I think you may have slightly missed what I'm getting at prop swinger - I never wanted an NPPL, I only got it (after the EASA PPL course) in order to accredit previous UAS hours towards that EASA PPL. I'm after A) official documents saying that LAPL is the equivalent of an NPPL, if there isn't any then this 15 hours thing is bollocks. B) Official wording of NPPL conversion reports meaning that those UAS hours now count towards EASA.
2 month turn around times on CAA replies isn't quite getting me where i need... I'll post on here if I find out any more about this.
Why cant you just join me in my misery over arbitrary rules.