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Offers to help farmers and land managers protect wildlife and preserve the natural environment.

• Updated: 30 July 2022

You need the right licence to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle, there are also age limits and specific rules for driving tests

• Driving licence requirements

  If you pass a regular car driving test (category B) you’ll get entitlement…

• Age limits

  Category Minimum age Agricultural tractors F 16/17* Road rollers G 21**…

• Practising driving a tractor or specialist vehicle

  You can get a provisional licence for a tractor or specialist vehicle at…

• Driving tests for tractors and specialist vehicles

  The type of driving test you have to do depends on the type of vehicle.…

• Rules for test vehicles

  All test vehicles have to meet certain rules, depending on their category.…

Check the tariff classification for all-terrain vehicles designed to be used as tractors.

• Updated: 13 December 2022

Use these spreadsheets with your online notification to tell HMRC that you've brought multiple tractors into the UK.

Your farm vehicle must have the right approval to be registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - european community whole vehicle type approval, certificate of conformity, tractor cab certificate of approval

Housing deals provide an opportunity to support our commitment to deliver 300,000 homes per year by the mid-2020s and beyond.

• Updated: 21 March 2018

Check which new hybrid and electric vehicles (EV), including cars, vans, trucks and motorbikes, are eligible for a government plug-in grant.

Explores the benefits and frictions on the rental market for tractors.

• Updated: 30 October 2025

• Updated: 15 December 2015

Check the tariff classification of telescopic loaders.

• Updated: 17 December 2025