{"id":5030,"date":"2012-10-28T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=5030"},"modified":"2012-10-26T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T14:02:00","slug":"confirmed-dates-for-dvla-office-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2012\/10\/confirmed-dates-for-dvla-office-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed Dates for DVLA office closures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The DVLA has confirmed plans to close all its offices. Once the DVLA offices have shut as part of Government policy to streamline DVLA operations, all DVLA issues will be dealt with online or at a Post Office. The aim, said the DVLA, is to improve all the services it offers: \u201cWe are absolutely committed to delivering the best service we can. Our continued movement towards digital transactions, and the greater<\/p>\n

use of other organisations to deliver services on our behalf, will make it easier for motorists to deal with us in a way that suits them and also reduce the significant burdens on the motor industry and other stakeholders. \u201cCentral to our plans is the
\ncontinued channel shift to digital services, either directly or through the use of intermediaries, of those transactions and services that are currently only available\u00a0through a face-to-face channel. We will provide a greater choice of services to the motor industry which will mean that they can take the administrative burden\u00a0currently associated with reams of paperwork away from motorists when buying and selling vehicles.\u201d The DVLA is putting in place a raft of alternative ways to do business so that after the closures \u2013 as detailed below \u2013 business can carry on as normal: Automated First Registration and Licensing; As tax discs will\u00a0be posted from Swansea and not held at dealerships, there will be less need for indemnity cover. New lower volume motorcycle dealers will be able to join the system without:
\n\u2022 Indemnity cover; If their turnover in transactions with the DVLA is less than \u00a320,000 they will be able to set up a Direct Debit, with money collected every Friday and the DVLA waiving their \u00a3104 sign up fee.
\n\u2022 Cherished Transfers; It is planned to move these to an online system but it maybe that this online function cannot be delivered in one single transaction. This may mean putting the cherished number on retention one day and transferring it online to the new car the following day.
\n\u2022 Tax without V5C; This will be done from Post Offices
\n\u2022 Replacement Tax Discs; This will be possible at the 400 Crown Post Offices
\n\u2022 Trade Plates; Plates and licences will be dispatched direct from Swansea. New applications will not require premises visits or interviews.
\n\u2022 DVLA vehicle\/bike Inspections; VOSA will select around 2,000 of its best performing MOT test stations, geographically spread to carry out physical vehicle or bike checks.<\/p>\n

Proposed closure plan.
\nThis plan is subject to change. Staffing levels will be kept under review throughout the transformation period and the viability of each office will be reviewed on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

Proposed date for office closures:
\nMarch 2013: Area Enforcement Centres<\/p>\n

October 31st 2013:<\/strong> <\/span>
\nAberdeen,
\nBournemouth
\nBrighton
\nCarlisle
\nChelmsford
\nEdinburgh
\nIpswich
\nLincoln
\nNorwich
\nOxford
\nSheffield
\nShrewsbury
\nStockton
\nSwansea<\/p>\n

November 30th 2013:<\/span> <\/strong>
\nBangor
\nBeverly
\nChester
\nDundee
\nExeter
\nInverness
\nMaidstone
\nPeterborough
\nSidcup
\nTruro
\nTheale
\nWorcester<\/p>\n

December 31st 2013:<\/strong> <\/span>
\nBirmingham
\nBorehamwood
\nBristol
\nCardiff
\nGlasgow
\nLeeds
\nManchester
\nNewcastle
\nNorthampton
\nNottingham
\nPortsmouth
\nPreston
\nWimbledon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The DVLA has confirmed plans to close all its offices. Once the DVLA offices have shut as part of Government policy to streamline DVLA operations, all DVLA issues will be dealt with online or at a Post Office. The aim, said the DVLA, is to improve all the services it offers: \u201cWe are absolutely committed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139,6],"tags":[280,142],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5030"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5033,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030\/revisions\/5033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}