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Penrith complex plan refused
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• The Secretary of State for the Environment has refused permission for a I2-acre road complex at Penrith, Cumberland, near A6 and A66 roads and M6.
Refusal was recommended by the DoE inspector who conducted an inquiry into an appeal by the administrators of the late Mr Gordon A. Stamper, a local haulage contractor, against Cumberland county council's refusal of planning permission.
At the inquiry it was stated that the complex had been the "dream" of Mr Stamper. It was proposed to provide facilities for local and long-distance haulage on the site. The county council and local residents objected.
The inspector said he was not convinced that the requirements of purely local haulage firms could suitably be integrated into a lorry park serving as a staging post and overnight stopping place for long-distance freighters. There seemed to be a strong case for local haulage depots to be located in the part of Penrith which had been allocated for industrial use.
The proposals put forward were extremely "sketchy" and it was difficult to assess the need for such a large transport complex in the vicinity of Penrith.
Meanwhile, Hull Corporation has received an outline planning application from Vanguard Interstop Parking Ltd for a large security lorry park providing space for 200 heavy lorries arid accommodation for drivers including catering and leisure facilities, on a seven-acre site off Littlefair Road, near King George Dock. A recent survey disclosed that some 382 lorries were parked in streets and derelict land in the city on one weekend and 460 during the week.