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Night noise in question
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• North Eastern Licensing Authority Frederick Whalley has reserved his decision on a Harris Distribution application for 22 additional trailers.
The bid is opposed by residents living adjacent to the company's Ossett depot who have complained about noise from the 24-hour operation preventing them from sleeping, and about fumes.
Evidence was given by an environmental health officer that he had taken readings and the noise level above the background level was significant. He felt the nuisance from the business was severe.
Operations manager Michael Powell said that in January the company had taken on a dis tribution contract with Rank Hovis, and the 22 trailers were acquired with that contract. Work was also undertaken for Next and Slazenger, and a 24hour operation was necessary. Vehicles from the continent usually arrived to pick up goods on Fridays, and Irish vehicles on Mondays.
The additional trailers would not cause more noise or fumes, said Powell, but in rep ly to the LA he admitted that the trailers would cause more vehicle movements, thus increasing the noise — but not significantly, he asserted. He had not thought about what would happen to the Rank Hovis contract if the application was refused and stressed that there had been night movement at the site before the current Rank Hovis contract was obtained.
For the company, Tom Huggan said it was accepted that there was an existing problem over noise — the question was whether the extra trailers would make the problem worse, and whether it was sufficient to justify refusing the application. Reserving his decision, Whalley said he proposed making a site visit that night before reaching a decision.