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Owner-driver told he can't park at home
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AN OWNER-DRIVER has lost a bid to use his home address as an operating centre following objections from a local authority.
D&S Haulage (Scotland) had its application rejected by the Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken at a Fraserburgh public inquiry.
The firm is licensed for one vehicle and one trailer based at Croft Newton of Melrose, Garnrie, Banff. It applied to replace its existing operating centre with Springfields, Rathen East, Fraserburgh. The application was opposed by Aberdeenshire Council.
Director Derek McLeod said the company currently did not own a trailer and was hauling for Dyce Carriers. The tractor unit was parked at Dyce Carriers' premises during the week. Denying that he wanted to use the tractor as personal transport to get home at the weekends, McLeod said that sometimes he worked at Peterhead or Fraserburgh and keeping the vehicle at Springfields would save him going back to Dvce. He also liked to keep the unit clean and polished at the weekends. The neighbours on both sides were quite happy about the proposals, he added.
Refusing the application after visiting the site, the TC said she considered the site to be unsuitable and she supported the council's objections. For the most part, Dyce was the location from which the company was operating. Thus the evidence pointed to Dyce Carriers' premises being the base or centre at which the vehicle was normally kept.