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F ROADFREIGHT has
authority to add 30 des to its Western Area -ator's licence despite local ority objections and reentations from residents. he company applied to 15 vehicles to those .orised from Old Sod7, Avon and 15 to the iiber authorised at its ter depot.
he Exeter proposal at:cd objections from DeCounty Council, East on District Council and lents, but East Devon idrew its objection based ncrcased traffic and a lack arking space.
Vestern Licensing horny Maj-Gen John Car:cr ruled that the county acil objection was invalid copy had not been sent to company.
ony Simm, TNT's Exeter at manager, said the corny proposed to base 14 11 rigid vehicles and one at Exeter in addition to 36 currently authorised. the additional vehicles could be accommodated coinfortably within the depot.
Residents said lorries. used the approach road 24 hours a day and claimed that container vehicles passing their houses at Hight sounded "like thunder".
Wood and concrete posts beside the road had been knocked over and vehicles had been driven on the pavement. There were vibration and noise problems and gas leaks may have been connected with the lorries.
All of the residents were concerned that the additional vehicles might be articulated.
Maj-Gen Carpenter granted the application, but restricted the size of the additional vehicles to Class 3 vehicles.
Hu said his brief was to look only at the environmental factors at the site, not the surrounding coads and approaches which were a matter for the county council.
There was no reason to believe that the additional vehicles could not be accommodated on the site.