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The answers above are basically correct for the theoretical part of the ATPL .
Your question being about CPL only , It's a little different .If for a reason or another you only want a CPL , you only have one exam to do (composite) , then a flight training course (hours required depend generally on local assessment , gen.10-15h) and your Flight test . If you need an IFR rating with that , another written exam and another course (25h in general but with some SIM hours possible )followed by an extra flight test (generally MEP ). If you will need an ATP later on , It's generally preferable to do all your ATP subjects from the word Go though .
As explained , If you don't have 1500 hours MPA ,they will require you to follow an approved course in a FTO (or appr.DLC) . The costs and hassles involved vary a lot depending on which JAA country you choose to do your licence in though .My advice is to shop around .Don't get hung up on the UK only .Finally , it might be a good idea to wait for the new EASA regs to come out as they might differ from current JAA .