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Orkney Islands Council operator licence OM0021811

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ValidDVSA file 7 Sep 2026

Orkney Islands Council holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OM0021811) in the Scotland traffic area, authorising 55 vehicles and 2 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

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Vehicles authorised
55
Trailers authorised
2
Operating centres
15
Continuation date
31 Jan 2031

Licence details

Licence number
OM0021811
Status
Valid
Licence type
Standard National
Vehicle category
Goods vehicles
Traffic area
Scotland
Vehicles
55 authorised39 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers
2 authorised0 currently specified.
Continuation date
31 January 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: 31 January 2031, in 4 years and 3 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 December 2030.
  • With 55 vehicles authorised, it is the 8th largest of the 35 company licences with an operating centre in Kirkwall, and holds 4% of the vehicles authorised there.
  • It authorises more vehicles than 95% of the 4,092 company licences in the Scotland traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
  • It lists 15 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the Scotland 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 15

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

  1. Hatston Depot

    Kirkwall, KW15 1RE

  2. Garson Depot

    Stromness, KW16 3EF

  3. St. Ola Chinglie Braes Waste Transfer Station

    Kirkwall, KW15 1SE

  4. 44 Junction Road Orkney Library & Archive

    Kirkwall, KW15 1AG

  5. The Quarry Road Westray Depot Pierrowall

    Orkney, KW17 2DH

  6. Marston Sanday Depot Sandy

    Orkney, KW17 2BL

  7. Shed 5 Hoy Depot Baldry's Road Lyness

    Stromness, KW16 3NS

  8. Southside Road Eday Depot Eday

    Orkney, KW17 2AA

  9. Sandyhill Road Shapinsay Depot Shapinsay

    Orkney, KW17 2DY

  10. Stronsay Stronsay Depot

    Orkney, KW17 2AR

  11. Blossom Quarry Rousay Depot Rousay

    Orkney, KW17 2PR

  12. Granshore Road Old Abattoir Haston Industrial Estate

    Kirkwall, KW15 1FL

  13. Twatt West House

    Orkney, KW17 2JQ

  14. Twatt New Moan

    Orkney, KW17 2JQ

  15. Deerness Upper Braebuster

    Orkney, KW17 2QL

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 Orkney Islands Council

Is Orkney Islands Council licensed?
Yes. Orkney Islands Council holds operator licence OM0021811, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
What type of operator licence does Orkney Islands Council hold?
Standard National goods vehicle licence (OM0021811). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
When is Orkney Islands Council's continuation date?
31 January 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 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . 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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