all PPL training including LAPL to PPL may still be conducted at a RF until 2018 with no further changes or charges.
Meaning that for all those RFs that rushed to become ATOs it was a complete waste all of the time effort and money. What's more, any new starts will also have to become ATOs despite the fact that, beyond 2018, it is most unlikely that approval (or, perhaps, even an RF) will be required for LAPL/PPL training.