My mother's took about 3 months to come through. I can't remember what she did with the old one, perhaps better to retain until new one turns up.

It may not take as long as your think. My wife renewed her licence in July and the new licence arrived in less than a week. We had kept her old licence, expecting the new one to take much longer to arrive, but then cut it up and posted it to DVLA as instructed - remember it is illegal to have two licences.

Edited by Roger Adams on 01/08/2020 at 14:51

I didn't send my old one back. I was never chased for it.

I keep it by the front door for proof of age/ID when I have anything delivered which the courier needs proof of age for - eg. alcohol/knives.

Further to my original post on 1/8-I can report that my new licence arrived in the post this morning. For this to have happened within 2 working days of application is surely a record?...well done DVLA!

Now I must remember to cut up the old licence ( not the new!) and return it to Swansea.

Thankyou for all interesting comments.

Edited by Dogfuzz on 05/08/2020 at 13:17

License renewal - DVLA. I submitted my over70 renewal in Dec 2020. I am 73 so this was my seccod time. Acknowledgement received but no license yet and no change in my details since the first renewal at age 70.

Check out the legislation under Section 88 of the Road Traffic Act.

Best wishes.