Policy papers and consultations

Seeks views on the amendments to licensing restrictions to address bus, coach and HGV driver shortages.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 11 April 2024

Seeking views on a proposal to temporarily increase the weight of fuel tankers.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 2 April 2024

• Fuel tanker weight limits: temporary changes during periods of fuel supply disruption

  Executive summary Following disruption to fuel supplies in Autumn 2021,…

Seeks views on the future of the Mode Shift Revenue Support and Waterborne Freight Grant schemes and the potential for successor schemes.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 9 January 2024

• Mode shift grants review

  Introduction The Department for Transport (DfT) is undertaking a…

Seeking views to justify amending the current policy approach to weight limits for volumetric concrete mixers (VCMs).

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 19 October 2023

Traffic Commissioners have set out their key objectives for 2023 to 2025.

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 20 July 2023

Seeks views on the interaction between freight and logistics and the planning system in England.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 4 July 2023

Proposes introducing a replacement HGV levy in which carbon dioxide emissions, estimated according to the weight of the vehicle, are taken into account.

• From: Department for Transport and 1 others
• Updated: 15 March 2023

Seeking views on updating Strategic road network and the delivery of sustainable development (circular 02/2013).

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 23 December 2022

Seeks views on the requirement for UK goods vehicle operators to post declarations to carry out goods journeys within the EU, as well as the consolidation of regulations for foreign goods vehicles operating in the UK.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 22 December 2022

Asks if we should stop the longer semi-trailer trial ahead of schedule.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 24 June 2022

Seeks views on the potential for continuing or ending the existing flexibility in road cabotage rules for foreign hauliers.

• From: Department for Transport and 1 others
• Updated: 21 June 2022

The first-ever cross-modal and cross-government plan for the UK freight transport sector.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 15 June 2022

When to end the sale of new non-zero emission heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) within the UK.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 12 May 2022

Call for evidence on possible exemptions to the 2035 phase-out date for the sale of new, non-zero emission heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) weighing 26 tonnes and under.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 12 May 2022

Proposal allowing specialist events haulage companies to transfer their vehicles between a GB operator licence and an operator licence registered in another location.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 6 May 2022

This green paper proposes options for a carbon dioxide (CO2) regulatory framework for all new road vehicles in the UK.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 7 April 2022

Seeks views and evidence regarding proposed operator licencing changes of including hire and reward vehicles, as well as ensuring temporary service workers rights.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 24 January 2022

Proposes implementing a temporary legislative extension of road haulage cabotage to alleviate pressures with the supply chain due to lorry driver shortages.

• From: Department for Transport and 1 others
• Updated: 28 October 2021

How the UK government and devolved administrations propose to work together on commercial transport and operator licensing.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 30 September 2021

Seeks views on a possible trial of higher maximum weight limits for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) carrying intermodal freight.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 24 August 2021