About the Author
Neil Bradshaw
Licensing Documentation Consultant
Neil Bradshaw has spent over twelve years working in UK vehicle and driver licensing. His background spans individual licence applications, corporate fleet queries, insurance-related vehicle record requests, and licensing matters for professional drivers including HGV and bus licence applicants.
He started working with DVLA documentation in 2013, initially supporting a regional law firm handling road traffic matters. Over the following years he worked with a range of clients including insurance companies, driving schools, fleet operators, and private individuals navigating complex licensing situations.
In that time he saw the same problems come up repeatedly. Wrong forms submitted. Outdated versions sent in. Applications addressed to the wrong SA99 department. Insufficient reasonable cause statements on V888 requests. Good applications delayed for weeks over things that take two minutes to get right if you know what to look for.
GOV.UK provides the forms and the basic instructions. What it does not provide is the practical layer that sits beneath them. Which version of the form is current right now. What DVLA actually does when a declaration is unsigned. How long a medical licence application genuinely takes compared to what the headline figure suggests.
Neil built this site to fill that gap. Every guide is based on real-world experience of what works, what gets rejected, and what people consistently get wrong when dealing with DVLA.
Every page on this site was written by Neil personally. He reviews all content against GOV.UK guidance on a monthly basis and updates pages within 48 hours whenever DVLA changes a form version, fee, processing time, or postal address.
Where DVLA makes a significant change, he publishes a news post explaining what changed and what it means in practice. Nothing on this site is generated automatically or published without his review.
Neil covers all DVLA vehicle and driver licensing forms in depth, with particular focus on vehicle information requests (V888), replacement logbook applications (V62), SORN declarations, and driving licence applications including medical cases (D4) and HGV licences (D2).
He also covers the reference information that every form page depends on: current processing times, correct postal addresses by form type, fee schedules, and form version tracking.
If you have spotted an error, an outdated detail, or a question that the guides do not answer, Neil reads every message sent through the contact page.