CLEANSING FIRM FAILS TO MOP UP RESTRICTIONS
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AWEST Country cleansing firm had a B licence with an extraordinary multiplicity of different conditions which made it extremely difficult to operate a fleet of vehicles efficiently.
This was said by Mr. T. D. Corpe in Taunton last week when he appeared for C. W. Harrison (Western) Ltd., of Taunton, who applied for 16 vehicles on A licence to carry cesspit contents, sewage sludge, privy soil, waste liquids, etc.
Mr. Corpe said the company were always being called upon to undertake a particular job, but did not have the right vehicle with the right conditions. The objectors—Modern cleansing Co. (Yeovil) and Coads Green and Five Lanes Cleansing Service—feared that if the restrictions were lifted, they would be faced with more competition, but this was not the applicant's intention.
The Harrison company was carrying out an important public service. It was experiencing difficulty because of the large number of varied conditions of its licence.
Mr. Coupe added: "They want greater flexibility within their fleet and it is in the national interest that operators should be able :o operate efficiently and able to make the Dest use of their existing facilities".
Mr. J. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon, the LA, refusing the application, said there were conditions imposed to some of the licences expressly for the protection of the objectors and largely the object of the application was to get rid of the restrictive conditions in the interest of uniformity.
"I don't think it would be right to alter the status quo as far as that protection is concerned."
Mr. Samuel-Gibbon said he saw nothing in the evidence to suggest to him that the present B licences would not effectively achieve everything the applicant was seeking to do.