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Council bid to shut farmyard site fails
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A COUNCIL'S bid to prevent a haulier operating from a farmyard has met with defeat.
Norfolk County Council's appeal against the granting of a licence for a four-tonne vehicle based at Morley,nearWymondham,has been dismissed by the Transport Tribunal.
The licence was granted to Woodgrove by the Eastern Traffic Commissioner Geoffrey Simms without holding a Public Inquiry, despite objections by the County Council. For the council, senior engineer Michael Young said the condition of the road was poor. There was potholing at the edge and the movement of vehicles across the carriageway could seriously damage its surface. He maintained that, as a result, the operating centre was not fit for the purpose.
The Tribunal said that the farmyard concerned was muddy.but the surface of the operating centre was unremarkable given that it was a working farm. It did not consider that the condition of the access to the highway was likely to cause any real road safety concerns if the traffic movement to the site was increased by one four-tonne vehicle. They were satisfied that the TC acted properly in determining the licence application without calling a Public Inquiry, and found that the substance of the council's objection did not hold up.