Good neighbours
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Representations are usually made by the owners or occupiers of land or buildings in the vicinity of a haulier's operating centre.
The usual basis of such representations is that the proposed operating centre will harm their use or enjoyment of their land.
These representations can only be made on environmental grounds, and the TC will have to decide the geographical limits of the "vicinity of the operating centre". No two cases are the same.
The TC will make an initial decision on whether the representations he has received are valid as far as "vicinity' is concerned, and whether the representations relate to environmental issues.
If he decides that they do, the operator will have to request that the matter goes to a public inquiry where the TC will assess the evidence.
The TC could simply grant the application or he could grant the application with conditions. He could take into account undertakings given by the operator or he could simply refuse the application.