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Objection fails

14th July 1984, Page 7
14th July 1984
Page 7
Page 7, 14th July 1984 — Objection fails
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

THOUGH a local council objection to an application by a Rugeley haulier to change his licence from a national to an international failed, West Midlands Licencing Authority, Ronald Jackson, warned that Arthur Deakin had the 18 months before his licence expired to get together with the council.

It was complaints from residents about Mr Deakin's operations that sparked the objections from Cannock Chase District Council. Mr Jackson warned that under the new regulations, the residents who presently could not object would have the right to make representations when Mr Deakin's one-vehicle licence came up for renewal.

For the council it was said they objected to the use of Mr Deakin's operating centre. Planning enforcement action had been taken by the council and an appeal by Mr Deakin against that action had been dismissed. They had since received complaints from residents that the use was continuing and were collecting evidence with a view to prosecution.

They objected to the use of the garage for the parking and maintenance of vehicles and to the use of the road outside, which was unmade, for the same purpose. The area was designated for residential use and Mr Deakin's operations were environmentally undesirable. The council would not object if Mr Deakin used a council lorry park about half a mile away for parking providing he made other arrangements for maintenance.

Mr Jackson said that Mr Deakin had first been granted a licence with Brookside garage as his operating centre in 1971. That licence was renewed in 1975 and again in 1980 without there being any objections.

In reply, it was maintained that the reason the council had not opposed those applications was that the appeal against the enforcement notice had not been decided until February 1981. After it was suggested that it had taken the council a long time to do anything about it, it was said that the use had ceased for a period but had now recommenced.

Granting the application, Mr Jackson said that if Mr Deakin had not made a variation application, his licence would have run until December 1985 without objection. "Hopefully Mr Deakin will have settled his differences with the council by then," said the L.A.


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