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TER a two-day hearing
• week, the Transport Triial imposed restrictions on use of a depot at Chobn, Surrey, by N I: I I )istrition, part of Northern )ds, but said a now-retired 'ensing Authority misdited himself.
"Jo vehicle is to be parked .11 its refrigeration unit in :ration, unless that unit is :rated by mains electricity, wee!' 10pin and 7am.
Hie Tribunal heard an apil against the granting of a nice for an additional 20 licks and 10 trailers to 'T's rigids at Chobham. udge Hampden lnskip said
because the circumstances re unusual, the Tribunal s also writing to the appliits and respondents to the .)eal, where there was a k of agreement, and for ilatinit conditions.
A final judgment will be issued only after the Tribunal has received a response.
The Tribunal concluded that the appeal should be allowed to a limited extent and subject to conditions.
The licence application had been heard by Metropolitan LA Anthony Robertson (since retired) and it drew environmental objections.
References were made during the Tribunal hearing to the difficult task that had faced the LA; Judge Inskip, in his summing up, said that the LA had misdirected himself on environmental aspects at the operating centre, and the Tribunal would give details in writing later.
Appearing for a group of local residents, David Mole said that evidence had been given of the access roads being too narrow, authorised
vehicles causing vibration to buildings, and road safety being in danger. The local view was that most of the village is in the vicinity of the operating centre.
The question remained as to how to define "vicinity" and he believed that within reason this is where the effects fall, and that this is different, for instance, in town and country.
"The test of vicinity is that what is in vicinity is area so nearly and closely affected by the use of the operating centre."
Outside the operating centre, it could not be identified where the noise conies from.
But where the noise was caused by authorised vehicles moving in the operating Centre, he said, it was no concern of the LA.