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LICENCE INFORMATION AND
HOW TO APPLY FOR PROVISIONAL LGV/PCV
 
LGV Licence Details

If you passed your car test before January 1997 then you probably have LGV C1 / 7.5 tonne entitlement on your car licence.


Drivers aged 21 or over without LGV C1 entitlement can skip a grade and go straight to LGV C (HGV Class 2)

You must pass LGV C (HGV Class 2) before obtaining C+E (HGV Class 1). After obtaining your full LGV C, with provisional C+E entitlement, you can progress on to C+E without delay by using the same LGV C training vehicle attached to one our DrawBar Trailers or our Articulated Truck with 13.6 meter Tri-axle Trailer.


The DSA also permits LGV C licence holders to obtain a full Manual PCV licence by passing a test on a PCV Automatic Coach.
 

PCV Licence Details

If you passed your car test before January 1997 you may already hold a D1 restricted licence for social and pleasure use. However, if you are being paid to drive a minibus (i.e. for hire of reward) you will need to pass a PCV D1 test.


If you undertake training and pass with all-types PCV D you will give obtain a licence to drive any Passenger Carrying Vehicle - Manual and Automatic Bus or Coach, Single or Double Decker and Minibuses. 

However, passing a test using a vehicle with an automatic gear box means you would not be entitled to drive a manual transmission.


Holders of a PCV automatic licence can upgrade, without any delay, to an all-types PCV licence by sitting a test on a manual coach (and avoid taking another theory test)

Or get two licences at the same time, because on passing your LGV C (HGV Class 2) test you will also upgrade your automatic PCV licence into an all-types PCV Manual Coach Licence.  But remember you will need to obtain LGV Provisional Entitlement, if you don't already hold it, and pass a LGV Theory Test before LGV training can commence.

 

Need the Forms to apply for your Provisional Licence?

Phone us in office hours and we're happy to send them to you FREE of CHARGE

 

New style photo I. D. Licence with Counterpart.
 
How to obtain Provisional LGV/PCV entitlement

You will need a vocational licence application pack.

Phone our office and we will the forms send to you, or you can pick up the forms when you visit our Wembley Reception or collect yourself from a large post office.  If you have a form D1 in your pack please call our office for further help

The Vocational Licence Application Pack includes:
D2 : Application for Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) or Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV)
D4 : Medical Examination Report
INF2D : How to fill in your LGV or PCV driving licence application form
INS115 : Driving licence fees and the Premium Service

DVLA do not make a charge to issue Provisional LGV/PCV Entitlement
 


STEP ONE - Arrange a Medical Examination for the earliest possible date

Take the form D4 to your doctor to complete.  Alternatively we recommend the following doctors/clinics who usually can arrange medicals quickly and at a lower cost – mention WALLACE for these discount rates.  Please pay for medicals by cash or cheque with guarantee card, or by credit/debit card for Drivers Medicals.

The Health Station,
Dr. Woodman, Monday to Friday up till 7pm & Saturdays - £60.00
21a Brand Street, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 1JE - 01462 459595

The Chestnut Practice,
Monday to Friday - £60.00
Thelma Golding Centre, 92 Bath Road, (next to St. Marks Church) Hounslow, TW3 3EH, 020 8630 1400 (Female Doctors available on request)

Dr Richard Longbourne,
Monday to Saturday,daytime & evenings & some Sundays by special request - £40
(private residence) Palmers Lodge, 79 Allum Lane, Elstree, Herts, WD6 3NN (Near Elstree & Boreham Wood Station, Thames Link) 020 8953 5511.

Dr Edwin Cullen,
Monday to Saturday,daytime & evenings & some Sundays by special request - £40
(private residence) 17 Lawrence Avenue, Mill Hill, NW7 4NL - 07803 122 881

(Near Mill Hill Broadway Station, Thames Link)

Crawley Medical Center
Wednesdays 8.30am - 11am and Friday 11am - 7pm - £35.00
16a Brighton Road, Crawley - 01293 538 538

Dr. Howard Freeman & Partners
Weekdays, early to evenings - £50.00
12 Durham Road, West Wimbledon, SW20 0TW (also in SW17) - 020 8946 0069

Drivers Medicals Ltd
Weekdays 9am-6pm - £49.00
Centres in Wembley, Finchley, Hayes, Crystal Palace, Stratford, Hemel Hempstead, Redbourne(Herts) and Grays - 0870 609 1540
 

STEP TWO - Complete green form

1) Please complete from D2 with your name, address, residency, eyesight and hearing details (sections 1, 1a and 2).

2) In Section 3 – the licence you want, after stating the date you want the licence to start, tick the appropriate box for your provisional:
Tick “C” for provisional for Rigid Lorries up to 30 tonnes (old HGV2)
Tick "C1" for a provisional up to 7.5 tonne (C1+E is 7.5 tonne + trailer).
Tick “D” for provisional for buses and coaches.

Tick "D1" for provisional for a minibus.
Or tick BOTH C and D boxes for both entitlements at no extra cost – you may need the other provisional in the future.
N.B. At this time you cannot apply for LGV C+E (for drawbars & articulated vehicles). You must pass the LGV C before C+E provisional can be obtained.

3) Previous licence details (section 4) and Your Health (section 5) are straightforward. If you do not have a Photo ID licence you will also need to complete section 6 & 7 and we recommend using the Post Office Premium Service (Take your UK passport, all the completed forms and £4 to a main PO. They will check all your application and return your passport straight away).

4) Send completed applications, licence (and ID if appropriate to DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1BR. This is no charge to obtain the provisional.

5) Your ID (if submitted) and new Photo Card Licence and Counterpart showing your provisional will be sent after approximately two weeks.
If obtaining you provisional (or the return of your car licence) is urgent it is possible to get your licence quickly by enclosing a letter with explaining your circumstances and forward with your application forms to:
Helen Evans, POL 19 /D 12, DVLA, Swansea, SA6 7JL.
 
Your new licence and counterpart showing your provisional entitlement will be forwarded to you after approximately 2-3 weeks (together with ID if submitted)
 

As soon as your Provisional Entitlement arrives, we recommend an Assessment Lesson. 

Lasting 1 hour, our instructor will evaluate your current driving skills, relevant driving experience and training needs, then we can provide you with training recommendations and a quotation based on those findings. 


On your Assessment Lesson take the opportunity to visit our school and try our vehicles and establish for yourself the quality of our school, without the obligation to make a course booking.
 
 
 
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