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THE STANDARD international licence held by Showerings, Vine Products and Whiteways in the Western Traffic Area was renewed after the Deputy Licensing Authority, Sir John Potter, ruled that a local residents' association could not make representations.
The company sought renewal of its licence in respect of 91 vehicles and 61 trailers in possession with 22 vehicles and 16 trailers to be acquired with depots at Shepton Mallet, Bristol, Exeter and Yeovil.
Representations in respect of the Exeter depot, at which 31 vehicles and eight trailers were
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to be based, were lodged by the Station Road, Dog Village, Broadclyst Residents Association.
In ruling that the residents' association had no right to be heard, Sir John said that he had taken into consideration the recent appeal decision of the Transport Tribunal in the UK Corrugated case (CM, March 9).
The residents' association could not be a valid representor because it did not own or occupy land that could be affected by the licence.
That did not only apply to this particular residents' association, but also to town and parish councils.
They had to own land in the vicinity of the operating centre before they could make representations. gines.
Other residents complained about the route vehicles were using to enter the depot from the A30 trunk road. One, Leslie Gregory, said that vehicles were regularly coming past his house and he complained about a lack of alternative routes.
Western Deputy Licensing Authority Sir John Potter said that complaints about the route were a matter for Devon County Council.
Ben Squire, chief transport engineer of Express Dairies, said that he would try to overcome the complaints about noise.
He would certainly mention the complaints about noise levels to the factory manager at Honiton, but nothing could be done about the 24-hour operation of the depot, because that was the nature of the dairy business.