{"id":11427,"date":"2013-01-04T17:48:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T17:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=11427"},"modified":"2013-01-04T17:48:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T17:48:22","slug":"chalfont-drive-move-being-scuppered-by-adis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=11427","title":{"rendered":"Chalfont Drive Move Being Scuppered By ADIs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an old story. As of September 2014, tests are conducted at Colwick, Beeston (near the train station), Clifton (on the Trent University campus), and Watnall (the old LGV testing station).<\/p>\n<p>Chalfont Drive stopped doing tests in 2013. Clarendon Street (the Trent University campus in the city centre) ceased conducting tests in late August 2014 a few weeks prior to Watnall commencing operations.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: The move is postponed<\/strong> &#8211; <a title=\"Chalfont Drive Test Centre: Move Is Postponed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=11542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a couple of months ago reporting that <del><a title=\"Chalfont Drive Test Centre Is Moving!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=10979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chalfont Drive test centre in Nottingham is relocating to Beeston<\/a><\/del>, subject to planning permission.<\/p>\n<p>I bet the DSA is ruing its decision to keep ADIs informed, because I saw a notice on the wall at Colwick asking instructors to stay away. Apparently, the place has been gridlocked by idiots taking their pupils there to have a look!<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that the deal isn\u2019t done yet, and there\u2019s a good chance it won\u2019t be as a result of morons driving down there and causing hold-ups for the tenants who already rent there.<\/p>\n<p>No ADI has any need whatsoever to take their pupils there. Those who do are just bloody stupid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an old story. As of September 2014, tests are conducted at Colwick, Beeston (near the train station), Clifton (on the Trent University campus), and Watnall (the old LGV testing station). Chalfont Drive stopped doing tests in 2013. 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