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Cooper waits for surveyor

4th August 1988, Page 18
4th August 1988
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

• S D Cooper Transport's 0licence renewal application has been adjourned so that local residents can obtain a professional surveyor's report on whether or not his trucks are causing damage to houses in the Humberside area.

Cooper, of Brickyard Farm, West Cowick, near Goole, had applied to renew his international licence for 15 vehicles and 25 trailers — an increase of 10 vehicles and 15 trailers over his previous licence. Eight vehicles and 26 trailers were to be kept at Brickyard Farm, but this was opposed by Humberside County Council and a large number of residents.

North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority, Norman Moody, ruled that the County's objection on environmental grounds was invalid because it lacked sufficient detail, though he did allow it to oppose on grounds of suitability.

For the County, Geoffrey Walker said it was not opposed to the use of the site as such. The concern was its location. Access was along Little London Lane, which varied in width between 3.4m and 4.8m and which had a sharp bend. He said that one lorry equated to 150,000 private vehicles as far as damage to the road surface was concerned, and he feared a rapid deterioration in the fabric of the road.

Chief Inspector Stephen Madsen, of Humberside Police, said they would have objected if reports from officers on the spot had been received in time. An increase in the number of vehicles using Little London Lane would have been detrimental to road safety and he did not believe that it had been a suitable access for a haulage operation.

Residents of Little London Lane expressed concern about road safety, disturbance from passing vehicles and damage to their property. Alan Neil, of Little London Lane, maintained that Cooper's vehicles had had to mount the pavement to pass one another.

Cooper told the DLA that he had operated from the site for about 25 years and that he believed that the road, a public road without any restrictions upon it, was suitable.

After Moody had said that the Transport Tribunal had ruled that complaints about structural damage needed to be backed by professional reports, Neil asked for an adjournment to enable the residents to take professional advice.


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