When your Dual Driver Licence is due for renewal we will contact you. This is normally 2 to 3 months before the expiry date.
Each time you renew your licence you will need to:
- Complete a Dual Driver Renewal Form
- Contact your doctor’s surgery to arrange a new Medical Report Form to be completed.
- Complete a DVLA Licence History form
- Bring the correct supporting documentation (Proof of ID, address and Right to Work in the UK)
- Make a Payment
- You will also need to make sure to include an additional payment if you are applying for a new DBS.
- From 4th April 2022 dual driver renewals will also need to perform a tax check. Our tax conditionality for dual driver and private hire operators page has further information about this.
The above forms and information is currently given to you in your renewal letter.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure
It is a condition of your licence that you are registered with the DBS Update Service and maintain the subscription throughout the length of your licence. Being registered with the DBS Update Service saves you time & money, in addition breaches of licence conditions will result in penalty points being imposed on your licence.
If you have registered with the DBS Update Service, you will need to present your original DBS certificate as part of the renewal process.
If you are not registered with the DBS Update Service or have lost your certificate, you must apply for a new Enhanced Disclosure. You must do the following:
- Contact the Licensing Team to inform them that you need to make a new DBS application
- Attend Bexhill Town Hall with the supporting documents mentioned below – you must attend in person so the ID can be checked fully
- Make the relevant DBS application fee
We work with uCheck to conduct our DBS checks. A link will be emailed to you from noreply@applicant.hr-platform.co.uk – please note this may go into your spam or junk email folder.
Access the DBS application from the link in the email, complete all the required sections and submitted the application. Once the application is submitted, a Licensing Officer will check it and authorise the application to be processed by uCheck.
When you receive your DBS certificate, this must be provided to us and you must registered it with the DBS Update Service immediately.
You can view the DBS code of practice at DBS code of Practice
Applicants are required to have read the DBS Enhanced Check Privacy Policy before making an application for a disclosure and you will be asked to declare that you have read and understood how the DBS will process your personal data during the application process.
Supporting Documentation
We accept these supporting documents:
- Current Passport or, if you do not have a valid passport, a UK birth certificate
- Proof of a right to reside and a right to work in the UK, if you cannot provide either of the above.
- DVLA driving licence (valid photo card)
- A Council tax statement not more than 12 months old, or household utility bill not more than 3 months old (NB a bill for a mobile phone will not be accepted).
Training Courses
From 1st October 2024, as part of your renewal application, you need to complete the mandatory training below unless you have completed the courses in the last 3 years.
Safeguarding / Child Sexual Exploitation
Complete ONE of the following courses:
Disability Awareness
Complete ONE of the following courses:
Customer Care
Other information
It is your responsibility, not the Council’s, to renew your Licence and if you fail to do so before the its expiry then any application will be treated as a new application and you will not be permitted to drive until that application has been determined (approximately 6/ 8 weeks).
Incomplete applications or applications not accompanied by the required fee will not be accepted.
Applications which are withdrawn for any reason will be subject to an administrative handling fee.
