'THE COUNCIL OBJECTS.
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k CHESHIRE operator with a leet of 30 lorries told a local nquiry at Sandbach that all us efforts to co-operate with :.'ongleton Borough Council wer planning permission had noduced no satisfactory res)onse.
William Brown of Brown 3ros (Bulk haulage) Congleon Ltd appealed against the ;ouncil's enforcement notice o stop the firm using land idjoining Rode Heath Mill, 'ode Heath, near Sandbach, or parking vehicles without )1anning permission.
Mr Brown claimed that wevious occupants used the and for parking their vehicles.
The council did not tell his irm to get planning permis sion before incorporating the sites of former cottages into the area which formed the subject of the appeal.
"The council raised no objection until the service of the enforcement notice. We have been anxious to co-operate with the council and have already discontinued our night shift at a loss of £1,000 a month per vehicle," Mr Brown said.
"We have also agreed to curtail our operating times between 6am and I 1 pm as far as possible. In addition, we have suggested alternative sites for our business, but we have had no satisfactory response from the council."
The borough council opposed the appeal, submitting that planning permission did not exist for storage/parking purposes. They considered that no further expansion of the haulage yard should be allowed in view of the "numerous vociferous complaints regarding noise and disturbances."
Fred Flint of the council's legal department added: "This planning appeal solely concerns the use of two areas of land recently included within the curtilage of the haulage yard.
"It is this land which the Council do not considers should be added to an existing non-confirming commercial premises in a quiet residential village."
The result of the inquiry will be made known later.