03 June 2021
Compliance
In 2017, DVSA stopped accepting applications to set up new ATFs “to help us support existing ATFs and meet their needs”. The DfT’s Heavy Vehicle Testing Review has now recommended that DVSA should consider taking steps to allow more ATFs to open.
The first step will be to consider applications for new ATFs under prescribed circumstances. These are if the new ATF:
Is a move of premises for an existing ATF, but it is within the same geographic area
Already has ‘approval in principle’ from DVSA
Is in an area with a substantial shortage of ATFs, currently Orkney and mainland Highlands of Scotland