Family feud blamed in renewal hearing
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• North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority John Hampton has granted permission to Lancashire fuel distributor Samuel Cooke to operate from a depot in Barnsley after claims that representations against the licence were the result of a "family feud".
The Padiham-based company had applied for a new threevehicle licence based at Majestic Transport Yard, Station Road, Darton, Barnsley.
The application attracted environmental representations from three neighbouring residents, one of whom was a member of the family which owned the site.
The DLA reserved his deci
sion, pending a site visit, following the evidence that there were already firms operating coaches and lorries from the premises (CM 5-11 July), The representors claimed they suffered from fumes and smoke, and that they were often woken by noise.
Granting a licence, subject to conditions restricting the times betweeen which vehicles could enter and leave the depot, Hampton said the use of the site for haulage purposes was long established in its present state and Cooke's vehicles would make little difference.
However, he warned that it it had been a new application to use the site for a substantial number of vehicles, he would have had grave doubts about its suitability.