Site move is granted with environmental conditions
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• A Traffic Commissioner has to take account of what representors have to say even if they fail to attend a public inquiry, says North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Patrick Mulvenna.
He granted Craven Scaffolding permission to move its operating centre and increase its licence from two to three vehicles, subject to a number of environmental conditions.
Traffic examiner Gerald Lewis said the proposed site in Britannia Road, Sale, Cheshire was a cul-de-sac flanked by a railway line and a canal.
The majority of the property was industrial but there was some residential property opposite the site. There was adequate parking for three 7.5-tormers but insufficient space for them to turn in the yard, making it necessary for them to reverse in or out of the premises.
After Mulvenna had said the representor had complained about noise, dirt access and parking problems, director Peter Craven conceded there would be some noise between 07:3008:15hrs but after that the vehicles would be on the road. Parking in Britannia Road was just as much a problem for his vehicles as for the residents.
The Deputy IC granted the application but imposed conditions that vehicles must always leave the premises in a forward gear and reverse in, restricting the authorised vehicles to rigids and banning vehicle movements before 07:30hrs and after 17:30hrs and all day on Sundays and Bank Holidays.