Just wondered what the procedure is for this?
Do you have to advertise it in the paper, like when you apply for an O-Licence in the first place?
just the same 
(except if you’re giving up the old operating centre you remove that using the same form )
Form on the VOSA site GV81:-
Ok, thanks both for advice + link.
Juat having a think, see how we go…
There is an exception hammer,if the operating centre your thinking of going to has had previous haulage companys trading from there and anyone of them arnt useing it as a operating centre now,you dont need to advertise in the local rag because you can take there old space up.
I went through the same thing myself last year and didnt need to advertise
little Elf:
There is an exception hammer,if the operating centre your thinking of going to has had previous haulage companys trading from there and anyone of them arnt useing it as a operating centre now,you dont need to advertise in the local rag because you can take there old space up.
I went through the same thing myself last year and didnt need to advertise
Right, that could well apply to me - thanks for the tip Little Elf.
hammer:
little Elf:
There is an exception hammer,if the operating centre your thinking of going to has had previous haulage companys trading from there and anyone of them arnt useing it as a operating centre now,you dont need to advertise in the local rag because you can take there old space up.
I went through the same thing myself last year and didnt need to advertiseRight, that could well apply to me - thanks for the tip Little Elf.
Schedule 4 Applications
Schedule 4 to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 allows, in certain
situations, the transfer of operating centres from one existing licence to either another existing
licence or as part of a new licence application. A range of qualifying criteria have to be met,
with approval at the Traffic Commissioner’s discretion. An important consideration in the
process is any environmental history relating to the subject operating centre or any potentially
adverse environmental impact resulting from the transfer. Legislation prevents any statutory
objection against the Schedule 4 element of an application.
New Applications (Section 3.1): where the Traffic Commissioner has given a direction that
the provisions of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 shall apply, objections may only be lodged
against the published application under Section 12(1)(a) of the 1995 Act, disregarding the
suitability of the operating centre for use as such by the applicant as set out in Section
13(5)(d) of the Act;
Variation applications (Section 3.2): where the Traffic Commissioner has given a direction
that the provisions of paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 shall apply, objections may again only be
lodged against the published application under Section 12(1)(a) of the 1995 Act unless that
transfer can be accommodated without any overall increase in the existing overall
vehicle/trailer authorisation on the receiving licence, in which case there is no statutory
requirement to publish details of that application. Section 3.3 does however detail any such
applications in order that interested parties are made aware of changes to authorised
operators at listed operating centres