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right all the environmental matters that worried people, said West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh last week when he authorised the Welsh Water Authority to continue operations at its Broomy Hill Water Treatment Plant, Hereford, with extra vehicles.
The 14 objections to the increase included one from the Hereford Community Council, concerned about the increased use of the surrounding roads and what might happen following privatisation (Broomy Hill is in a conservation area).
Granting the application without restriction, Mervyn Pugh said that in view of the number of visiting vehicles it would be extremely difficult to police any conditions, which in any event he did not feel would be of any real advantage to the residents. If the application was refused the authority would find another operating centre for the vehicles, which in any event would still have to visit the plant.