LA rejects council complaints
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ARGUMENTS about the "parking" of vehicles, including the movement of vehicles into parking positions, were rejected by North Eastern Licensing Authority Frederick Whalley last week.
He ruled that Gateshead Borough Council had no valid objection to an application by Alan Smith Demolitions, of Dun Cow Yard, Dunstan to renew its 10vehicle licence and upgrade it from a restricted to a national licence. An objection by Tyne and Wear County Council was withdrawn.
Richard Cowen, for the council, said it was accepted that the company had planning permission following a successful appeal.
But the area was in the process of changing dramatically and the company's operations were environmentally unacceptable.
The railway station had been refurbished and the Dunston centre was being constructed, the area was de-' signated for further development and the l990i Garden Festival .was to be. held in the area.
The Council had offered to relocate the company but it did not choose to move.
Granting a licence for two years, subject to the production of financial evidence, Mr Whalley said that the points at issue between the two parties were planning matters which should not have been brought before him.