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conditions on Bee Dee Transport (UK)'s licence for its Huddersfield depot are not to come into effect until the end of June because of their impact on the company's operations.
Traffic Commissioner Keith Waterworth imposed conditions prohibiting vehicles from entering and leaving the depot on Sundays, before 06:00hrs and after 22:00hrs Monday to Friday; and before 06:00hrs and after 16:30hrs on Saturdays.
Bee Dee had applied for a licence for 13 vehicles and 12 trailers operating from the Fenay Business Park, Cownes, Huddersfield. An objection from Kirklees Metropolitan Council was withdrawn but there were representations from neighbouring residents at the hearing before traffic commissioner Keith Waterworth.
The residents complained about noise, fumes, vibration, subsidence and disturbed sleep caused by heavy vehicles travelling along Spa Bottom, a steep and narrow road up to the depot.
For Bee Dee, Gary Hodgson said that movement at unsocial hours was necessary to maintain important contracts. He said any adverse effects in normal business hours would be diluted by the significant levels of traffic using the mad approaching the business park. Even if the site was not approved as an operating centre, vehicles would still have to visit it for maintenance, fuelling, and loading.
Waterworth said the representors homes faced Spa Bottom with no intervening garden areas. There were no adverse environmental effects from the use of the site itself, they were affected by the movement of the company's vehicles. He felt the noise and disturbance should be controlled by limiting the hours of operation.