Residents fail to restrict Anstey's hours
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• Anstey Haulage of Leicester has won the right to continue running a fleet of 15 vehicles, without restrictions, despite representations from residents to restrict operating hours.
The company told Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Humphrey Lewis that any restrictions would lose Anstey a major contract and would jeopardize road safety.
Residents said that vehicles had trouble passing parked cars along an access road without mounting the pavement or having the cars moved. Some residents were also kept awake at night by the noise of vehicle maintenance and the revving of truck engines.
Frederick Moore, Anstey's director, said that the depot at Edward Street had been an operating centre since 1950, with up to 22 vehicles licensed at one stage. Houses had since been built round the site. Anstey's main business was with Tandem Shoes and restrictions on operating hours would make it impossible to meet its contractual obligations. Drivers would rush and that could endanger road safety, he said.
Renewing the licence, Lewis said that he had sympathy with the residents, but said that the site was suitable as there was established use of it. He felt that many of the complaints were unsubstantiated.