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Standard National goods vehicle licence

Environment Agency operator licence OC0271516

What the licence number means

ValidDVSA file 7 Sep 2026

Environment Agency holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OC0271516) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 15 vehicles and 7 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

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Vehicles authorised
15
Trailers authorised
7
Operating centres
6
Continuation date
31 Oct 2029

Licence details

Licence number
OC0271516
Status
Valid
Licence type
Standard National
Vehicle category
Goods vehicles
Traffic area
North West of England
Vehicles
15 authorised5 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers
7 authorised0 currently specified.
Continuation date
31 October 2029The licence is continued on this date every five years. The fee for a goods licence is due by the end of the month before. It is not an expiry date.
Operator type
Other (e.g. public authority, charity, trust, university)
Earned recognition
Listed in DVSA’s earned recognition schemeDVSA list updated 1 October 2026. Accredited 15 January 2024.
How to read this record
Standard National goods vehicle licence
Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
Valid
The licence is listed as valid in the DVSA file.
Vehicles and trailers authorised
The most vehicles and trailers the operator may use under the licence. The number specified is how many are listed on it now.
Operating centre
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use. A licence can have several.
Continuation date
The licence is continued on this date every five years. The fee for a goods licence is due by the end of the month before. It is not an expiry date.
Traffic area
The Traffic Commissioner's area that issued the licence. Its letter is the second letter of the licence number.

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Key facts

  • Next continuation: 31 October 2029, in 3 years. The goods continuation fee is due by 30 September 2029.
  • With 15 vehicles authorised, it is the 15th largest of the 49 company licences with an operating centre in Leigh, and holds 1.0% of the vehicles authorised there.
  • It authorises more vehicles than 83% of the 7,497 company licences in the North West of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
  • It lists 6 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the North West of England traffic area.
  • Environment Agency holds 6 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
  • Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 15 January 2024.

Traffic Commissioner decisions

No written decision (published since January 2025) and no entry in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings (since January 2026) names this licence number. All decisions on GOV.UK

Operating centres 6

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

  1. Mill Lane Bedford Pumping Station Bungalow

    Leigh, WN7 2BG

  2. Carrington Lane Sale Depot Ashton Upon Mersey

    Sale, M33 5NL

  3. Causeway Road Bridge End Depot Levens

    Kendal, LA8 8EP

  4. Abbeytown Junction Abbeytown Depot Abbeytown

    Carlisle, CA7 4SX

  5. Winsford Industrial Estate Winsford Depot Road Three

    Winsford, CW7 3SL

  6. Lancashire Enterprise Business Park Unit 12

    Leyland, PR26 6TZ

Change history

What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.

  1. History starts from the DVSA file dated . It is the only DVSA file we hold so far.

About Environment Agency

Is Environment Agency licensed?
Yes. Environment Agency holds operator licence OC0271516, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 6 licences in that file.
What type of operator licence does Environment Agency hold?
Standard National goods vehicle licence (OC0271516). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
When is Environment Agency's continuation date?
31 October 2029. The licence is continued on this date every five years. The fee for a goods licence is due by the end of the month before. It is not an expiry date.

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DVSA file 7 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . How we read it

Earned recognition: DVSA’s list updated .Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.

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