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A BERKSHIRE OPERATOR look: like losing his Windsor operat ing base and has accused hi; local council of lacking "sym pathy, understanding an foresight".
Brian J. Mills Haulage took or the lease for the site in Januar) 1979 with four lorries. Due tc minimal overheads, Mr Milh bought two lorries and em ployed a full-time servicing engi neer.
An enforcement order we; served in November 1979, anc following a public inquiry MI Mills seems likely to lose his de pot and says he will have tc make nine employees redun dant.
The Royal Borough o• Windsor and Maidenhead Coun. cil says that the problem with the site is that its access is unsui• table, and the road adjacent tc the depot is an acciden• blackspot.
In addition to the access prob lem, an application has neve' been made for the green belt sitE to be used as a haulage depot though it is understood that MI Mills believed that his landlorc had permission for such ar operation.
Ironically, Mr Mills' premise is now too small for his opera tion, and he has been seekin.c alternative accommodation fo some time, but claims his re quests were "fruitless".
The company, which now ha: seven goods delivery vehicles one recovery vehicle and a ser vice van, is to "be put down be cause of technicalities", says MI Mills, and the only sites open tc it are ones which it canna afford.