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Planned System Maintenance - Limited Service

Sunderland City Council will be carrying out planned system maintenance from 12 noon on Friday 5th June until 7am on Tuesday 9th June. During this period, we will only be able to respond to urgent enquiries. If your enquiry is not urgent, please contact us before or after these times when full services will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Transfer ownership of a licensed vehicle to another owner

When a licensed vehicle is sold to another person you must inform us.  You can download a transfer application for:

Once you have completed the application form bring it into one of our  with:

  • Insurance document.  This has got to be a certificate of insurance or cover note and not a schedule.
  • Proof of sale or written confirmation of transfer if the outgoing owner has not completed the transferring interest section on the application form
  • Transfer administration fee of £25.00

Once they receive you application form, the licensing team will update their records.