Neighbours' objedions rule out early starts
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RESIDENTS' CONCERNS won the day when a haulier's application for extra vehicles was granted on condition that none leave the yard before 7am or on Sundays or public holidays.
Kevin Franks of Sidlesham, near Chichester, had applied to double his fleet with the addition of two vehicles and two trailers based at his operating centre in Chalk Lane.
South Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps proposed granting the application with environmental conditions. He invited representations about the effect on Franks' business before coming to a final decision. Although most of the proposed conditions were acceptable to Franks, it was said that his customers
needed vehicles to leave by 5am. Franks had another operating centre at Merston where residents would not be disturbed by such movements but this site had no electricity and he was concerned about security.
Imposing the conditions originally proposed, the TC accepted that the use of the Merston site, three miles away, would cause some inconvenience to the business. However, this was outweighed by the disturbance to local residents that resulted from the movement of vehicles at unsocial hours in Chalk Lane.
The TC added that residents had alleged Franks had been operating more than two vehicles and two trailers from Chalk Lane since 2001. He warned that if vehicles were operated in breach of the licence conditions action might well be taken against the licence.