NATS En-route NDBs are for the chop in a phased cull. LIC was one of the first. Some NDBs figure in missed approach procs, like Compton I think, so can't go until DAP redraw the plate using an RNAV hold instead.
CAA requirements for carriage of equipment are set out in the ANO Schedule thingyamejig 12 I think. The public consultation to lower the base of B-RNAV included the change to the ANO.
It will be enacted in the near future but is subject to DfT Legal process and backlog. Or so my man tells me.
Not long now, just a bit more patience. Just keep annotating the FPL ADF inop.
Sir George Cayley