Ryan5252 - I got my licence in December, there's no charge for the FRTOL if you apply at the same time, so the £176 is correct.
Screetch - Good luck! I was not permitted to use navigation aids for the navigation part of my skills test (but was required to track to a VOR and then obtain a position fix using two VORs before we started the general handling). I don't know if that was just my examiner though - I wasn't given the route until the morning of the test either
Joel.