Watch to be kept on farm
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• Farmer and haulier Denis Reynolds has been warned that if he has been keeping vehicles at his farm without authority he is likely to lose his licence.
Reynolds, of New Street, Tonna, West Glamorgan, had been called to disciplinary proceedings before South Wales Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh.
Maintaining that such allegations were untrue, Reynolds said that a vehicle had been there occasionally when he had wanted to move manure from the farm. Denying that he wanted to operate from the farm, Reynolds said that he wanted to keep it tidy, and in any case it was unsuitable for 12.2m trailers.
DOT traffic examiner William Rees gave evidence that a vehicle had been parked at the farm for five days last August, but Reynolds said its half-shaft had snapped and it was being repaired.
Residents had complained that they had to move cars at unreasonable times to let vehicles through, said Mervyn Pugh. However, the commissioner refused to consider a petition from residents as it had been sent to the local council rather than the Traffic Area.
Taking no action, Mervyn Pugh warned Reynolds that the movements of his vehicles would be watched. If he was using the farm as an operating centre, he would be called to a further public inquiry.