Neighbours are better off
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• West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh has granted Philip Stanford, trading as Wolverley Plant Hire, permission to use his maintenance depot as an operatMg centre, subject to conditions,
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after admitting that neighbouring residents would be better off.
The application to base one vehicle and three trailers at the Old Rover Works, Kinsford Lane, Wolverley, was opposed by Wyre Forest District Council and 11 local residents made environmental representations.
For Stanford, who holds a licence for nine vehicles and three trailers, Michael Carless said that he wished to keep his artic at the Old Rover Works as it had difficulty entering and leaving the existing operating centre at Stourbridge Road. As all the vehicles went to the Old Rover Works for maintenance, and plant was stored at the site, even if the application was refused it would have no impact on traffic in the vicinity.
Mervyn Pugh said that if he refused the application, the site was still going to be used, so he concluded it was better to grant it with conditions to protect the residents.
The LA ruled that only one vehicle and three trailers should be kept at Old Rover Works at any one time; that exit and entry be in a forward direction only and by a specific road; and that there be no vehicle movement before 07:00hrs or after 19:00hrs on weekdays; and no movement at all on Sundays and bank holidays — except in an emergency.