• Scottish Licensing Authority Hugh McNamara has reserved his decision
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on a bid for a new licence by Clayland Dairies, following opposition from Edinburgh District Council and local residents.
Alastair MacKay and Hanish Irvine, trading as Clayland Dairies, had applied for a licence to operate ten vehicles and one trailer from Lochrin Place, Edinburgh.
The district council said that following complaints about noise levels early in the morning a noise survey was taken in April which showed that the noise levels were high enough to disturb sleep. Asking that the application be refused on the grounds that the operating centre was environmentally unsuitable, the council argued that there had been a material change in that the firm had closed another operating centre in the city, with the result that the number of vehicles kept at Lochrin Place had increased.
Michael Whiteford, for the company, maintained that there had been no material change that would entitle the LA to refuse the application. He said that eight vehicles had been specified on the licence in the past and it was the company's intention to operate eight vehicles in the future. The vehicles were loaded at a distribution point in the city and then taken to Lochrin Place overnight to be collected by the drivers the following morning.
The application for a new licence became necessary when Irvine became a partner.