Place your HGV operator licence newspaper advert
Prepare a new-licence or add-operating-centre advert, review the rendered newspaper artwork and full price, then keep the separate VOL submission, publication and whole-page evidence tasks on one application checklist. Other variation routes pause for assisted wording review before any quote or payment.
Get your HGV notice price
See your matched newspaper, per-column rate and fixed £35 platform fee without an account. We calculate the newspaper cost from your notice before payment.
The HGV operator-licence workflow
The advert and the operator application stay connected.
Prepare a new-licence or add-operating-centre notice, place it in a supported local title and track the evidence needed around the separate Traffic Commissioner application.
How this service works
What Gazetted helps you do from source document to organised record
Build or upload
Enter or extract the applicant address, operating centre and authorised vehicle and trailer numbers.
Check both addresses
Gazetted flags missing required details and shows the exact newspaper artwork and application-date window for review.
Choose and place
Review the suggested local title, rendered artwork, available date and full price, then place the newspaper notice. Submit the licence application separately through Vehicle Operator Licensing.
Keep the application moving
Applications reminds you to record the VOL submission and whole-page evidence task. Documents keeps source files, artwork and publisher evidence when received.
Gazetted prompts for the details this workflow needs and flags missing required fields. You remain responsible for the application, the selected publication route and any legal or professional review.
Exact portal example — live tasks adapt to the subtype and route.
The legal requirement
Under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, Section 11, applicants for a new HGV operator licence must publish a notice in a local newspaper circulating in the area of the operating centre. Publication is also required for the variation routes covered by the official template, including adding an operating centre or applying to keep more authorised vehicles or trailers at an existing centre. Gazetted's direct online variation route currently covers adding an operating centre only; every other variation route requires assisted wording review.
GOV.UK's official variation guidance also covers certain changes to conditions or undertakings. Check the application route before ordering: newspaper advert guidance for operator licence variations.
For a new licence, GOV.UK says the advert must use its official newspaper advert template. It covers the applicant's business details, operating centre address, proposed vehicle and trailer numbers, and representation wording. Each advertised variation must use the relevant section of the separate variation template linked above.
GOV.UK warns that an application may be refused if the operating centre is not advertised properly. The newspaper, timing, wording and published-page evidence all matter.
When to advertise
You must publish not earlier than 21 days before and not later than 21 days after your application submission date (s.11(2) Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995).
Key points
- Direct online placement for new applications and variations that add an operating centre
- Must be published in a newspaper circulating in the area of the operating centre
- HGV operator licence notices are newspaper-only — there is no London Gazette requirement
- Application evidence should include the full newspaper page with the newspaper name and publication date
What you receive
Review the notice before publication and access the order documents and publisher-supplied evidence in your portal.
Proof PDF
A typeset proof of your notice for approval before publication.
Published-page evidence
The publisher's full newspaper page is made available when received. Check that the newspaper name and publication date are readable before uploading it with your application.
VAT invoice
Available in your portal immediately after payment.
Pricing
Newspaper charge = approved size in column-centimetres × the paper's per-column-centimetre rate. We show the complete total before payment.
£35 + VAT platform fee per insertion
Placing multiple HGV notices?
Fleet operators, brokers, and licensing consultants placing notices across multiple operating centres can use our REST API for volume integration, or log in to access saved organisation details and notice templates that pre-fill repeat orders.
Frequently asked questions
Ready to place your HGV notice?
Enter your operating centre postcode to see the matched newspaper and its rate. Your complete total is shown before payment.