Council objects but Miles gets his licence
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• Lincolnshire owner-driver Anthony Miles has succeeded in obtaining a new international licence, despite an objection from Lincolnshire County Council.
Miles, who trades as A D M Haulage, had applied for a licence for one vehicle and one trailer based at Crowland, near Peterborough. He had been operating from the site under interim authority since January.
County council highway development officer Christopher Briggs told Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Brian Horner that the site was inadequate for further vehicles. Though the access now has adequate visibility, it would be greatly reduced if the owner of the adjacent property ever planted trees or a conifer hedge. When turning in and out of the site, large artics would have to use both sides of the carriageway. Miles was not the owner of the site and did not have control.
If the company needed more storage it would make manoeuvring difficult and vehicles might have to reverse in and out.
Briggs agreed there was no evidence that vehicles were reversing in and out at present, but he felt the site had reached saturation point.
Miles said the owner, Peter Tack, operated four vehicles and 15 trailers from the yard. He had previously worked for Tack as a driver and mechanic. Last year Tack was going to park a vehicle up after steel work it was engaged upon dried up. Rather than go on the dole, he bought the vehicle. It was not a case of an additional vehicle being operated from the site. The tractor unit was only kept there at the weekends. He initially ran to Spain on six-day trips.
However, this became too expensive and he decided he needed to get some capital behind him before running to Spain again. He was now carrying potatoes from Felixstowe. He left on a Monday morning, returning Friday evening or Saturday morning. The hired trailer was currently parked at Felixstowe over the weekends.
In reply to the DLA, Miles said that he had never had occasion to reverse in or out.
Granting a licence without any restrictions, Homer said that Tack used the site for many years without any objection and there had been no environmental representation from the neighbouring residents.