Moving into noise row
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• A North Yorkshire aggregates haulier, who has already moved premises following complaints about noise from residents, Is opposing plans for another housing estate to be built opposite his now base.
Mike Warren, who trades as BM&SL Warren, says he will be unable to sell his business in Settle when he retires within the next three years if the houses are built.
"Residents are going to object to my existence," he adds. 'When lorries pull off our site, we will be 20ft from someone's bedroom window. The chance of someone else getting an 0-licence hero is remote."
Warren operates five tippers from Sowarthfields Industrial Estate in Settle.
Plans for around 30 houses have been submitted to Craven District Council by John Roberts Holdings, a local paper manufacturer,
which owns the land. A council spokesman says a similar application was rejected last year because of concerns about noise.
Warren says the new plans include building a 2m high wall opposite his yard but adds: "The exhaust stack an three of my tippers is 3m high so It won't make much difference. Our
He says complaints about noise have already forced him to move the business to its present site from a small village near Settle five Years age.