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Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): forms and guidance

Forms and guidance to apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) if you’re making or importing a single vehicle or a very small number of vehicles.

Published 11 June 2015
Last updated 23 July 2015 — see all updates

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

You must apply for vehicle approval if you’ve:

• built a vehicle
• rebuilt a vehicle
• radically altered a vehicle
• reconstructed a classic vehicle
• imported a vehicle

You can use the IVA scheme if you make or import a single vehicle or a very small number of vehicle of the same type.

Scheme guide and inspection fees

The guide to the IVA scheme and the fees you pay for tests.

1. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme guide
   • 7 March 2013
   • Guidance
2. Vehicle approval test fees
   • 22 March 2016
   • Guidance
3. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): designated technical services
   • 12 April 2018
   • Guidance

Cars

The requirements and procedures to test cars and other passenger vehicles (M1) under the IVA scheme.

1. Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): cars
   • 1 July 2020
   • Form
2. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) for cars: help to get a pass
   • 29 June 2017
   • Guidance
3. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection manual: cars
   • 10 September 2018
   • Guidance
4. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): model reports for cars
   • 11 April 2019
   • Guidance

Vans and light goods vehicles

The requirements and procedures to test vans and light goods vehicles (N1) under the IVA scheme.

1. Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): vans and light goods vehicles
   • 1 July 2020
   • Form
2. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) for vans and light goods vehicles: help to get a pass
   • 11 April 2017
   • Guidance
3. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection manual: vans and light goods vehicles
   • 10 September 2018
   • Guidance

Lorries

The requirements and procedures to test lorries (N2/N3) under the IVA scheme.

1. Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): lorries and goods vehicles
   • 1 July 2020
   • Form
2. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) for lorries and goods vehicles: help to get a pass
   • 9 March 2017
   • Guidance
3. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection manual: lorries and goods vehicles
   • 1 September 2018
   • Guidance
4. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): vehicle side guards (lateral protection devices)
   • 18 February 2016
   • Guidance

Trailers

The requirements and procedures to test trailers (O1, O2, O3 and O4) under the IVA scheme.

1. Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): trailers
   • 1 July 2020
   • Form
2. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) for light trailers: help to get a pass
   • 24 September 2015
   • Guidance
3. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) for heavy trailers: help to get a pass
   • 13 July 2017
   • Guidance
4. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection manual: trailers
   • 17 December 2019
   • Guidance
5. Create a trailer brake Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) model report
   • 19 July 2013
   • Guidance
6. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): vehicle side guards (lateral protection devices)
   • 18 February 2016
   • Guidance

Buses and coaches

The requirements and procedures to test buses and coaches (M2/M3) under the IVA scheme.

1. Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): buses or coaches
   • 1 July 2020
   • Form
2. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) for buses and coaches: help to get a pass
   • 15 June 2017
   • Guidance
3. Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection manual: buses and coaches
   • 1 September 2018
   • Guidance
4. Prove that a bus or coach does not need a new tilt test
   • 14 January 2019
   • Form
5. Declare seat belt anchorages meet safety standards when getting vehicles approved
   • 8 November 2018
   • Form

Model reports and tilt examination

1. Apply for a vehicle approval test at a non-DVSA site
   • 25 June 2019
   • Form

Amateur built declaration

1. Declare amateur-built vehicles for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA)
   • 28 December 2018
   • Form

Appeal an inspection decision

1. Appeal an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) decision
   • 19 November 2018
   • Form

Replace a certificate

1. Replace an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) certificate
   • 9 November 2018
   • Form

Published 11 June 2015
Last updated 23 July 2015 + show all updates

1. 23 July 2015

   Added 'Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) for vans: help to get a pass' to the collection.

2. 7 July 2015

   Added 'Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) for lorries: help to get a pass' to the document collection.

3. 11 June 2015

   First published.