Change of https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specialist-schemes-testing-station-map

Change description : 2025-11-18 10:25:00: Updated ‘Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test centre locations’. Noise testing for exhaust modifications over 2 metres in height is now available at:Livingston (Edinburgh)Avonmouth (Bristol)GillinghamDerbyChadderton [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Find a vehicle approval and specialist test centre

Find a test centre where you can get an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA), Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) or Certificate of Initial Fitness (COIF) test.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2013
Last updated 1518 MayNovember 2025 + show all updates
  1. Removed Chelmsford from the list of Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) test centre locations.

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Update history

2026-08-14 14:07
Added Milton Keynes (Ship My Car) to the list of Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test centre locations.

2025-11-18 10:25
Updated ‘Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test centre locations’. Noise testing for exhaust modifications over 2 metres in height is now available at:Livingston (Edinburgh)Avonmouth (Bristol)GillinghamDerbyChadderton

2025-05-15 13:32
Removed Chelmsford from the list of Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) test centre locations.

2024-04-16 10:18
Updated the lists of Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) and Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) test centre locations to include Castle Donington (My Vehicle Import).

2023-11-30 13:35
Added Peterborough (Aebi Schmidt UK Limited) to the list of Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test centre locations.

2023-07-14 12:57
Added Purfleet (Ensign Bus Company) to the list of Certificate of Initial Fitness (COIF) test centre locations.Updated the vehicle categories information for Purfleet (Ensign Bus Company) in the list of Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test centre locations.

2023-05-19 12:06
Updated the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test centre locations to include the types of vehicles that can be tested at Southampton (Northam) from 1 June 2023.

2023-03-03 09:43
Updated the list of Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) test centre locations to show that 2-wheeled vehicles can now be tested at Yeading.

2023-02-15 00:00
Removed Southampton (Empress Road) from the list of Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test centre locations.Removed content about weight restrictions at Exeter, Derby, Nottingham and Leighton Buzzard.Updated ‘passenger cars’ to ‘passenger vehicles (including motor caravans, ambulances and hearses)’.

2022-09-20 11:02
Removed Bournemouth from the list of Certificate of Initial Fitness (COIF) test centres.

2022-05-13 10:37
Removed Andover (J and J Conversions Ltd) from Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test centre locations.