rudge Vehicle Appeal Succeeds
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PROPOSAL to move the base for , vehicle shifting sewage and sludge, Shrewsbury to Wrexham, was heard le Transport Tribunal in London veek.
e appeal by A. E. Woodham nsing Services, Ltd.), against the sI by the North Western Deputy sing Authority of a B licence for was opposed by A. Mealor.
I. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon, for lhatn's, said the lorry would be used he removal of sewage, sludge and liquid waste tanks. It would rte within a 75-mile radius of Wrexin the North Western traffic area, of a line from Aberystwyth, Ten Birmingham and Sheffield, The le was originally under a B licence he West Midland Area, operatfrom Shrewsbury and covering oneth, Denbighshire, Montgomery, )rdshire, Cheshire and Shropshire.
e objector's licence, said Mr. iel-Gibbon, was for the removal of g from the Lobitos oilfield. "We nrepared to accept a condition exng any operation in the Lobitos Id," be said
r. J. Edward Jones, representing A. or, said the Licensing Authority was r asked to consider the transfer from
the West Midland to the North Western Area when the case was heard.
The proper thing to do would be to start de novo.
He did not think a licence.was necessary for the R.A.F. camps at Anglesey. His client, operating from Ellesmere Port, could do the local authority work in North Wales. He did not think there was evidence to justify operating in Caernarvon.
Giving his decision, the President, Sir Hubert Hull, said that A. E. Woodham should be entitled to a B licence for a vehicle in the North Western Area, subject to their satisfying the Authority that the vehicle had been removed from the fleet of three vehicles under B licence in the West Midland Area.
The vehicle would be allowed to operate in Merioneth, Denbigh, Montgomery, Flint, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Caernarvon and Anglesey. In addition, within so much of Cardigan, Radnor and Herefordshire lying north of a line from Aberystwyth town hall to Tenbury council offices and so much of Worcestershire north of a line from Tenbury to the City Hall, Birmingham.
Sir Hubert added that it wouldbe open to the company to seek to augment their fleet by a fresh application.