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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.

Replace your licensed vehicle

If you already have a vehicle licence and are purchasing a new vehicle to replace your existing one, please ensure it complies with the necessary standards and criteria as set out for:

Once you have purchased the vehicle you can download an application to inform us for:

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

  • Registration document or proof of ownership
  • Insurance document.  This has got to be a certificate of insurance or cover note and not a schedule.  This can be provided at the testing station on the day of the test.
  • Relevant fee.  The fee is dependant on the age of the vehicle and when the vehicle test is due.

For hackney carriage vehicles will need new door insignias at a cost of £24.00 for both.