Trade licence plates
End your trade licence and return your trade plates
Your licence will end if you either:
- let your licence expire without renewing it
- cancel your licence - also known as ‘surrendering’ your licence - before it expires
If you cancel it before it expires, you’ll get a refund for each full calendar month left on the licence once DVLA receives your application form.
You’ll be sent a letter when your licence is due to expire, and another after your licence expires (if you do not renew). The letters explain what you need to do.
If you do not get the letter and you do not want to renew, send your trade plates back to DVLA with:
- form VTL308 if you’re cancelling your licence before it expires
- a letter explaining that you’re not renewing if your licence has expired