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Standard National goods vehicle licence

Bristol City Council operator licence OH0218505

What the licence number means

ValidDVSA file 7 Oct 2026

Bristol City Council holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OH0218505) in the West of England traffic area, authorising 28 vehicles and 0 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

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Vehicles authorised
28
Trailers authorised
0
Operating centres
8
Continuation date
28 Feb 2031

Licence details

Licence number
OH0218505
Status
Valid
Licence type
Standard National
Vehicle category
Goods vehicles
Traffic area
West of England
Vehicles
28 authorised4 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers
0 authorised0 currently specified.
Continuation date
28 February 2031The 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)
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: 28 February 2031, in 4 years and 4 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 January 2031.
  • With 28 vehicles authorised, it is the 172nd largest of the 1,000 company licences with an operating centre in Bristol, and holds 0.1% of the vehicles authorised there.
  • It authorises more vehicles than 92% of the 7,634 company licences in the West of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
  • It lists 8 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the West of England traffic area.

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 8

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

  1. St. Pauls Wellington Road

    Bristol, BS2 9ER

  2. Brislington Sandy Park Road

    Bristol, BS4 3NZ

  3. Canford Lane Canford Crematorium Westbury On Trym

    Bristol, BS9 3PQ

  4. Vassells Park Oldbury Park Road Fishponds

    Bristol, BS16 2JW

  5. Kennel Lodge Road Ashton Court Depot

    Bristol, BS3 2JT

  6. Kings Weston Road Blaise Nursery Lawrence Weston

    Bristol, BS11 0UX

  7. Seamills Depot Bristol City Council Seamills Lane Seamills

    Bristol, BS9 1DP

  8. New Stadium Road Eastville Depot

    Bristol, BS5 6NL

Change history

What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.

  1. History starts from the DVSA file dated . No changes recorded since then.

About Bristol City Council

Is Bristol City Council licensed?
Yes. Bristol City Council holds operator licence OH0218505, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
What type of operator licence does Bristol City Council hold?
Standard National goods vehicle licence (OH0218505). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
When is Bristol City Council's continuation date?
28 February 2031. 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 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 8 October 2026. How we read it

Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.

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