Is Hartlepool Borough Council licensed?

Yes. Hartlepool Borough Council holds operator licence PB0004261, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 2 licences in that file.

What type of operator licence does Hartlepool Borough Council hold?

Standard National PSV licence (PB0004261). Runs buses or coaches for payment on journeys within Great Britain.

When is Hartlepool Borough Council's continuation date?

31 March 2030. 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.

Standard National PSV licence

Hartlepool Borough Council operator licence PB0004261

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ValidDVSA file 7 Sep 2026

Hartlepool Borough Council holds a valid Standard National PSV (bus and coach) operator licence (PB0004261) in the North East of England traffic area, authorising 13 vehicles, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

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Vehicles authorised: 13
Trailers authorised: 0
Operating centres: 1
Continuation date: 31 Mar 2030

Licence details

Licence number: PB0004261
Status: Valid
Licence type: Standard National
Vehicle category: Public service vehicles (buses and coaches)
Traffic area: North East of England
Vehicles: 13 authorised8 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers: 0 authorised
Continuation date: 31 March 2030The 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 PSV licence: Runs buses or coaches for payment on journeys within Great Britain.
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 March 2030, in 3 years and 5 months.
With 13 vehicles authorised, it is the 23rd largest of the 68 company licences with an operating centre in Hartlepool, and holds 0.5% of the vehicles authorised there.
It authorises more vehicles than 81% of the 7,859 company licences in the North East of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
It lists 1 operating centre, the same as the median of 1 for company licences in the North East of England traffic area.
Hartlepool Borough Council holds 2 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.

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 1

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

Tofts Farm Industrial Estate East Unit 12 Brenda Road
Hartlepool, TS25 2BS

Change history

What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.

History starts from the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It is the only DVSA file we hold so far.

About Hartlepool Borough Council

Is Hartlepool Borough Council licensed?: Yes. Hartlepool Borough Council holds operator licence PB0004261, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 2 licences in that file.
What type of operator licence does Hartlepool Borough Council hold?: Standard National PSV licence (PB0004261). Runs buses or coaches for payment on journeys within Great Britain.
When is Hartlepool Borough Council's continuation date?: 31 March 2030. 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 7 September 2026, read 30 September 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 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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