colourblindgeek
In reply to your post, I also took the city uni tests last month. They told me that they would be sending data to the CAA at the end of April (not long now). However I was allowed a retest at Gatwick two weeks ago, and failed miserably. When I asked about new tests, they simply said that they have no intention of changing in the near future.
I would NOT put any hopes at all on the new tests. The impression I got from the city uni team and reading the papers they have produced seems like they are simply producing a more reliable method of colour vision assesment. The CAA are regecting anyone who is not seen as having "normal" colour vision - so in short I do not think the new tests will be of any use to the likes of us.
Great attitude - keep talking, keep flying.
All the best