15 March 2010The Council can offer senior citizens and people with certain disabilities a National Countrywide bus permit allowing free travel throughout England at off-peak times.
Who can apply?
Any permanent resident within the Sevenoaks District Council area (this means that the Council Tax for where you live is paid to Sevenoaks District Council) who is a senior citizen (aged 60 or over).
Residents with one or more of the following disabilities are also eligible for a pass:
a) partially sighted or without sight
b) suffering from any disability that seriously impairs your ability to walk a distance of up to 100 metres
c) suffering from a learning disability that started before adulthood and that is a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind that includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning
d) refused a driving licence, or have had such a licence revoked on medical grounds (but not due to misuse of drugs / alcohol)
e) without speech or hearing
f) without the use of both arms
The appropriate category (a to F) as above must be detailed in the box on your application form.
Where and when can the bus permit be used?
In Kent this permit can be used between 9am and 11pm Monday to Friday and at any time at weekends and on bank holidays.
In all other areas of England this permit will only be accepted between 9.30am and 11pm Monday to Friday and at any other time at the weekends and on bank holidays.
All valid travel with this permit will be free of charge. The bus permit is valid until 31 March 2011.
Applications can only be processed by post.
Lost your bus pass?
There is a charge of £5 for a replacement bus pass if it is lost. There is no charge if the permit was stolen but the police crime reference number must be completed on the form.
If you have lost your bus pass you can download and complete the replacement bus permit form (
PDF File 298KB file details) and send it back to the Council. Please allow 10 working days from receipt of the form for the arrival of your permit.
Applying for a pass
You can download the National bus permit application form - May 2009 ( PDF File 41KB file details) print it off, complete it and send it back to the Council.
You will also need to provide a recent passport colour photograph with your surname and your postcode detailed on the back. Photographs produced at home are not acceptable.
Senior citizens must include a photocopy of one of the documents listed below to prove their age and current address with their completed form:
People with disabilities will need to provide proof of their age, address and disability with their application form, for example:
If necessary, with your written permission, we can contact your own GP or other health professional for proof of your disability. In certain circumstances a companion bus permit can be issued. However, the issue of this permit is discretionary and will be the decision of Sevenoaks District Council.
Please send photocopies only and not original documents.
Please send your completed form to:
Sevenoaks District Council
BUS PERMITS
Council Offices
Argyle Road
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 1HG
Please allow 10 working days from receipt of application for the arrival of your permit.
Alternatively, if you would like us to send you a bus permit application form by post, please complete the on-line form below:
Fields marked with * must be completed.
You can also write to:
Sevenoaks District Council
BUS PERMITS
Council Offices
Argyle Road
Sevenoaks
TN13 1HG
