Your First Driving Licence
You can’t drive a car or start your lessons until you have your provisional driving license AND you have reached the age of 17. If you are in receipt of the higher rate of disability, you can start to learn how to drive when you reach your 16th Birthday.
You can apply for your license 2 months before you are 17, but you MUST NOT drive on the road until the day of your 17th birthday.
If you have never held a driving license before you will need to apply for a provisional license. You must 
complete the driving license application form ‘D1’ and a photocard application form ‘D750’. You can get these forms from most post offices. When you send them to the DVLA you need to remember to include the appropriate fee.
DVLA are introducing some new forms for driving license applications to make it simpler and to minimise the form filling you have to do.
If you manage to get hold of the new ‘D1’ form it will have an area in the bottom left corner for you to attach your photograph, then a D750 form will not be required.
A list of licence fees and all these forms available for download can be found on the DVLA web site.
You can also get the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) leaflet D100 "What you need to know about driving licenses. which is available at most Post Offices.
Other information can be found at the DVLA web site.
When you apply for your provisional license you need to send some form of proof of identity along with your completed form and license fee.
DVLA security checks on driving license applications have been tightened up since the introduction of photocard licenses. Learners who apply for driving licenses now need to submit original documentation confirming their identity.
The following documentation is accepted by DVLA as confirmation of your identity:
Full Valid Current Passport
Birth Certificate
Certificate of Registry of Birth (Provided your name is present on the certificate)
Adoption certificate
ID Card issued by a member state of the EC/EEA
Travel Documents issued by the Home Office
Certificate of Naturalisation or Registration
If you don’t want to send your original documents through the post, a premium service 
for checking photocard applications is available at selected post office branches. Your application form will be checked for you and your identity documents returned to you straight away. The premium service fee is £4 and is extra to the driving license fee that gets sent directly to the DVLA. I thoroughly recommend use of the premium service as you get your form checked for errors by someone independent and you get to keep all your personal documents.
* Information above is supplied by the DVLA and is, of course, subject to change without notice. As DSA rules and regulations change I will update these pages to keep you informed.