Havant Borough Council issues a travel concession to qualifying residents. This entitles eligible persons to a free off-peak bus pass which allows free bus travel providing journeys start between 9.30 a.m. and 11 p.m. on a weekday or anytime on weekends and public holidays. You are able to make free journeys by local buses (excluding express coaches, shuttles, dial-a-ride, special tourist services or community transport) anywhere in England.

 

The Pass is a plastic, credit card sized 'Smartcard'.

 

Senior rail cards are available as an alternative concession for all new applications or upon renewal of residents’ existing concessions. 

 

Further information and application forms can be obtained by telephoning (023) 9244 6012 or e-mailing: customer.services@havant.gov.uk.

 

 

 

Concessionary Travel is currently available to residents of the Borough who are 60 years of age and over. Starting from 6th April 2010, due to changes in retirement age legislation, this age will move upwards at the rate of two months for every one month of age. There is a ready reckoner available on DirectGov but please note that in order to calculate your eligibility age, you should enter your gender as 'female' into the calculator even if you are male (because the concession age works on the female retirement age, which is now being realigned with the male retirement age in response to a European Court of Human Rights judgement). 

 

It is also available to people with disabilities. Applicants should be over 5 years of age and be a holder of the yellow Social Services Registration Card or in receipt of the Disability Living Allowance.

 

 

 

You must complete an application form, which you can get from the Main Reception of the Civic Offices, or by telephoning (023) 9244 6012 or e-mailing: customer.services@havant.gov.uk.

 

 

 

To process your application, we need proof of age / disability and residence, for example:

The bus pass application also needs a recent passport-sized photograph of yourself. There is now a photo booth for public use in the Civic Offices, which provides 4 photographs for £4.00.

 

 

 

At any time during the year by completing an application form, which you can obtain from the Main Reception of the Civic Offices, or by telephoning (023) 9244 6012 or e-mailing: customer.services@havant.gov.uk.

 

 

 

The pass is issued for free.

 

 

 

A replacement will be provided on receipt of a new photograph and a £10.00 fee. This can either be brought into the Main Reception at the Civic Offices, or sent by post, along with a letter to request a new pass, to:

 

 

 

 

As an ALTERNATIVE to the free off-peak bus pass, you can apply to Havant Borough Council for a senior rail card.  We will issue you with a voucher to redeem your pass at a railway station. This option is available to residents who are aged 60 or over, or older subject to the changes in retirement age as explained above if applying after 1st April 2010.

 

National Express operates a 'routesixty' discount card and concessionary fares for disabled people are available on a range of their coach services. There are also schemes to help with travel to hospital and to work. The County Council's web site has a lot of useful information about these concessions, as well as onward links to online application forms and leaflets.

 

 

This authority is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end may use the information you have provided on your concessionary travel form for the prevention and detection of fraud.  It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes.

 

For further information on sharing data please click here >> or contact Janice Newman on 023 9244 6040.