Permits

A transport permit authorises its holder to carry goods or passengers on the designated routes of the Velocity Interoperability Network. Permits are issued by the Transport Department of the Velocity Interoperability Network and state the routes, classes of traffic and period to which they apply. No fee is charged. Sixteen permits were in force when the Department was established; every permit in force is listed in the register of permits.

Who needs a permit

Carriers of goods for hire or reward: Operators carrying goods for hire or reward on any designated route.
Carriers of passengers for hire or reward: Operators carrying passengers for hire or reward on Class A or Class B routes, including the operators of scheduled passenger services.
Members moving heavy or hazardous goods: Member organisations moving heavy or hazardous goods on their own account.
Users of service and restricted routes: Any operator using a Class C service route or a Class D restricted route.

Who does not need a permit

Private individuals: Private individuals travelling with their own personal effects.
Members' staff: Members' staff moving between sites of the same member on Class A or Class B routes.
Defence and Emergency Services: Defence and Emergency Services vehicles acting under their own authority.

Exempt traffic remains bound by the conditions of traffic for the routes it uses. An organisation unsure whether its traffic requires a permit may describe the traffic to the Department by email and will receive a written answer within ten working days.

How to apply

Step 1: State who is applying
Give the name and email address of the applicant, and the name of the member organisation on whose behalf goods or passengers will be carried.
Step 2: Name the routes
List the routes, or classes of route, on which the permit is to be used. Ask for a route-specific endorsement if heavy or hazardous goods are to be carried on a Class B route, naming the route.
Step 3: Describe the traffic
Describe the nature of the goods or passengers to be carried, the vehicles to be used and the expected frequency of movements.
Step 4: State the period
State the period for which the permit is sought, up to a maximum of two years.
Step 5: Send the application by email
Send the application to contact@transport.gov.vin. The Department acknowledges it within five working days and normally issues a decision within twenty.

A permit that is granted is sent to the applicant by email and is entered in the register within five working days. A permit that is refused is accompanied by the Department's reasons in writing; the applicant may apply again at any time or ask that the decision be reviewed.

Route-specific endorsements. Heavy or hazardous goods may be carried on a Class B regional route only where the permit carries an endorsement naming that route. An endorsement is requested in the application or, for a permit already in force, by email quoting the permit number. The Department considers the weight and nature of the goods, the structures and clearances on the route and the passenger services that share it, and may attach conditions such as hours of movement or a maximum number of movements each week. Four endorsements were in force at 6 September 2026.

Conditions attached to every permit

Carry the permit: The permit, or a copy of it, must be carried and produced on request while it is in use on a designated route.
Observe the conditions of traffic: The holder must comply with the general conditions and the class limits on speed, weight and hours, and with every closure, speed restriction and diversion notice.
Keep to the routes and traffic authorised: The permit may be used only on the routes or classes of route it names and only for the traffic it authorises. Use of a Class C or Class D route, and heavy or hazardous goods on a Class B route, must be expressly stated.
Report incidents and changes: Incidents on a designated route must be reported within 24 hours. Changes to the holder's name or email address, to the goods or passengers carried or to the routes used must be reported before they take effect.
Keep movement records: The holder must keep a record of every movement made under the permit for twelve months and produce it to the Department on request.

Breach of a condition may lead to the permit being suspended or, where the breach is serious or repeated, revoked. The procedure is described on the Conditions of traffic page.

Renewing a permit

Step 1: Apply before the permit expires
Send a renewal application by email at least twenty working days before the expiry date shown in the register. An application made in time allows the holder to continue under the existing permit until the Department decides.
Step 2: Confirm or amend the particulars
State whether the routes, traffic, vehicles and frequency of movements are unchanged, or set out the changes. A change of routes or traffic is considered as part of the renewal.
Step 3: Declare incidents during the period
List every incident reported under the permit during its period, or state that there was none. The Department checks the list against its own records.
Step 4: Receive the decision
The Department decides within twenty working days. A renewed permit is issued under the same permit number for a further period of up to two years, and the register is updated within five working days.

Holders of a permit for goods traffic may apply for the goods paths timetabled on the routes their permit covers. Common questions are answered on the permit questions page; anything else may be sent to contact@transport.gov.vin.