From: Information Access
inform@vosa.gsi.gov.uk
Information Access Team
Berkeley House
Croydon Street
Bristol
BS5 0DA
Tel: 0300 123 9000
Fax: 0117 954 2546
Your ref:
Our ref: F0005175
Date: 12th August 2013
Dear
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
I refer to your email of 8th August 2013. We have dealt with this under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You asked for the location of all VOSA-operated vehicle weighbridges, the requirements
and frequency for certifying their accuracy and a schedule of the latest certification
details of all weighbridges listed in answer to the first point.
Please find a list of all weighbridges below.
Selfweigh
Last test date
Location
A75 Castle Kennedy nr Stranraer
A90 Cramond nr Edinburgh
A74 Beattock Summit by Beattock
M9 Craigforth nr Stirling
Perth GVTS
A55 Dalar Hir, Anglesey
M62/A622 (J20) Thornham nr Rochdale
M65 Cuerden
A556 Rostherne (nr J19 M6)
M6 Sandbach
M6 Todhills
A55 Ewloe
M57 Switch Island
Y
25/04/2013
24/04/2013
26/04/2013
24/04/2013
23/04/2013
09/04/2013
30/05/2013
10/04/2013
29/05/2013
29/05/2013
19/03/2013
08/04/2013
10/04/2013
A1/A66 Scotch Corner
A19 Wellfield nr Stockton-on-Tees
A1/A659 Boston Spa nr Wetherby
M62 Ainley Top nr Huddersfield
M1/A61 Tankersley nr Rotherham
King George Dock, Hull
A46/A52 Saxondale nr Nottingham
Leeds GVTS
Newcastle GVTS
Y
Y
M6(J14) Doxey nr Stafford
M5(J3)/A456 Quinton nr Halesowen
A40/M50(J4) Ross-on-Wye
21/02/2013
28/03/2013
26/06/2013
Temporarily out of use due to on
site building works. Will be tested
prior to return to service.
Temporarily out of use due to
managed Motorway works by
Highways Agency. Will be tested
prior to return to service.
M4/A449 Coldra
Perry Barr M6 Birmingham
A17/A15 Holdingham
M1(J18)/A428 Crick
Felixstowe Docks
A45(East)/A142 Risby nr Newmarket
A1 (south) Sawtry (s of Peterborough)
M11(J7)/A414 Harlow
M1(J14)/A509 Newport Pagnell
M40(J1)/A412 Denham
Crimplesham GVTS, Kings Lynn
Norwich GVTS
M5(J27)/A373 Sampford Peverell
Poole Docks
M4(J18)/A46 Tormarton
A34 Abingdon (s of Oxford)
Portsmouth Docks
A31 Ashley Heath, Dorset
Plymouth GVTS
Badbury
Y
Y
Y
M25(J9)/A243 Leatherhead
A23 Handcross
A2 Boughton
A27 Withy Patch nr Lancing
Newhaven
A13 Dagenham
Yeading GVTS
A26/A27 Beddingham
M25 Dartford Bridge
Dover Docks
21/03/2013
21/03/2013
22/05/2013
23/05/2013
22/03/2013
21/05/2013
03/05/2013
22/05/2013
20/03/2013
Y
30/04/2013
18/04/2013
02/05/2013
02/05/2013
25/03/2013
01/05/2013
18/04/2013
16/05/2013
12/03/2013
12/03/2013
20/06/2013
18/06/2013
27/06/2013
15/05/2013
14/05/2013
18/06/2013
19/06/2013
27/06/2013
02/07/2013
Site ceased in use at end of June
2013. Due to road construction
work being carried out. New site
due approx Summer 2014, will
be tested before use.
05/06/2013
17/04/2013
06/06/2013
03/07/2013
16/05/2013
17/04/2013
02/07/2013
04/06/2013
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) wishes to advise that none of the
weighbridges owned/operated by the Agency are open to the public. They are not public
weighbridges and are not authorised for trade use.
The frequency of testing is every six months, when in service. They are tested under the
“Enforcement Weighing of Vehicles – Consolidated Code of Practice” published in 2002,
which is a voluntary non-statutory Code of Practice, a copy of which is available via the
following link
http://www.ukwf.org.uk/hres/Code%20of%20Practice%20on%20Dynamic%20Axle%20W
eighers-1.pdf
If you are unhappy with the response provided, you may ask for an internal review. To
request an internal review, please write within two calendar months from the date of this
letter to:
VOSA Corporate Office,
Berkeley House,
Croydon Street,
Bristol,
BS5 0DA
or email vosa.corporateoffice@vosa.gsi.gov.uk
giving the reasons for your dissatisfaction. It will help us if you quote the reference
number for your case.
If you do not agree with the outcome of the internal review, you may lodge an appeal
with the Information Commissioner (www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk).
The
Information Commissioner is an independent official appointed by the Crown to oversee
the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
The Information Commissioner can consider complaints about any aspect of the way in
which requests for information have been handled. Please note: the Information
Commissioner would be unlikely to consider your complaint if you have not first
requested an internal review.
You can write to the Information Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) publishes responses to requests
made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may be of wider interest in a
disclosure log on our website. This runs from 1st January 2012, and can be found by
clicking on the following link
http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/contactus/freedomofinformationdisclosures/freedomofinforma
tiondisclosures.htm. Disclosures made before this date (from 2005 onwards) have been
archived, but can still be accessed by clicking on the following link
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121205171206/http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/c
ontactus/freedomofinformationdisclosures/freedomofinformationdisclosures.htm.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact us, quoting reference F0005175.
Yours sincerely
VOSA Information Access Team