You might care to take a look at a couple documents relating to Flying Tests & Flying Training/Checking dated 28th April 2008:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/ORS4_680.pdf
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/ORS4_681.pdf
If you can decipher the gobbledygook, I think the implication is that there is (for a year at least) some relaxation of the rules regarding flight training in your own or shared aircraft.
I've also seen a consultative document regarding flight training from unlicensed airfields which I understand has been on the cards for some time.