The DVLA Local Office in Leeds will be relocating to new premises in November 2009. Construction work is in progress at the new building located at Temple Point in the Colton district on the east side of Leeds. The move will bring the Leeds Local Office into line with the majority of the other DVLA Local Offices; being situated outside of the city centre.
Anyone who has ever had to visit the DVLA Local Office, currently situated on the first floor of 42 Eastgate, Leeds, will be aware of the problems associated with the current location. Being sited slap bang in the middle of the city centre is not necessarily advantageous.
The large number of vehicles travelling in and out of Leeds city centre on a daily basis creates the first problem. When you have managed to fight your way through the high volume of traffic, you then have the challenge of parking your car. Public transport is often the better option when heading into the city centre. However, if you are taking a vehicle along to the DVLA Local Office to be inspected prior to a number plate transfer being authorised, driving can not be avoided.
Finding a parking space in the centre of Leeds during working hours is not an easy task. You then have to buy a ticket from the pay & display machine having remembered to bring plenty of coins with you. Trying to predict how long it will take to be served at the DVLA counter is not as straightforward as it sounds. You must take a guess and buy a ticket for the length of time you feel is required for your visit.
Parking is not cheap either, one hour costs £2.50 and depending on the time of the month, one hour may not be long enough. On a couple of occasions I waited one hour and forty minutes to be served. Running back to the pay & display machine to buy extra time, narrowly avoiding missing your turn when your queuing number is called is best avoided.
Thankfully there are plenty of free parking spaces at the new Temple Point Business Park. You could also tie in your trip to the DVLA with the weekly grocery shop. There is a big supermarket with a huge car park just a short walk away.
More good news is that you can kiss those city centre traffic jams goodbye. The new DVLA Leeds Office is two minutes away from junction 46 of the M1, just off the A63 Selby Road on the east side of Leeds. This makes it so much easier for anyone travelling by car, whilst also being convenient for those who prefer public transport. The area is well served by local buses with a regular service running along Selby Road.
There are bound to be opponents to the relocation of the Leeds DVLA Local Office. As someone somewhere once said, you can’t please all of the people all of the time. However, at Simply Registrations we think the move can’t come soon enough and we look forward to making our regular trips when the new DVLA Local Office opens for business at Temple Point in November.
Anyone who has ever had to visit the DVLA Local Office, currently situated on the first floor of 42 Eastgate, Leeds, will be aware of the problems associated with the current location. Being sited slap bang in the middle of the city centre is not necessarily advantageous.
The large number of vehicles travelling in and out of Leeds city centre on a daily basis creates the first problem. When you have managed to fight your way through the high volume of traffic, you then have the challenge of parking your car. Public transport is often the better option when heading into the city centre. However, if you are taking a vehicle along to the DVLA Local Office to be inspected prior to a number plate transfer being authorised, driving can not be avoided.
Finding a parking space in the centre of Leeds during working hours is not an easy task. You then have to buy a ticket from the pay & display machine having remembered to bring plenty of coins with you. Trying to predict how long it will take to be served at the DVLA counter is not as straightforward as it sounds. You must take a guess and buy a ticket for the length of time you feel is required for your visit.
Parking is not cheap either, one hour costs £2.50 and depending on the time of the month, one hour may not be long enough. On a couple of occasions I waited one hour and forty minutes to be served. Running back to the pay & display machine to buy extra time, narrowly avoiding missing your turn when your queuing number is called is best avoided.
Thankfully there are plenty of free parking spaces at the new Temple Point Business Park. You could also tie in your trip to the DVLA with the weekly grocery shop. There is a big supermarket with a huge car park just a short walk away.
More good news is that you can kiss those city centre traffic jams goodbye. The new DVLA Leeds Office is two minutes away from junction 46 of the M1, just off the A63 Selby Road on the east side of Leeds. This makes it so much easier for anyone travelling by car, whilst also being convenient for those who prefer public transport. The area is well served by local buses with a regular service running along Selby Road.
There are bound to be opponents to the relocation of the Leeds DVLA Local Office. As someone somewhere once said, you can’t please all of the people all of the time. However, at Simply Registrations we think the move can’t come soon enough and we look forward to making our regular trips when the new DVLA Local Office opens for business at Temple Point in November.
