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No hours restrictions for ABF
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• Evidence that ABF could lose a major homedelivery contract with Queensway if its operations were restricted at its Banioldswick depot led to the company winning virtually unrestricted authority to continue operating 45 vehicles and 85 trailers from the site.
The company's application had been opposed by Pendle Borough Council and residents of nearby Victoria Road who wanted to see vehicles prohibited from entering and leaving at night and at weekends.
Distribution director Ian Hesiden said that at the moment 30 to 40 outside contractors were being used and the company wanted to decrease that number. Owner-drivers based at the site provided 39 vehicles and 35 trailers and none of them had any restrictive conditions on their licences. Vehicles were not allowed to queue for refuelling on Victoria Road, along which the company had imposed an 81cm/h speed limit. A 24-hour operation was essential.
For the residents, John Backhouse said that to give them a reasonable quality of life they would like to see vehicle movements prohibited between 21:00 and 07:00hrs. No attempt had been made to see if a better solution could be found, such as using other sites in the area.
The building of a new access road had been looked at. The acquisition of the necessary land and the construction of such a road would not make much difference to the company's profit of LU million.
For the council, Peter Frost said that while it wanted to encourage industry, there was a need to soften the impact on residential areas.
For ABF, Michael Parroy said the proposed conditions would kill the Queensway contract dead and that would lead to job losses. The main complaints had been about noise and queuing vehicles in Victoria Road. The queuing problem had been sorted out and surveys had shown that the majority of the noise emanated from the Silent Night factory.
Granting the application with a number of conditions relating to the testing and parking of vehicles, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority Kenneth Birchall said he did not propose restricting the hours of operation, as he felt that this would lead to a greater use of ownerdrivers.