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residents have failed to prevent a food manufacturer basing vehicles at its Cheshire factory Kerry Foods plans to base 15 vehicles and 20 trailers at its factory at Godley, Hyde, but faced representations from 51 local residents.
However, North Western Deputy Traffic Commis sioner Patrick Mulvenna granted the application, subject to conditions relating to the parking of authorised vehicles and the erection of a sign giving vehicles entering the priority over vehicles leaving it.
For the company, David Holroyd said that Kerry initially intended to keep nine vehicles at the site, but 15 vehicles were being sought to meet seasonal variations in demand from supermarkets. He pointed out that the factory was served by company vehicles based elsewhere in the region, and therefore a grant would actually lead to fewer vehicle movements.
DOT traffic examiner Karen Farr felt the main problem was the use of Godley Hill Road and various private roads to access the site. She told Mulvenna that she believed the access was unsuitable. But she agreed this had been an industrial site for more than 100 years.
The residents complained about heavy vehicles travelling along Godley Hill Road 24 hours a day. They maintained that they could not open their windows because of the noise and spoke of substantial vibration.
They suggested that a serious accident could happen, with vehicles having to reverse out on to a trunk road when they met another coming from the factory.