City wins licence with conditions
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• Stockport Borough Council and local residents failed to prevent City Transport from winning licence authority for 10 vehicles and six trailers at its new northern depot — but they have succeeded in restricting the times between which vehicles can enter and leave the depot.
The company, already with bases in Milton Keynes and Bristol, had applied for a licence at Brighton Industrial Estate, Brighton Road, Heaton Norris, Stockport, before North Western Deputy Licensing Authority John Levin.
For the company, John Backhouse said Brighton Road was a short stretch of unadopted road leading to the site and a small industrial area. City Transport leased part of the warehouse on the site which was also served by the Bristol and Milton Keynes vehicles. If the application was refused alternative parking facilities would have to be sought, which would mean additional journeys along Brighton Road. Far from having an adverse environmental effect the grant of the licence would in fact improve the situation.
Local residents gave evidence of the nuisance caused by heavy vehicles using the road. They claimed that it was not safe enough for the traffic it was taking, and complained about noise, vibration, dirt, dust and structural damage.
David Hughes, City Transport's northern area manager, said it was an ideal site, being close to the motorway. None of the company's vehicles had been involved in any accidents while they had been operating from the site under interim licence. The company would be willing to pay its share towards having the road made up.
Levin said it was clear that Brighton Road needed to be rebuilt, but it was the only access to a permitted industrial estate.
In an effort to assist the residents, Levin imposed conditions that vehicles would normally only enter and leave between 07:00 and 19:00 hrs Monday to Friday, 0700 to 1300 hours on Saturdays and not at all on Sundays.