Horner limits Data Transport to one year
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• North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Brian Horner has granted Dawn Atkinson, trading as Data Transport, a licence for one year only at a Sheffield public inquiry, after hearing that there was no planning permission for her current operating centre.
Atkinson had applied for a new international licence for four vehicles and trailers based as Balcarres House, Rossington, Doncaster. The application was opposed by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council and there were environmental representations from five local residents.
The representors were concerned about the access road, which was an unmade and unadopted road. They complained about the inconvenience caused by dust, noise and vibration from Atkinson's vehicles, which had been operating under interim authority.
The council objected to the application on both planning and highway grounds. It was a residential area and there was no planning permission for the use of Balcarres House for haulage. The driveway came out on to a blind bend which was obscured by trees.
Atkinson said that she wanted to keep her vehicles there because it was a safe and secure location.
She told Horner that she would be happy to accept a licence for two vehicles and trailers. There were about three vehicle movements in and out of the operating centre per week, the vehicles spending most of their time abroad on international operation.
She was prepared to cut the trees down if necessary, and to comply with any other conditions that the planning authority might require.
The DLA granted a licence for two vehicles and trailers for 12 months.
He said that this would give Atkinson time to make a planning application and get the matter sorted out.