove that you do not satisfy legal requirements. Additional information on objections can be found on the following pages:
• Raising an Objection against an Operator
- advice on how to object; and,
• Operator Licence Objections - advice on the process once an objection has been placed against your application.
Copies of all Applications and Decisions are available for download on the website (see area list below). If you wish to search for a specific operator, please use our online Lorry and Bus Operator Search service.
The Traffic Areas
Below is a list of the Traffic Area Offices and a description of which parts of the country they cover. Further details can be found through the links.
A&D Eastern Traffic Area
The Eastern Traffic Area covers the Counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Suffolk. [This information is held on a external site.]
A&D North Eastern Traffic Area
The North Eastern Traffic Area covers the Metropolitan Boroughs within South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear and West Yorkshire, and the Counties of Durham, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire and North Yorkshire. [This information is held on a external site.]
A&D North Western Traffic Area
The North Western Traffic Area covers The Metropolitan Boroughs within Greater Manchester and Merseyside, and the Counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire and Lancashire. [This information is held on a external site.]
A&D Scottish Traffic Area
The Scottish Traffic Area covers Scotland. [This information is held on a external site.]
A&D South East Metropolitan Traffic Area
The South East Metropolitan Traffic Area covers Greater London, and the Counties of Kent, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex. [This information is held on a external site.]
A&D Welsh Traffic Area
The Welsh Traffic Area covers Wales. [This information is held on a external site.]
A&D West Midland Traffic Area
The West Midland Traffic Area covers the Metropolitan Boroughs within West Midlands, and the Counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. [This information is held on a external site.]
A&D Western Traffic Area
The Western Traffic Area covers the Counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Wiltshire. [This information is held on a external site.]
Do it Online
News
29 July 2008 Road Statistics 2007: Traffic, Speeds and Congestion
The Department for Transport has today published the statistical bulletin Road Statistics 2007 [This information is held on an external site]
22 July 2008 More hard shoulder running on the way for Birmingham
A £96m contract to install the technology that will allow the hard shoulder on parts of the motorway network around Birmingham to be opened to traffic during busy periods has been awarded to Carillion [This information is held on an external site]
8 July 2008 Gallagher review calls for Biofuels use to slow down
The Renewable Fuels Agency's Gallagher review into the indirect effects of biofuels is released today (7 July). [This information is held on an external site]