Getting an Operator licence in a rush?

Getting an Operator licence in a rush?

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Willhire89

Original Poster:

1,367 posts

212 months

Thursday 1st February
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Our local council had it's O licence revoked by the Traffic Commissioner ten days ago and since then services like refuse collection have been suspended.

Evidently the transport manager left last summer and whilst moves were made to qualify someone else it never happened.

The council keep putting out statements that it is all in hand but just how quickly can the Traffic Commissioner issue a new O licence if they are minded to do so?

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-01-25/bin-col...

EW109

309 posts

147 months

Wednesday 13th March
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Given the need to advertise the application, I cannot see how it can be done in under 3 weeks.

surveyor

18,139 posts

191 months

Wednesday 13th March
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Can they contract out to someone as an emergency measure?

Willhire89

Original Poster:

1,367 posts

212 months

Wednesday 13th March
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This is a bit of an aged thread now.

It took about a month to get the licence reissued and the council crews back out. In the meantime there was some contracting out but it was very limited and focused on commercial and for residents our rubbish just piled up.

It was a pretty embarrassing position for a significant council to find themselves without any ability to run their fleet